Leesburg GA six-month data center moratorium (2026)

Leesburg, Ga. (Lee County) — SIX-MONTH DATA CENTER MORATORIUM passed by city leaders; 'Two days after Leesburg city leaders passed a six-month moratorium on data centers, the city and county are discussing what comes next.' THE CITY-COUNTY COORDINATION IS THE ANALYTICALLY USEFUL ELEMENT. A municipal moratorium binds only the municipality; surrounding unincorporated county territory remains available unless the county acts, so a jurisdictional patchwork simply relocates a project rather than pausing it. THIS DATASET RECORDS THE FAILURE MODE DIRECTLY: the Athens matter, where a municipal pause could not reach a site outside the city limits. IT ALSO RECORDS THE TWO STRUCTURAL ANSWERS — Newport NC data center moratorium (2026) extended its moratorium across the town AND its EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160D-202, and Nash County NC countywide data center moratorium (2026) acted countywide (with the caveat, recorded on that entry, that a county ordinarily cannot reach incorporated municipalities). LEESBURG AND LEE COUNTY ARE PURSUING THE THIRD ANSWER: COORDINATION BETWEEN SEPARATELY ACTING JURISDICTIONS. Notably Lee County GA Data Center Moratorium IS ALREADY INDEXED, so this is coordination between two governments that have each adopted a measure rather than one lobbying the other — which is a materially stronger position than either acting alone. GEORGIA CLUSTER: Augusta GA permanent data center ordinance (Sept 2026) and Augusta GA data center moratorium (ended Sept 15, 2026 — permanent ordinance enacted), Forest Park GA 90-day data center moratorium (2026) (where code silence let Digital Realty build BY RIGHT), Bulloch County GA data center moratorium through Dec 31, 2026 (ban rejected Sept 1), Chatham County GA 155-day data center moratorium (2026), Lowndes County GA 60-day AI data center moratorium, Walker County GA data center moratorium (extended through ~Feb 2027), Milton GA 30-day data-center moratorium (June 2026), Lee County GA Data Center Moratorium; Banks County is held in the deferred queue on an evidence mismatch. NOT ESTABLISHED: the vote, the exact date, the ordinance number, the operative scope, any threshold, and what the city-county discussions produced.