Data center fight reveals hard truth for rural Alabama: Counties have little say

Two counties share the name Lowndes. When it comes to regulating controversial developments like data centers, that’s about where the similarities end.

In Georgia’s Lowndes County, officials are weighing a moratorium on a proposed data center as opposition mounts and “No Data Centers” signs appear.

Lowndes County in Georgia has the power to do it – if it chooses to do so – under its state law…

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