MARIETTA — Thursday night, the Marietta City Council unanimously adopted a new data center moratorium that pauses applications on the facilities through Dec. 31, 2027.
The vote came as the council also tabled a proposed ordinance which would have created a definition for data centers in the city, restricted the facilities to areas zoned for heavy industrial use and required a special land use permit (SLUP), meaning each project would go before council for a majority vote.
If the ordinance was approved, it would have automatically ended the city’s six-month moratorium which expires Dec. 31…