Tension: Marietta passed a six-month moratorium on new data center applications, then approved a controversial second data center anyway — because the application was filed before the freeze took effect.
Noise: The easy frames are “community wins” (the moratorium) or “developer wins” (the approval). Both miss that the moratorium and the approval were always going to coexist by design.
Direct Message: The Powers Ferry Place vote is settled. What residents can still shape is the zoning ordinance the council writes before Dec. 31 — buffer rules, megawatt thresholds, and cost disclosures that will govern every application filed after the freeze lifts…