EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) — Columbia County leaders are moving to create a specific zoning district for data centers following months of public debate over a proposed project.

During Thursdays planning commission meeting, the board of commissioners requested staff to develop an ordinance that would establish a new zoning district for datacenters specifically.

County officials say that the creation of this new zoning district would not immediately change the current zoning map.

“If the new zoning district is created, there would not be any zoned properties at that time, so there is no change to the zoning map,” officials said.

Leaders say that rezoning of properties would have to go through the normal process and approved by the board of commissioners.

This comes after the Columbia County

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