Conley

Researched: 2026-08-02 · Lead source: Brockovich AI Data Center community map (1 resident report, 2026-06-06) · ZIP demographics: 75.2% Black, pop 7,352 (Census ACS 2023) · County: DeKalb and Clayton (Conley straddles the line) Status: Under construction / approved nearby (Digital Realty, Fort Gillem, Forest Park) — no facility verified inside ZIP 30288 itself as of 2026-08-02

This is research, not legal, financial, real-estate, or investment advice.

0. Snapshot

• Conley is a small unincorporated community wedged between DeKalb and Clayton counties, at Atlanta's southeast corner roughly 8 miles from downtown. It has no city government — no mayor, no council, no city clerk.
• No data center has been verified as sited inside ZIP 30288 itself. But Conley is surrounded on three sides by data center activity, and one of Georgia's largest approved projects is a short drive away.
• The nearest major project: Digital Realty at the former Fort Gillem, Metcalf Road, Forest Park (Clayton County) — 97 acres, roughly 1.9 million sq ft, 200 MW, $2 billion+, campuses ATL15 and ATL16, estimated completion 2028. Forest Park's city council approved zoning for data centers over residents' objections.
• Clayton County's response came after the approvals, not before. On September 3 the Clayton County Board of Commissioners voted a 120-day moratorium on data centers through December 31 — but it applied only to unincorporated Clayton. Forest Park had already said yes.
• A Conley resident is on the public record. Resident Brandon Brown raised concerns at DeKalb County hearings about contaminated water supply, rising power bills, and property damage.
• DeKalb County has a countywide moratorium running through March 30, 2027, but on June 23, 2026 the Board of Commissioners unanimously denied the ordinance that would have set permanent standards.

Verdict on the resident report: the map pin is consistent with real, verifiable activity in the immediate area. A facility inside ZIP 30288 itself is Resident-reported only — no public source found as of 2026-08-02.

1. The Facility & Where It Sits

Inside ZIP 30288

Not found as of 2026-08-02. No named developer, address, acreage, megawatt figure, or zoning case for a data center inside 30288 could be located in county records, trade press, or local news.

Immediately adjacent — Digital Realty, Fort Gillem, Forest Park

Sources: https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/06/large-data-center-pitched-for-former-fort-gillem-base-south-of-atlanta/ · https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/digital-realty-files-to-develop-two-building-campus-outside-atlanta-georgia/ · https://newprojectmedia.com/origination-digital-realty-planning-usd-2bn-200-mw-data-center-campus-near-atlanta/ · https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/georgia/atlanta/fort-gillem-atl16/ · https://baxtel.com/data-center/digital-realty-atl-15 · https://www.govtech.com/products/former-army-depot-near-atlanta-could-house-massive-data-center · https://saportareport.com/dekalb-extends-moratorium-as-data-center-backlash-grows-across-georgia/columnists/adrianne-murchison/ (accessed 2026-08-02)

Why Fort Gillem. Fort Gillem was a U.S. Army post on Atlanta's southeast edge in Clayton County; its 1,465 acres were annexed by Forest Park in 1973. A decommissioned military base is the ideal data center site — large contiguous acreage, existing heavy utility infrastructure, industrial zoning, and no residents to displace inside the fence. The residents are all outside the fence, and Conley is one of the communities on that perimeter. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Gillem (accessed 2026-08-02)

Exact measured distance from ZIP 30288 boundaries or from specific Conley neighborhoods to the Metcalf Road site: Not found as of 2026-08-02. Fort Gillem and Conley are both in the I-285/US-23/Moreland Ave southeast industrial corridor; check the distance yourself against the Clayton County or DeKalb County GIS parcel viewer.

Also in the corridor

• TA Realty, 4350 E Tanners Church Road, Ellenwood (unincorporated Clayton) — just under 35 acres, site plan approved 3-1. See the ZIP 30294 report.
• PCC-DeKalb, LLC, Loveless Place / Pineview Trail, Ellenwood (DeKalb) — 95 acres, ~2 million sq ft, Board of Commissioners hearing scheduled August 13, 2026, staff recommended denial. See the ZIP 30294 report.
• DeKalb County's two existing (small) facilities: a 3,350 sq ft DC BLOX Atlanta facility and an 88,000 sq ft Lincoln Rackhouse facility. Neither was verified as being in 30288. Source: https://www.decaturish.com/business/dekalb-countys-proposed-data-center-regulations-explained/article_08689a5c-1342-421c-8b09-17c1f773febb.html

The picture for Conley: this community sits inside a ring. Forest Park to the southwest (approved, 200 MW, building), Ellenwood to the east (one approved, one pending), and DeKalb's industrial belt to the north. Conley is not the target — it's the middle.

2. Public Hearings & Notices

Conley residents have to track three separate governments: DeKalb County, Clayton County, and the City of Forest Park.

Clayton County

Whether the Clayton moratorium was extended past December 31, 2025 is Not found as of 2026-08-02. Call the Clerk to the Commission at (770) 473-5744 and ask directly.

Note the sequence. Clayton approved two data centers — TA Realty in unincorporated Ellenwood and, through Forest Park's separate city zoning, Digital Realty at Fort Gillem — and then imposed a moratorium that did not reach either. A moratorium adopted after the approvals does not undo the approvals.

Clayton BOC regular meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6:00 PM, 112 Smith Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236. Zoning matters are heard on the 3rd Tuesday. Source: https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/government/board-of-commissioners/board-meeting-information/ (accessed 2026-08-02)

City of Forest Park

Forest Park's city council approved zoning for data centers over residents' objections. Specific vote dates, case numbers, and vote counts: Not found as of 2026-08-02 in a source I could verify. Request them from Forest Park City Hall (§8). Sources: https://saportareport.com/dekalb-extends-moratorium-as-data-center-backlash-grows-across-georgia/columnists/adrianne-murchison/ · https://www.forestparkga.gov/government/city_council/index.php (accessed 2026-08-02)

DeKalb County

DeKalb BOC meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesday, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, 178 Sams Street, Decatur, GA 30030. Source: https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/board-commissioners/contact-us (accessed 2026-08-02)

Statewide context. As of June 1, 2026, 32 Georgia counties and 21 cities had moratoriums, drafted ordinances, or ordinances in drafting — roughly one in five counties. Fayetteville became the first Georgia jurisdiction to ban hyperscale data centers outright, in March 2026. Source: https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/news/local/all-georgia-data-center-ordinances----from-most-to-least-restrictive/article_935d360f-88a5-42a7-91e8-82f597fe4bbf.html (June 10, 2026, accessed 2026-08-02)

3. Power

Georgia Power (Southern Company) serves this area. The 200 MW Fort Gillem campus is the relevant load — that is above the 100 MW threshold at which the Georgia PSC's large-load contract rules apply, which means there should be a filing trail at psc.ga.gov.

The statewide framework:

• January 2025 — the Georgia PSC approved a rule letting Georgia Power bill new large-load customers above 100 MW on project-specific risk terms: upfront infrastructure payments, minimum billing requirements, financial guarantees, and contract terms extended from 5 to 15 years. Contracts at or above 100 MW are subject to PSC oversight. The stated purpose is to keep residential and small-business customers from paying for data-center grid buildout. Sources: https://psc.ga.gov/site/assets/files/8617/media_advisory_data_centers_rule_1-23-2025.pdf · https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/georgia-psc-approves-new-billing-rules-for-data-centers-and-large-load-customers/
• December 2025 — PSC approved Georgia Power's roughly $16 billion generation expansion, driven largely by data center demand. Source: https://www.ajc.com/business/2025/12/georgia-power-gets-pscs-go-ahead-on-16b-data-center-power-plant-expansion/
• February 18, 2026 — PSC denied environmental groups' request to block the expansion. Source: https://arabiaalliance.org/uncategorized/ai-data-centers-in-dekalb-whats-at-stake-for-arabia-mountain-nha/
• April 2026 — PSC approved a Customer Identified Resource program letting large C&I customers fund their own generation under a monthly tariff. Source: https://psc.ga.gov/site/downloads/datacenterfactsheet.pdf (March 2026 PSC Data Center Fact Sheet)
• The verification problem — cost details for serving large loads remain confidential until 2028. Conley residents cannot currently check whether these facilities are covering their own grid costs. Source: https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/georgia-psc-vote-keeps-public-dark-about-energy-rates
• Transmission — Georgia Power's ten-year plan includes 1,000+ miles of new transmission line, and the company is already using eminent domain on a documented ~35-mile corridor in Fayette/Heard/Fulton/Coweta counties (~330 parcels, ~30 homes). Reporting attributes 70–80% of the new capacity to data centers. No corridor specific to Conley was found as of 2026-08-02. Sources: https://fortune.com/2026/07/26/georgia-power-utility-company-eminent-domain-grid-expansion-data-center/ · https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-power-ai-data-centers-eminent-domain/

Conley resident Brandon Brown specifically raised rising power bills at DeKalb County hearings. That is the exact concern the PSC rules are meant to answer and the exact thing residents cannot independently verify until 2028. Source: https://saportareport.com/dekalb-extends-moratorium-as-data-center-backlash-grows-across-georgia/columnists/adrianne-murchison/ (accessed 2026-08-02)

New substations or transmission specific to ZIP 30288: Not found as of 2026-08-02.

All accessed 2026-08-02.

4. Water & Drought

Which utility serves you depends on which county you're in.

• DeKalb side: DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management — drinking water from the Scott Candler Water Filter Plant; wastewater to the Snapfinger Creek Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility (54 MGD, on the South River) or the Pole Bridge AWTP. Sources: https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/watershed-management/about-watershed-management · https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/watershed-management/snapfinger-creek-advanced-wastewater-treatment-facility
• Clayton side: Clayton County Water Authority — https://www.ccwa.us

DeKalb is under a federal Clean Water Act consent decree, requiring Capacity, Management, Operations and Maintenance (CMOM) programs, sewer assessment and rehabilitation, and a one-time cleanup of three streams damaged by spills — the South River, South Fork Peachtree Creek, and Snapfinger Creek. Sources: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/dekalb-county-clean-water-act-settlement · https://grahampm.com/project/dekalb-county-federal-consent-decree-program-management-services/

Conley resident Brandon Brown's stated concern was contaminated water supply. Clayton County Vice Chair Alaina Reaves told the Ledger-Enquirer that residents came to her about electromagnetic fields and water supplies — those concerns are what produced the 120-day moratorium. Sources: https://saportareport.com/dekalb-extends-moratorium-as-data-center-backlash-grows-across-georgia/columnists/adrianne-murchison/ (accessed 2026-08-02)

Water demand figures for the Fort Gillem project: Not found as of 2026-08-02. No cooling technology, gallons-per-day figure, or water source has been published. The DRI review file with the Atlanta Regional Commission / Georgia DCA is the place to look — DRI submittals typically include utility demand estimates. See §8.

Drought. The Georgia EPD declared a Level 1 Drought Response statewide on April 27, 2026. As of the July 14, 2026 U.S. Drought Monitor reading, approximately 33% of Georgia was in active drought (26.6% D1 Moderate, 6% D2 Severe) with an additional 52% Abnormally Dry (D0). DeKalb County was reported in drought conditions. Under Level 1, the only restriction is Georgia's year-round rule barring outdoor irrigation between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Check current status: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?GA= · https://www.drought.gov/states/georgia/county/dekalb Sources: https://www.plantmaps.com/en/us/state/georgia/current-drought-conditions · https://www.drought.gov/states/georgia/county/dekalb · https://fultoncountyga.gov/services/water-services/drought-status (accessed 2026-08-02)

Scale. Science for Georgia estimates that Georgia's existing data centers require roughly 27 billion gallons of water per year. Source: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/data-center-expansion-fulton-county-georgia/ (accessed 2026-08-02)

5. Population & Who Lives Here

• ZIP 30288: 75.2% Black, population 7,352 (Census ACS 2023, per the community map dataset used for this project). Conley also shares ZIP 30354.
• Conley CDP: a census-designated place spanning both Clayton County and DeKalb County, at Atlanta's southeast corner, roughly 8 miles from downtown. It is unincorporated — no mayor, no council, no city clerk. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conley,_Georgia
• Population trend — this community is shrinking. The 2020 Census recorded 6,645 for Conley CDP. A 2026 estimate puts it at 5,214, a decline of roughly 21.5%. Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/georgia/conley (accessed 2026-08-02)
• Poverty is very high. Secondary aggregations of Census data report a poverty rate around 35.9% and median household income around $44,056 for Conley, with a racial composition around 62.9% Black. These are aggregator figures for the CDP, which is a different geography than ZIP 30288 — verify at the source. Sources: https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/georgia/conley · https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/conleycdpgeorgia/PST040222 (accessed 2026-08-02)
• Context: DeKalb County has roughly 765,000 residents (4th largest in Georgia); Clayton County roughly 299,000. Source: https://www.georgia-demographics.com/dekalb-county-demographics (accessed 2026-08-02)

What that combination means. Conley is small, majority-Black, losing population, poor, unincorporated, and split across two county lines in the middle of metro Atlanta's heaviest industrial corridor. It has less political weight per resident than almost any community in this cluster — and it is ringed by approved and pending industrial development. That is the environmental-justice pattern in its most compressed form.

Verify all figures directly at https://data.census.gov (search ZCTA 30288 and Conley CDP).

6. Money — Abatements, Incentives, Jobs

Georgia's data center sales and use tax exemption has been in place since 2018 and sunsets January 1, 2032. Every 2026 attempt to curb it failed:

Roughly 20 data center bills failed in the 2026 Georgia session. Georgia is projected to forgo on the order of $2.5 billion in state and local revenue to the exemption in FY2026. Sources: https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/03/georgia-senate-votes-to-claw-back-data-center-tax-breaks/ · https://www.wabe.org/advocates-frustrated-after-20-data-center-bills-fail-to-pass-georgia-legislature/ · https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09042026/georgia-legislature-data-center-bills-fail/ · https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2026/02/georgia-sales-tax-exemptions-data-centers · https://goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-data-center-tax-breaks/ · https://www.audits2.ga.gov/reports/summaries/georgia-data-center-sales-use-tax-exemption/ · https://www.congressweb.com/GEAN/bills/detail/id/57299/type/state (accessed 2026-08-02)

Local abatement or PILOT for the Fort Gillem / Digital Realty project: Not found as of 2026-08-02. No Development Authority of Clayton County or City of Forest Park incentive agreement was located. This is a gap worth closing with an open records request. For a sense of scale on comparable deals, the Development Authority of Fulton County approved $75 million over 10 years for the Microsoft/Union City project, while estimating local governments would still collect $198 million over the decade. Source: https://www.ajc.com/news/business/fulton-board-approves-75m-tax-break-for-microsoft-data-center/Q3K2XGXZD5DGRJUPUB3ENQGB4A/ (accessed 2026-08-02)

Jobs. No permanent job figure for the Fort Gillem campus was found as of 2026-08-02. A $2 billion, 200 MW, 1.9 million sq ft campus is enormous in capital terms and modest in permanent headcount. Ask for the number in writing, split into construction jobs and permanent on-site jobs, and ask whether either is a binding condition of any incentive agreement.

7. Community Reaction & News Coverage

• Conley resident Brandon Brown is on the record with DeKalb commissioners raising contaminated water supply, rising power bills, and property damage. Source: https://saportareport.com/dekalb-extends-moratorium-as-data-center-backlash-grows-across-georgia/columnists/adrianne-murchison/
• Forest Park's council approved data center zoning over residents' objections — the objections existed and were overruled. Source: same
• Clayton County Vice Chair Alaina Reaves said residents brought her concerns about electromagnetic fields and water supplies, which led to the 120-day moratorium. Source: same
• Eight residents spoke against the TA Realty Ellenwood project in unincorporated Clayton, citing water use, noise, and traffic. Approved 3-1. Source: https://www.news-daily.com/news/clayton-approves-site-plan-for-data-center/article_d373bdec-8fa1-11ef-a643-4ba0e8c35eb0.html
• DeKalb residents have organized for 450+ days across four ordinance drafts, with attorney Gina Mangham a visible voice; the ordinance was denied June 23, 2026. Source: https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/news/local/all-georgia-data-center-ordinances----from-most-to-least-restrictive/article_935d360f-88a5-42a7-91e8-82f597fe4bbf.html
• Statewide, secrecy is a live theme. GPB reported in July 2026 on how secrecy around a south Georgia data center project has not stopped neighbors' organizing. Source: https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/07/20/secrecy-around-data-center-project-in-south-ga-hasnt-stopped-neighbors-fight
• A pro-data-center PR group launched in Georgia on July 27, 2026 to win over critics. Source: https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/07/27/pro-data-center-group-launches-in-georgia-to-try-to-win-over-critics/
• National frame: Capital B has documented Black communities across the South battling the hidden costs of AI data centers. Source: https://capitalbnews.org/data-centers-black-communities-south/

Organized opposition group, church group, lawsuit, or petition specific to Conley: Not found as of 2026-08-02. This is a real finding, not a failure — Conley is small, unincorporated, and split between two counties, which makes organized local opposition structurally hard to form. The most concrete thing a Conley resident could do is join the existing DeKalb and Clayton resident networks rather than start from zero.

All accessed 2026-08-02.

8. Find Out For Yourself

Step zero: find out which county your parcel is in. Conley spans DeKalb and Clayton. Check your property tax bill or call the tax assessor. Everything below depends on that answer. Also note whether your address is in unincorporated territory or inside Forest Park city limits — Forest Park sets its own zoning and its council already approved data centers.

Clayton County

Clayton County Clerk's individual name: Not found as of 2026-08-02 in a source I could verify. Call (770) 473-5744.

City of Forest Park (if your address is in city limits, or to ask about Fort Gillem)

Forest Park City Clerk's name, direct line, and email, and the council meeting day/time: Not found as of 2026-08-02 in a source I could verify. Call (404) 366-4720 and ask for the City Clerk, the council meeting schedule, and the zoning case file for the Fort Gillem / Metcalf Road data center approvals.

DeKalb County

Regional and state

Newsrooms

• Clayton News-Daily — covers Clayton County government: https://www.news-daily.com
• Decaturish — most consistent DeKalb data center reporting: https://www.decaturish.com
• The Champion (DeKalb legal organ): https://www.championnewspaper.com
• SaportaReport — carried the Conley resident's comments: https://saportareport.com
• Capital B Atlanta: https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org
• Atlanta Civic Circle: https://atlantaciviccircle.org
• Georgia Recorder: https://georgiarecorder.com · GPB: https://www.gpb.org
• WABE: https://www.wabe.org · FOX 5: https://www.fox5atlanta.com · 11Alive: https://www.11alive.com · WSB-TV: https://www.wsbtv.com

Published tip-line phone numbers for these outlets: Not found as of 2026-08-02 in verifiable form. Use each outlet's "contact us" or "send a tip" page.

Four questions to put in writing

Under the Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq.):

1. To Forest Park City Hall: "Provide the complete zoning case file for the data center approvals at the former Fort Gillem property on Metcalf Road, including the application, staff report, conditions of approval, vote dates, and vote counts."
2. To the Clayton County Clerk: "Was the Resolution 2025-193 data center moratorium extended past December 31, 2025? What is its status today, and does it apply to any city within the county?"
3. To the Atlanta Regional Commission / Georgia DCA: "Provide the Development of Regional Impact submittal for the Digital Realty Fort Gillem project, including the water demand and electrical load estimates."
4. To DeKalb Planning & Sustainability: "What data center applications, pre-application conferences, or rezoning inquiries has the county received for parcels in ZIP 30288 since January 2025?"

9. If You're Thinking About Moving Here

This is an honest read, not advice. Talk to your own professionals.

What's true today. No data center has been verified inside ZIP 30288. But that's a narrow reading. A $2 billion, 200 MW, 1.9 million sq ft Digital Realty campus is approved and moving through regional review at Fort Gillem in Forest Park. Two more projects are approved or pending a few miles east in Ellenwood. Conley sits in the middle of that ring. If you move here, you are moving into a corridor that is being industrialized, and the decisions that industrialized it have mostly already been made.

The structural problem is representation. Conley is unincorporated and split between two counties. There is no city hall to walk into. Your neighbor across the street may answer to a different board of commissioners than you do. Forest Park — which approved the biggest project — is a city you probably can't vote in. That is a hard position from which to defend a neighborhood, and it is why Conley has no organized opposition group of its own while DeKalb and Clayton residents both do.

The population is already leaving. Conley CDP fell from about 6,645 in 2020 to an estimated 5,214 in 2026 — roughly a 21% decline. Poverty is around 36%. A community that is shrinking and poor has less capacity to fight, and less capacity to absorb a further hit to property values or livability.

The specific unresolved things:

• Water demand for the Fort Gillem campus is unpublished. So is the cooling method. Georgia is under a Level 1 drought response declared April 27, 2026.
• DeKalb's sewer system is under a federal consent decree for failures that damaged the South River and Snapfinger Creek.
• Power costs are unverifiable until 2028 by PSC order, even though the Fort Gillem load is above the 100 MW threshold where the rules bite.
• Noise and light from a 200 MW campus with backup generators is a real, ongoing, 24-hour condition. No noise study for the Fort Gillem project was found.
• No permanent jobs figure has been published for any of these projects.
• Clayton's moratorium may already have expired (it ran through December 31, 2025, and I could not confirm an extension), and DeKalb has no data center ordinance at all after the June 23, 2026 denial — only a pause running to March 30, 2027.

What's genuinely here. Conley is eight miles from downtown Atlanta with direct interstate and rail access, and land and housing costs well below the metro average. Fort Gillem is a decommissioned base — industrial reuse of an already-industrial site is a far better outcome than converting residential land, which is exactly what is being proposed in Ellenwood. Clayton County did eventually act, and both counties now have residents who show up.

Practical steps before you buy:

• Confirm your county and whether you're in Forest Park city limits.
• Measure the distance from the property to the Fort Gillem / Metcalf Road site and pull the zoning of every parcel within a half mile.
• Request the DRI file for the Fort Gillem project — it should contain the utility demand numbers nobody has published.
• Check whether any Georgia Power transmission corridor study touches the property.
• Ask the seller directly what they know about pending industrial applications nearby, and get the answer in writing.

Bottom line. Conley's risk is not a single facility — it's position. This is a small, shrinking, 75% Black unincorporated community with no government of its own, sitting inside a ring of approved and pending data center development, split across two counties whose protective actions came after the approvals rather than before. If you're buying here, buy knowing the corridor is already committed, and that the most useful thing you can do is plug into the DeKalb and Clayton resident networks rather than wait for one to appear in Conley.

10. Sources

All accessed 2026-08-02.

Official / government

• Clayton County BOC, moratorium on new data centers (Res. 2025-193) — https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/news/clayton-county-board-of-commissioners-approves-moratorium-on-new-data-centers-in-clayton-county/
• Clayton County, Board Meeting Information — https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/government/board-of-commissioners/board-meeting-information/
• Clayton County, Board of Commissioners — https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/government/board-of-commissioners/
• Clayton County, Board Room venue — https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/venue/board-of-commissioners-board-room/
• Clayton County, County Directory — https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/residents/county-directory/
• Clayton County, Constituent Services — https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/government/board-of-commissioners/constituent-services/
• City of Forest Park, City Council — https://www.forestparkga.gov/government/city_council/index.php
• City of Forest Park, News — https://forestparkga.gov/news
• DeKalb County BOC contact — https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/board-commissioners/contact-us
• DeKalb County Clerk to CEO & BOC — https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/board-commissioners/clerk-ceo-and-boc
• DeKalb County legislation portal — https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/board-commissioners/legislation
• DeKalb County Legistar calendar — https://dekalbcountyga.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
• DeKalb County Data Center Text Amendment — https://engagedekalb.dekalbcountyga.gov/data-center-text-amendment
• DeKalb County Planning & Sustainability, Public Hearings, Agenda & Minutes — https://dekalbcountyga.gov/departments/planning-and-sustainability/public-hearings-agenda-and-minutes
• DeKalb County, July 2026 Zoning Agenda (PDF) — https://dekalbcountyga.gov/sites/default/files/2026-05/July%202026%20Zoning%20Agenda.pdf
• DeKalb County Watershed Management — https://dekalbcountyga.gov/departments/watershed-management
• DeKalb County, About Watershed Management — https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/watershed-management/about-watershed-management
• DeKalb County, Snapfinger Creek AWTF — https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/watershed-management/snapfinger-creek-advanced-wastewater-treatment-facility
• US EPA, DeKalb County Clean Water Act Settlement — https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/dekalb-county-clean-water-act-settlement
• Georgia PSC, large-load rule media advisory (1/23/2025) — https://psc.ga.gov/site/assets/files/8617/media_advisory_data_centers_rule_1-23-2025.pdf
• Georgia PSC Data Center Fact Sheet (March 2026) — https://psc.ga.gov/site/downloads/datacenterfactsheet.pdf
• Georgia Dept. of Audits, data center sales/use tax exemption — https://www.audits2.ga.gov/reports/summaries/georgia-data-center-sales-use-tax-exemption/
• HB 1059, Data Center Impact Assessment and Development Moratorium Act of 2026 — https://www.congressweb.com/GEAN/bills/detail/id/57299/type/state
• Atlanta Regional Commission document library (DRI files) — http://documents.atlantaregional.com

News and trade press

• AJC, Large data center pitched for former Fort Gillem base — https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/06/large-data-center-pitched-for-former-fort-gillem-base-south-of-atlanta/
• AJC, Georgia Power gets PSC's go-ahead on $16B expansion — https://www.ajc.com/business/2025/12/georgia-power-gets-pscs-go-ahead-on-16b-data-center-power-plant-expansion/
• AJC, Georgia Senate votes to claw back data center tax breaks — https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/03/georgia-senate-votes-to-claw-back-data-center-tax-breaks/
• AJC, Fulton board approves $75M tax break for Microsoft data center — https://www.ajc.com/news/business/fulton-board-approves-75m-tax-break-for-microsoft-data-center/Q3K2XGXZD5DGRJUPUB3ENQGB4A/
• SaportaReport, DeKalb extends moratorium as data center backlash grows — https://saportareport.com/dekalb-extends-moratorium-as-data-center-backlash-grows-across-georgia/columnists/adrianne-murchison/
• Clayton News-Daily, Clayton approves site plan for data center — https://www.news-daily.com/news/clayton-approves-site-plan-for-data-center/article_d373bdec-8fa1-11ef-a643-4ba0e8c35eb0.html
• Data Center Dynamics, Digital Realty files two-building campus outside Atlanta — https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/digital-realty-files-to-develop-two-building-campus-outside-atlanta-georgia/
• Data Center Dynamics, Georgia PSC approves new billing rules — https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/georgia-psc-approves-new-billing-rules-for-data-centers-and-large-load-customers/
• New Project Media, Digital Realty planning $2bn, 200 MW campus near Atlanta — https://newprojectmedia.com/origination-digital-realty-planning-usd-2bn-200-mw-data-center-campus-near-atlanta/
• GovTech, Former Army depot near Atlanta could house massive data center — https://www.govtech.com/products/former-army-depot-near-atlanta-could-house-massive-data-center
• Decaturish, DeKalb Commission denies data center regulations — https://www.decaturish.com/business/update-dekalb-commission-denies-data-center-regulations/article_f877cc12-2d95-4417-9c42-48ca80e491ee.html
• Decaturish, DeKalb's proposed data center regulations explained — https://www.decaturish.com/business/dekalb-countys-proposed-data-center-regulations-explained/article_08689a5c-1342-421c-8b09-17c1f773febb.html
• Appen Media, DeKalb extends data center moratorium through early 2027 — https://www.appenmedia.com/dunwoody/dekalb-extends-data-center-moratorium-through-early-2027/article_77234ebb-6378-477d-9ac6-9d7809828c2c.html
• Rough Draft Atlanta, DeKalb County data center pause — https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/12/16/dekalb-county-data-center-pause/
• CBS Atlanta, DeKalb extends moratorium through September — https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/dekalb-county-extends-data-center-moratorium-through-september/
• GPB, A 'wave' of data center ordinances sweep through GA counties — https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/10/22/wave-of-data-center-ordinances-sweep-through-ga-counties-how-strict-are-they
• GPB, Secrecy around data center project in South GA hasn't stopped neighbors' fight (7/20/2026) — https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/07/20/secrecy-around-data-center-project-in-south-ga-hasnt-stopped-neighbors-fight
• Northwest Georgia News, All Georgia data center ordinances (6/10/2026) — https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/news/local/all-georgia-data-center-ordinances----from-most-to-least-restrictive/article_935d360f-88a5-42a7-91e8-82f597fe4bbf.html
• Georgia Recorder, Pro-data-center group launches in Georgia (7/27/2026) — https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/07/27/pro-data-center-group-launches-in-georgia-to-try-to-win-over-critics/
• WABE, Advocates frustrated after 20 data center bills fail — https://www.wabe.org/advocates-frustrated-after-20-data-center-bills-fail-to-pass-georgia-legislature/
• Inside Climate News, Georgia legislature data center bills fail — https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09042026/georgia-legislature-data-center-bills-fail/
• Capital B, Black Communities Battle Big Tech Over the Hidden Costs of AI — https://capitalbnews.org/data-centers-black-communities-south/
• NRDC, Georgia PSC vote keeps public in the dark — https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/georgia-psc-vote-keeps-public-dark-about-energy-rates
• Fortune, Georgia Power eminent domain grid expansion — https://fortune.com/2026/07/26/georgia-power-utility-company-eminent-domain-grid-expansion-data-center/
• CBS News, Georgia Power AI data centers eminent domain — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-power-ai-data-centers-eminent-domain/
• Alston & Bird, Georgia sales tax exemptions for data centers — https://www.alston.com/en/insights/publications/2026/02/georgia-sales-tax-exemptions-data-centers
• Good Jobs First, Georgia data center tax breaks — https://goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-data-center-tax-breaks/
• The Cooldown, Residents fight back in Fulton County — https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/data-center-expansion-fulton-county-georgia/
• Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance, AI Data Centers in DeKalb — https://arabiaalliance.org/uncategorized/ai-data-centers-in-dekalb-whats-at-stake-for-arabia-mountain-nha/
• Graham PM, DeKalb County Federal Consent Decree — https://grahampm.com/project/dekalb-county-federal-consent-decree-program-management-services/
• CERM, DeKalb Snapfinger Creek — https://cerm.com/dekalb-snapfinger-creek

Facility databases

• Data Center Map, Fort Gillem ATL16 (Digital Realty) — https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/georgia/atlanta/fort-gillem-atl16/
• Baxtel, Digital Realty ATL15 — https://baxtel.com/data-center/digital-realty-atl-15
• Data Center Map, Atlanta facilities index — https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/georgia/atlanta/

Reference / demographic / environmental

• Wikipedia, Conley, Georgia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conley,_Georgia
• Wikipedia, Fort Gillem — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Gillem
• Wikipedia, Forest Park, Georgia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park,_Georgia
• U.S. Census QuickFacts, Conley CDP, Georgia — https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/conleycdpgeorgia/PST040222
• World Population Review, Conley, Georgia — https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/georgia/conley
• Georgia Demographics, DeKalb County — https://www.georgia-demographics.com/dekalb-county-demographics
• U.S. Census data portal — https://data.census.gov
• Drought.gov, DeKalb County conditions — https://www.drought.gov/states/georgia/county/dekalb
• U.S. Drought Monitor, Georgia — https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?GA=
• PlantMaps, Current Georgia drought conditions (July 14, 2026) — https://www.plantmaps.com/en/us/state/georgia/current-drought-conditions
• Fulton County Water Services drought status — https://fultoncountyga.gov/services/water-services/drought-status
• Clayton County Water Authority — https://www.ccwa.us