It appears that the rumored Irwin County datacenter tax pre-payment proposal is vaporware, speculation, hearsay.
The response from the Irwin County Clerk on July 21 was:
“I have received your request. At this time, there are no documents responsive to your request.”
That was in response to my open records request of July 19, 2026: Continue reading
Update 2026-06-01: Review, Project Arrowhead, DRI 4689, Irwin County, GA –SGRC 2026-05-14.
The Irwin County Commissioners approved almost everything unanimously, including the Special Exception for a datacenter.
The only exception was 6. ACCEPT PHASE II OF THE COURTHOUSE ROOF BID PROJECT, which they tabled.
On the datacenter special exception, several Commissioners did express specific concerns. But they seemed to be relying largely on hearsay, such as by the Commissioners who had visited some datacenters, which “wasn’t really rushed,” yet “We were rushing to see everything we could see. And we didn’t get all the questions like that answered.” Continue reading
![[Datacenter deal proposal in Ocilla Star 2026-07-01, no documents responsive, Irwin County Clerk 2026-07-21]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-07-01--ocilla-star-datacenter/fbmany.jpg)
![[Videos: Datacenter Special Exception Approved at Special Called Meeting of Irwin County BOCC 2026-05-20]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-05-20--irwin-county-special-called-meeting/fbmany.jpg)