This is what I sent to Irwin County before their Public Hearing on a draft datacenter ordinance.

As you may recall, the datacenter proposed near Irwinville and the Alapaha River was withdrawn by applicant at the Irwin County Commission meeting on March 2, so there was nothing for the Commissioners to vote on at that time. But they are prudently working up a datacenter ordinance.

For more about datacenters, see:

https://wwals.net/issues/datacenters/

Suggested additional sections for Irwin County datacenter ordinance, by WWALS 2026-03-17

Dear Irwin County,

Please permit me to compliment you on the draft data center ordinance.
I especially like that it permits only closed loop cooling systems.

May I suggest that it could benefit by some additional sections, perhaps like those in the attached model ordinance.
Specifically sections like those on: Continue reading →