{"id":25947,"date":"2026-07-28T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25947"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:40:28","slug":"datacenter-meeting-after-lowndes-county-commission-regular-session-2026-07-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/datacenter-meeting-after-lowndes-county-commission-regular-session-2026-07-28.html","title":{"rendered":"Datacenter meeting after Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 2026-07-28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nWill it be an &ldquo;information sharing session&rdquo;, a &ldquo;presentation&rdquo;, or something else?\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Datacenter session or presentation? After Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 5:30 PM 2026-07-28\" name=\"MMM:Datacenter-session-or-presentation-After-Lowndes-County-Commission-Regular-Session-530-PM-20260728\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Datacenter session or presentation? After Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 5:30 PM 2026-07-28]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/many.html\">Datacenter session or presentation? After Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 5:30 PM 2026-07-28<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nAccording to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2026\/07\/packet-comprehensive-plan-update-appointments-to-vlpra-and-library-board-road-resurfacing-and-widening-lcc-2026-07-27.html\">\r\npage 2 of the agenda<\/a>, &ldquo;There will be an information sharing session to address data center ordinance\r\nconsiderations following the adjournment of the regular meeting.&rdquo;\r\nThat&#8217;s the 5:30 PM, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission, on the second floor of 327 N. Ashley Street, Valdosta, GA.\r\n<p>\r\nOr is it a presentation?\r\nOn facebook yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superdistrict4lowndescountyga\/posts\/pfbid0pvzGhbgaYgztgiahAvLcjaxsbk9Q4CgUUrGYKfbsvtEPRXErDvB6FPEJdTZmNUWwl\">\r\nDr. Demarcus Marshall &#8211; Lowndes County Commissioner<\/a>, &ldquo;There will be a data center presentation tomorrow (July 28, 2026) evening following our regular meeting at 5:30pm in the Judicial Complex in the Commission Chambers.&rdquo;<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Commissioner Demarcus Marshall District 4, Chairman Bill Slaughter, Commissioner Scottie Orenstein District 2, 2026-07-27 --posted by Demarcus Marshall\" name=\"Pic:Commissioner-Demarcus-Marshall-District-4-Chairman-Bill-Slaughter-Commissioner-Scottie-Orenstein-District-2-20260727-posted-by-Demarcus-Marshall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/758542839_1392494392693766_2579094704204934423_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/758542839_1392494392693766_2579094704204934423_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[Commissioner Demarcus Marshall District 4, Chairman Bill Slaughter, Commissioner Scottie Orenstein District 2, 2026-07-27 --posted by Demarcus Marshall]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/758542839_1392494392693766_2579094704204934423_n.html\">Commissioner Demarcus Marshall District 4, Chairman Bill Slaughter, Commissioner Scottie Orenstein District 2, 2026-07-27 &#8211;posted by Demarcus Marshall<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nOr is this going to be just the Chairman comes down front after the meeting, like has happened many times before?\r\n<p>\r\nRemember, there&#8217;s no actual application for a datacenter yet,\r\neven though the county rezoned the prospective 719 acres to M-1,\r\nLight Manufacturing, back on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/07\/two-rezonings-and-a-beer-and-wine-license-lcc-packet-2025-07-07.html\">\r\nJuly 8, 2025<\/a>.\r\nThat&#8217;s on Coleman Road North, south of North Valdosta Road and the Foxborough subdivision,\r\nand just west across the Withlacoochee River from Langdale Park.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Rezoning Map for Langdale Capital Assets, Inc., 2025-07-08, REZ-2025-11, ~719 acres\" name=\"P20250708:Rezoning-Map-for-Langdale-Capital-Assets-Inc-20250708-REZ202511-719-acres\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/July-8-2025-Meeting-Packet-0023.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/July-8-2025-Meeting-Packet-0023.jpg\"  alt=\"[Rezoning Map for Langdale Capital Assets, Inc., 2025-07-08, REZ-2025-11, ~719 acres]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/July-8-2025-Meeting-Packet-0023.html\">Rezoning Map for Langdale Capital Assets, Inc., 2025-07-08, REZ-2025-11, ~719 acres<\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/July-8-2025-Meeting-Packet-0023.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThat sure looks like spot zoning, which supposedly Lowndes County does not do.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Map: Coleman Road M-1 zoning, REZ-2025-11, 2026-07-28 --VALORGIS\" name=\"Maps:Map-Coleman-Road-M1-zoning-REZ202511-20260728-VALORGIS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/2026-07-28--map-coleman-road-m-a-REZ-2025-11--valorgis.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/2026-07-28--map-coleman-road-m-a-REZ-2025-11--valorgis.jpg\"  alt=\"[Map: Coleman Road M-1 zoning, REZ-2025-11, 2026-07-28 --VALORGIS]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-07-28--datacenter-session-lowndes-county-commission\/2026-07-28--map-coleman-road-m-a-REZ-2025-11--valorgis.html\">Map: Coleman Road M-1 zoning, REZ-2025-11, 2026-07-28<\/a> &#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/bbd87fb43280497ba50a9cde6756b776?draft=true\">\r\nVALORGIS<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFor much more about datacenters, see:\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wwals.net\/issues\/datacenters\">\r\nhttps:\/\/wwals.net\/issues\/datacenters<\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n 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