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TO STOP THE ADAIR PARK / WEST END DATA CENTER
In 2024, a coalition of over 500 Atlantans stopped another data center from being built in our city. Now the developer is trying again.
In 2024, a coalition of over 500 Atlantans stopped another data center from being built in our city. Now the developer is trying again.
The Atlanta Zoning Ordinance already forbids data centers on this land, but he's pushing City Council for an exception!
The Atlanta Zoning Ordinance already forbids data centers on this land, but he's pushing City Council for an exception!
we have to push back!
we have to push back!
The developer, claiming to have listened to the community, intends to hide his electricity-sucking, water-guzzling, land-hogging DATA CENTER behind a thin veneer of commercial space.
The developer, claiming to have listened to the community, intends to hide his electricity-sucking, water-guzzling, land-hogging DATA CENTER behind a thin veneer of commercial space.
Great things happen in our neighborhoods
Great things happen in our neighborhoods
"Atlanta’s historic buildings inspire developers to ‘respect and protect"
ajc.com, 10/18/24"Mall West End developers promise community-first approach to redevelopment"
wabe.org 10/1/24"Major expansion in works for West End's lively warehouse district"
urbanize.com 9/17/24
A data center is bad planning, and harmful
A data center is bad planning, and harmful
Creates minimal jobs.
Raises the cost of electricity.
Taxes our overburdened water infrastructure.
Exacerbates the already unfair distribution of nuisance utility infrastructure in a historically redlined community.
And next to a MARTA station?!
And next to a MARTA station?!
MARTA won't be building any new stations any time soon, so we must make the best use possible of the stations we already have. That means using land next to our existing stations for people-centered development, not warehouses!
When we build housing and employment opportunities next to transit stations, we make transit a more viable option for more Atlantans, reducing traffic and pollution for the rest of us!
"Data centers can...make it more difficult to develop affordable housing, grocery, greenspace, and retail, which are all more suitable projects for the urban core of our city...Moreover, the centers are being pushed into underserved, traditionally African-American areas that have been starved of equitable development and amenities. This is unacceptable.
Data Center development cannot be prioritized over people-centered urban development, including affordable housing, quality jobs, and neighborhood retail. This is particularly important near the Beltline and high-capacity transit."
-Mayor Andre Dickens, 12/2/24
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