APPLING, Ga. (WJBF)- With a rise in cyber technology, Columbia County leaders are starting to work on plans to bring a data center to Appling.

After recent discussions about ways to improve the county, Economic Development Authority Director Cheney Eldridge says they saw the need for a data center.

“Anything you do on the internet runs through a data center, so they’re very important to have—not just for the country, but here in this community," said Eldridge.

County leaders have sent a rezoning application for almost 2000 acres near Morris Callaway Road.

They're working with Trammel Crow, a commercial real estate firm out of Atlanta.

"They came to us when we were looking at this piece of property, and have really been with us the whole time working together through a public-private p

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