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Environmental and community activists are pushing for tighter state-level restrictions on data centers in Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs has proposed new rules to classify data centers as "developments of regional impact."

The proposed regulations would require developers to disclose a project's energy and water needs.

Environmental advocates and community activists Tuesday supported a proposal to add data centers to the list of large development projects subject to state review.

But they also called for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to lower the threshold for projects that fall under the agency's definition of "developments of regional impact" (DRIs).

The DCA is proposing new rules that would create a category of DRIs cal

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