ATLANTA – 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 called “technological facility” to include data centers, as well as two other new categories for solar power generating facilities such as solar farms as well as truck stops.

The DCA acted after officials from regional planning commissions across the state asked the agency to add data centers to its DRI rules to help guide local governments in processing de

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