articleThe Brief The Paulding County Board of Commissioners voted to suspend new data center applications, zoning requests, and civil plan reviews until January 1, 2027. The Paulding County Board of Commissioners has placed a temporary moratorium on data centers to give officials time to update the county's development codes. What we know:During Tuesday's board of commissioners meeting, commissioners unanimously approved the moratorium, which will be in effect until January 1, 2027. Kaecher told the crowd that commissioners spent significant time researching the impacts of data centers. What we don't know:The moratorium does not apply to any pending data center zoning applications that were filed before the moratorium was approved.