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Data center campus · 4280 and 4358 Loveless Place and 2281 Pineview Trail, Ellenwood, DeKalb County, Georgia

PCC-DeKalb data center (Ellenwood)

Denied as of Aug. 13, 2026

A data center campus with an outdoor substation on about 96 residentially zoned acres in Ellenwood that DeKalb commissioners rejected after staff and the planning commission recommended denial. Also known as: Project Preserve.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Floor area1,050,000sq ft
Site95.57acres

Who is behind it

ProjectPCC-DeKalb data center (Ellenwood)Also: Project Preserve
Developer and teamPCC-DeKalb LLC
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The Board of Commissioners rejected the permit. (Capital B News Atlanta, Aug. 18, 2026)

  2. Planning staff again recommended denial; the community council had asked for a two-cycle deferral so the moratorium could lapse and new rules pass. (DeKalb County Department of Planning and Sustainability, July 1, 2026)

  3. Commissioners put off a vote until the summer while the county wrote data center rules; staff had recommended denial because the land is zoned residential. (Atlanta News First, Jan. 13, 2026)

  4. The DeKalb Planning Commission recommended denial of the special land use permit, 7-1. (DeKalb County Department of Planning and Sustainability, July 1, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Size differs: the applicant's May 2026 conditions cap buildings at 1.05 million sq ft; news reports describe 2 million sq ft.
  • The application predates DeKalb's July 2025 moratorium; the moratorium is cited in the community council's deferral request, but the denial rests on zoning and the comprehensive plan.
  • Vote count on Aug. 13, 2026 not found.
  • The applicant filed a constitutional-objections letter with the application, preserving a challenge to any denial; no suit over this denial was found in the sources opened.

The full record

Status note
DeKalb commissioners rejected the special land use permit on Aug. 13, 2026.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.