Coweta County commissioners voted 3-2 on Oct. 20 to return the 323.9-acre Project Peach site to rural conservation zoning, removing the light industrial designation that allowed CyrusOne’s planned data center campus. Commissioner Bob Blackburn, who voted for the rezoning in April 2025, made the motion. Commissioner Alphonso Smith seconded, and Commissioner Bill McKenzie joined them. Commissioners John Reidelbach and Jeff Fisher voted no. The board acted under conditions attached to the 2025 approval, which required a power purchase agreement from an electric provider, a deadline the board had already extended 12 months, and a land disturbance permit by Oct. 16, 2026. Zoning staff told the board CyrusOne provided an executed agreement for temporary construction power on Oct. 16 and that site development plans entered initial review Oct. 8. No land disturbance permit had been issued, and the permanent power agreement was still outstanding. The board’s two recorded motions on the item were to close the hearing and to revert the zoning; a draft development agreement in the packet, which would have dropped the power contract requirement and moved the permit deadline to Oct. 31, 2027, was not voted on.

CyrusOne representative Brad Hout told commissioners a Georgia Power request for land along a transmission corridor forced a redesign that moved planned buildings and set the schedule back a few months. He said the company had enough power for construction and a bridge to permanent service while Georgia Power studies pending projects to sort out “who’s real, who’s not.” County officials said the temporary agreement is with an electric membership corporation and that its commercial terms were redacted. Hout said CyrusOne paid $60 million for the property, spent another $2 million to $3 million with local consultants and contractors, began a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review of minor wetland mitigation, applied for a Georgia Department of Transportation permit to widen the site driveway and filed a sewer extension request. He said the company had not sought a tax abatement. Residents asked the board to enforce the deadlines, and a resident told commissioners opponents were submitting a constitutional objection to any new zoning conditions set through a development agreement. County records do not show CyrusOne’s next step.