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Community should decide if it wants a data center

Q: How do you plan to address the data center issue?

JACKSON: I wouldn't approve a data center unless three things happen. Number one, the community absolutely approves it. period. Number two, that it has strict EPA standards. and number three, and as important, that each person in the community gets a benefit of a reduction of their power bill and their property taxes. Look, if you don't want a data center, I will stand up and defend it and make sure you don't get it. But if you want a data center that can help you individually and economically, I will be there to negotiate the best deal because this should benefit our citizens and no one else.

BOTTOMS: My opponent has invested in at least four companies that builds and constructs data centers. In Bowie [County], Texas, there is a community asking him to not build a data center and he is moving forward. So if he is an investor in data centers, if he builds data centers, he cannot be trusted on this.

Source: C-SPAN transcript of 2026 Georgia Governor Town Hall debate , Oct 6, 2026

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