Coweta County, GA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Crypto Mining Rules (2026)

The zoning ordinance's definitions article, most recently amended by Ord. No. 038-25 (12-16-25), defines 'cryptocurrency data center' as floor space devoted to data-processing equipment used for cryptocurrency mining, and 'cryptocurrency mining' as the commercial process of verifying blockchain transactions and releasing new cryptocurrency units through server farms or data-processing equipment. ' That distinction matters because Sec. 181(4) permits 'Data centers' in the LM Light Manufacturing district, and Sec. 191(12) permits 'Data center or data center campus' in the M Industrial district, each subject to a detailed package of standards: a 25-acre minimum lot, a 60- to 70-foot height cap, a 300-foot buffer from residential property, nighttime and daytime noise limits measured at the property line, mandatory community meetings before rezoning, and screened equipment enclosures.

Because cryptocurrency data centers are defined out of the 'data center' term those sections use, they don't qualify for that permitted or conditional pathway. Sec. 40 separately requires that no building, structure, or use be established unless it conforms with the regulations specified for its zoning district, and no article of the ordinance lists cryptocurrency mining or cryptocurrency data centers among the permitted, conditional, or accessory uses of any district.