In Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, a large-scale land use conflict was resolved when commissioners denied a controversial rezoning request for a proposed 2-million square foot data center on 233 acres along Old Elberton Road. The proposal was formally filed by attorney William Diehl on behalf of the property’s owner, FAE Clark LLC, though the identity of the end-user remains unknown.
The project was rejected due to serious concerns over its colossal power and water consumption, projected noise pollution, and the incompatibility of such an industrial facility within the agriculturally zoned area. This decisive action was quickly followed by the passage of an emergency moratorium on all new data center proposals, effectively halting future applications while the county works to establish stringent new regulations for managing these high-impact developments.
July 27, 2026 Georgia
A gigawatt-scale data centre campus is planned near Atlanta, Georgia. Developer Stillwater Development has filed a Development of Regional Impact application for the Stillwater Technology Park in Lovejoy, around 25 miles (40km) south of downtown Atlanta. The proposed campus at 11760 Panhandle...
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April 14, 2026 Georgia
A gigawatt-scale data center campus has been proposed in Georgia. A Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application has been filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for a project in Irwin County, in south-central Georgia. Premier Data Center Development, LLC plans to build a...
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March 21, 2026 Georgia
Real estate firm Crow Holdings Development and CHI/Acquisitions have effectively withdrawn their application to build a data center in Fayetteville, Georgia. Although the project was rejected by the city’s planning and zoning commission in late January, Crow Holdings had planned to appeal the...
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March 18, 2026 Georgia
Local authorities have approved the 200-acre ‘Project Azalea’ data center in McDuffie County, Georgia. Commissioners backed the project in a 4–1 vote; officials estimate it will be worth $1 billion and generate about $25 million in annual local tax revenue. The project will include six data...
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March 03, 2026 Georgia
A new data center campus may be on the way to Columbus, Georgia. Economic development organization Choose Columbus announced that the Development Authority of Columbus is in negotiations with Habitat Partners to secure a site for the proposed project.Project Ruby would be a $5 billion+ data...
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