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Data centers in Georgia: projects, fights & moratoriums
Projects tracked9
Blocked or withdrawn3
Moratoriums / limits2
Upcoming hearings3
Projects
- Lovejoy data center campus (400 acres) (Clayton County): withdrawn. Property owner withdrew application; council formally accepted withdrawal Aug. 6 and will revise zoning to exclude data centers
- Project Camellia (Effingham County): approved. Residents sued in Superior Court to void Ordinance 2026-352 (data centers allowed on industrial land), alleging no required hearings
- Project Sail (Coweta County): approved. 19 residents sued county and Atlas seeking to void the 829-acre rezoning approved 3-2 on Apr. 7, 2026
- Liberty Road data center (700+ acres, 4.4M sq ft) (Douglas County): blocked. Commission voted 4-1 to deny rezoning
- Project Oak (255 acres) (Coweta County): blocked. Commissioners unanimously denied removing a zoning condition that limited the industrial site to office/warehouse
- Meta Stanton Springs Data Center (Newton County): operating. Operating campus
- Google Douglas County campus (Douglas County): operating. Operating campus
- AWS Georgia (Butts/Douglas) campuses (Butts / Douglas County): under construction. Butts County 'Project Lighthouse'/River Park site under active construction; water upgrades advancing
- QTS Fayetteville campus (incl. Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta) (Fayette County): under construction. Four buildings operating, five under construction; water-use controversy over unmetered construction water
Upcoming hearings & votes
- 2026-10-19: Jasper County Board of Commissioners, Meeting packet mentions "data center" and "hyperscale"
- 2026-10-26: Dacula Planning Commission, Hearing on amendments to zoning ordinance Article IX concerning data centers
- 2026-11-05: Dacula Mayor and Council, Consideration and action on data center zoning amendments
Moratoriums & local limits
- Clayton County (unincorporated): moratorium, adopted 2025-09-02
- Coweta County: moratorium, adopted unknown