How big is Marietta Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Marietta Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

Who will use Marietta Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Marietta Data Center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Marietta Data Center stand today?

It is reported, as reported July 7, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 21, 2026: The data center utilizes a closed loop cooling system. [4]

What has Marietta or Cobb County decided about it?

Marietta: The city council required 1 million dollars in sound mitigation for the data center project. (reported August 21, 2026, source); and Marietta: The city council imposed a 6 month moratorium on new data center requests. (reported August 21, 2026, source). 9 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Marietta Data Center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Reported Built from one source

Marietta Data Center

The Marietta city council voted 5-2 to approve a new data center. It is reported, as reported July 7, 2026.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified September 17, 2026 · 4 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land: Not disclosed
Power it would draw: Not disclosed; Reported by others: 18 MW (YouTube); 12 MW (95.5 WSB). Their figure, not the record's.
Water: Not disclosed
Who leads it: Not disclosed
Who would use it: Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs: Not disclosed
Tax each year: Not disclosed

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs	Not disclosed
How much water it would use	Not disclosed
How loud it would be	Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs	Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year	Not disclosed

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	Not disclosed
Who is constructing it	Not disclosed
How much land	Not disclosed
Where its power comes from	Not disclosed
Grid connection	Not disclosed
How it is cooled	Not disclosed

How much power it needs, also reported: 18 MW, 2026 (YouTube: The data center project near Interstate 75 and Delk Road will have a capacity of 18 megawatts.); 12 MW, 2026 (95.5 WSB: Data center facility is 12 megawatts) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Cobb County and Marietta about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported August 21, 2026	Marietta	The city council required 1 million dollars in sound mitigation for the data center project.	youtube.com
Reported August 21, 2026	Marietta	The city council imposed a 6 month moratorium on new data center requests.	youtube.com
Reported August 21, 2026	Marietta	Marietta City Council voted 5-2 approving an 18 megawatt, 11 acre data center.	youtube.com
Reported August 13, 2026	Marietta	Developers must install silencers and conduct independent testing for the data center.	youtube.com
Reported August 13, 2026	Marietta	Marietta City Council approved a six month temporary moratorium on new data center applications.	youtube.com
Reported August 13, 2026	Marietta	Marietta City Council approved rezoning for an 18 megawatt data center on a 5-2 vote after hours of debate.	youtube.com

3 earlier decisions on the county's rows

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported August 12, 2026	Marietta	Marietta city council voted 5-2 to approve a new data center	fox5atlanta.com
Reported July 2, 2026	Marietta	Marietta City Council expected to consider rezoning matter at July 8 meeting	wsbradio.com
Reported July 2, 2026	Marietta	Marietta Planning Commission voted 4-3 in favor of rezoning 10 acres for data center project	wsbradio.com

What happened

Reported August 21, 2026 (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

The data center utilizes a closed loop cooling system. [4]
Reported July 7, 2026 · Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Self storage facility targeted for 18 MW data center in Marietta [1]

The full Marietta Data Center timeline, in order

1 correction to this record

1 source tier relabel, September 23

Every correction, with its reason

September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

What was said

Georgia Digital Infrastructure Alliance announced a six figure statewide advertising campaign on data center development benefits

Georgia Chamber, Georgia Digital Infrastructure Alliance · September 14, 2026 · paraphrased · Marietta Daily Journal local outlet

Parks Huff, attorney for developer, stated facility is needed and location is ideal for data center due to infrastructure proximity

Parks Huff, attorney for developer · July 2, 2026 · paraphrased · 95.5 WSB local outlet

Every statement about data centers in Georgia, by speaker

1 more statement on this page

Marietta resident

Susan Clark requested moratorium on data centers in Marietta pending further study

July 2, 2026, 95.5 WSB · 95.5 WSB local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

The site

Where in Cobb County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

This record: Proposed, ringed
data center
Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
Smaller pins: 19 other published records in Georgia

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where: Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
How exactly it is located: County level, the county seat
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Comparisons

1 metric with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Capacity at full buildout

2 figures, 2 sources

Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

18 MWReported

YouTube, Aug 13, 2026

12 MWReported

95.5 WSB, Jul 2, 2026

Show each source's words

18 MW, YouTube: The data center project near Interstate 75 and Delk Road will have a capacity of 18 megawatts.
12 MW, 95.5 WSB: Data center facility is 12 megawatts

Keep going

The county Cobb County 1 project on the record. A pause on new data centers is on the record. The state Data centers in Georgia Every Georgia project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Marietta Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.
Who is building Marietta Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
Who will use Marietta Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.
How much power and water does Marietta Data Center say it needs?: Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Marietta Data Center stand today?: It is reported, as reported July 7, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 21, 2026: The data center utilizes a closed loop cooling system. [4]
What has Marietta or Cobb County decided about it?: Marietta: The city council required 1 million dollars in sound mitigation for the data center project. (reported August 21, 2026, source); and Marietta: The city council imposed a 6 month moratorium on new data center requests. (reported August 21, 2026, source). 9 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about Marietta Data Center?: Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

Self storage facility in Marietta, Georgia, targeted for 18MW data center, Data Center Dynamics, July 7, 2026, trade press
Marietta data center project approved after hours of heated debate - WSB-TV, wsbtv.com, August 13, 2026, local outlet
Marietta council votes 5-2 for new data center - FOX 5 Atlanta, FOX 5 Atlanta, August 12, 2026, local outlet
Marietta, GA approves 11 acre data center, YouTube, August 21, 2026, video

4 sources on file.

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Data Center Record, "Marietta Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/marietta-data-center-ga, last verified September 17, 2026.

Last verified September 17, 2026, first recorded September 4, 2026. Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug: marietta-data-center-ga
Status value: rumored
Stage: Proposed
Tier: skeleton
Tags: skeleton
Place id: us/ga/cobb-county/marietta
Coordinates: 33.95333, -84.54056
Location precision: county
Location source: County seat (Marietta), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source: wikidata county seat
Location source number: Not disclosed
Location last verified: September 16, 2026
EPA registry id: Not disclosed
Use type values: not_disclosed
Tenancy value: not_disclosed
Cooling type value: not_disclosed
Capacity basis: not_disclosed
Water basis: not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis: Not disclosed
Interconnection value: not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed: Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows: Not disclosed
Published: 2026-09-04
Last verified: 2026-09-17