Data centers in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta has 7 data centers on the record: 7 running. Atlanta has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Atlanta City Council introduced new legislation aimed at regulating local data centers and eliminating their tax breaks, August 26, 2026. Fulton County's own decisions are on the Fulton County page.

Updated October 4, 2026 · Every line below links to its source · How the record works

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The 7 data centers in Atlanta

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Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

Running Built from one source
Equinix Atlanta
Atlanta, Fulton County · Equinix
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Centersquare Atlanta data center
Atlanta, Fulton County · Centersquare
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
DataBank Atlanta data center
Atlanta, Fulton County · DataBank
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Digital Realty Atlanta
Atlanta, Fulton County · Digital Realty
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
H5 Atlanta
Atlanta, Fulton County · H5 Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
QTS Atlanta 1
Atlanta, Fulton County · QTS Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed

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Running Built from one source
Switch Atlanta campus
Atlanta, Fulton County · Switch
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed

Where

7 data centers in Atlanta: all running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record (6 of 7).

The outline is Atlanta's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What Atlanta has decided

1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the city has done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.

Atlantacity
Atlanta City Council introduced new legislation aimed at regulating local data centers and eliminating their tax breaks, reported August 26, 2026.
theatlantavoice.com local outlet
no published rating
1 act on this row
1. Reported Aug 26ordinance
  Atlanta City Council introduced new legislation aimed at regulating local data centers and eliminating their tax breaks
  theatlantavoice.com local outlet
Last verified August 26, 2026.

The rules across Georgia.

What happened

Reported August 26, 2026 · Atlanta

Ordinance: Atlanta City Council introduced new legislation aimed at regulating local data centers and eliminating their tax breaks theatlantavoice.com local outlet

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The county and nearby counties

The county Fulton County Its decisions and every record in it 12 miles away Cobb County 1 data center on the record · pause on the record 18 miles away Douglas County 3 data centers on the record 26 miles away Fayette County 1 data center on the record 28 miles away Gwinnett County 1 data center on the record

Every Georgia county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 7 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

Figure	Disclosed total	Not disclosed
Power	Not disclosed	7	Not disclosed by any of the 7 records
Water, stated per day	Not disclosed	7	Not disclosed by any of the 7 records
Water, stated per year	Not disclosed	7	Not disclosed by any of the 7 records
Permanent jobs	Not disclosed	7	Not disclosed by any of the 7 records
Tax each year	Not disclosed	7	Not disclosed by any of the 7 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

Use	Records	Power	Water	Jobs	Tax each year
Not disclosed	7	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

Third party figures on the same metrics

Numbers from outside sources on the same metric and place. A figure a project disclosed about itself is in the sums above, not here. Where several sources give the same figure for the same place and year, it is one row with every source behind it (55 sources on 32 rows).

Power

3,200 MWEffingham County, GA, 2026
12 sources
- OpenAI facility expected to need approximately 3,200 megawatts of power. PR Newswire (prnewswire.com)
- Facility projected to require up to 3.2 gigawatts of power when fully built out (given as 3.2 GW). Savannah Morning News (savannahnow.com)
- OpenAI Project Camellia power usage of approximately 3,200 megawatts is around the same as output from three nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Burke County. wsbtv.com (wsbtv.com)
- OpenAI's Effingham County data center requires 3,200 megawatts of power. WJCL (wjcl.com)
- Contract includes about 3,200 megawatts of new electricity demand. WJCL (wjcl.com)
- Operations could require about 3,200 megawatts of power. YouTube (youtube.com)
- Georgia Power will provide 3.2 gigawatts of energy to be delivered in phases from 2028 to 2032 (given as 3.2 GW). thecurrentga.org (thecurrentga.org)
- Data center power capacity is 3.2 gigawatts (given as 3.2 GW). YouTube (youtube.com)
- Campus will use 3,200 megawatts of electricity supplied by Georgia Power. YouTube (youtube.com)
- OpenAI's data center requires 3,200 megawatts of electricity. WJCL (wjcl.com)
- Georgia Power contract includes 3,200 megawatts of new power demand. FOX 5 Atlanta (fox5atlanta.com)
- Project Camellia is a proposed 1,400 acre data center campus that could require up to 3.2 gigawatts of electricity (given as 3.2 GW). Effingham Herald (effinghamherald.net)
1,000 MWEffingham County, GA, 2026
4 sources
- OpenAI committed up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response. FOX 5 Atlanta (fox5atlanta.com)
- OpenAI committed to up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response. WJCL (wjcl.com)
- OpenAI agreed to provide up to 1,000 MW of flexible demand response. PR Newswire (prnewswire.com)
- Project designed to reduce grid consumption by up to 1 gigawatt during peak demand (given as 1 GW). Savannah Morning News (savannahnow.com)
38 GWGA, 2026Microsoft targets 38GW of data center capacity in 2032. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
12 GWGA, 2026Microsoft currently operates approximately 12GW of data center capacity. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
3.2 GWGeorgia, statewide, 2026Project Camellia near Savannah, for OpenAI, is expected to need 3.2 gigawatts from Georgia Power. christianindex.org (roughdraftatlanta.com)
1,803 MWGeorgia, statewide, 2026Atlanta currently has 1,803 megawatts of data center capacity with 2,882 megawatts under construction. The Real Deal (therealdeal.com)
1.6 GWEffingham County, GA, 2026Georgia Power plans to expand Plant McIntosh with two new combined cycle units capable of producing 1.6 gigawatts. Effingham Herald (effinghamherald.net)
1 GWGA, 2026Microsoft brought online 1GW of capacity in recent quarters. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
150 MWCartersville, Bartow County, GA, 2026Kingston Technology Hub requires 150 megawatts of power per day from the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia. Bisnow (bisnow.com)
150 MWKingston, Bartow County, GA, 2026Kingston Technology Hub would require approximately 150 Megawatts per day. wrganews.com (wrganews.com)
99 MWStatesboro, Bulloch County, GA, 2026proposed 99 megawatt data center on approximately 26.49 acres. The Georgia Virtue (thegeorgiavirtue.com)
96 MWGeorgia, statewide, 2026Will add about 96 megawatts of new capacity to the grid by upgrading Georgia Power owned portions of nuclear units at Vogtle and Hatch. Benzinga (benzinga.com)
18 MWMarietta, Georgia, 2026The data center project near Interstate 75 and Delk Road will have a capacity of 18 megawatts. YouTube (youtube.com)
12 MWMarietta, Cobb County, GA, 2026Data center facility is 12 megawatts. 95.5 WSB (wsbradio.com)

Water, stated per day

50,000 gallons per dayKingston, Bartow County, GA, 2026
3 sources
- Kingston Technology Hub water usage estimated at 50000 gallons per day. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
- Kingston Technology Hub estimated water usage is 50000 gallons per day. wrganews.com (wrganews.com)
- The project's estimated water usage is 50,000 gallons per day. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
57,000,000 gallons a dayEffingham County, GA, 2026Utilities will have to use at least 57 million gallons of water per day to power and cool the 3.2 GW data center. YouTube (youtube.com)
10,000,000 gallons a dayGeorgia, statewide, 2026Plant McDonough, a 2.5 gigawatt facility in Cobb County fueled primarily by natural gas, withdrew an average of 10 million gallons of water a day from the Chattahoochee River in 2023 and returned a quarter of that water. christianindex.org (roughdraftatlanta.com)
50,000 gallons a dayCartersville, Bartow County, GA, 2026Kingston Technology Hub expected to use 50,000 gallons of water daily. Bisnow (bisnow.com)
30,000 gallons per dayEffingham County, GA, 2026Fully operational campus expected to use about 30,000 gallons of water per day. Savannah Morning News (savannahnow.com)

Permanent jobs

400 jobsEffingham County, GA, 2026
3 sources
- Project expected to bring 400 long term jobs and new tax revenue. YouTube (youtube.com)
- OpenAI project website promises data center will bring 400 permanent on site jobs and approximately $80 million to community projects. thecurrentga.org (thecurrentga.org)
- Initially have at least 400 permanent jobs on site growing to 1,000. Savannah Morning News (savannahnow.com)
50 jobsKingston, Bartow County, GA, 2026
3 sources
- Kingston Technology Hub would employ around 50 people full time. wrganews.com (wrganews.com)
- Kingston Technology Hub projected to generate around 50 full time jobs. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
- The project will generate around 50 full time jobs. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
1,600 jobs, households, studentsColumbia County, GA, 2026
2 sources
- The study projects the development could lead to roughly 1,600 new jobs, 472 new local households and 307 additional students in the Columbia County School System. WFXG FOX54 (wfxg.com)
- The study projects the project could create 1,600 new jobs, 472 new local households and 307 new students in the Columbia County School System. WRDW (wrdw.com)
1,000 jobsEffingham County, GA, 2026
2 sources
- Project will create 400 six figure jobs starting in 2028, growing to over 1,000 jobs by 2032. YouTube (youtube.com)
- OpenAI pledged creation of 1,000 full time jobs. Savannah Morning News (savannahnow.com)
80 jobsEffingham County, GA, 2026Project promises to create at least 400 new long term jobs, averaging 80 jobs per phase. WTOC (wtoc.com)
50 jobsCartersville, Bartow County, GA, 2026Kingston Technology Hub expected to employ 50 people full time. Bisnow (bisnow.com)

Tax each year

2,000,000 dollars a yearKingston, Bartow County, GA, 2026
2 sources
- Kingston Technology Hub projected to generate 2 million dollars annually in tax revenue. Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com)
- Kingston Technology Hub would generate approximately 2 million dollars in taxes (given as 2,000,000 dollars per year). wrganews.com (wrganews.com)
2,500,000,000 dollars a yearGeorgia, statewide, 2026State report estimated Georgia would miss out on 2.5 billion dollars in tax revenue in 2026 because of data center tax breaks. ajc.com (ajc.com)
2,500,000,000 USDGeorgia, GA, 2026Greg Dolezal says the Georgia data center tax credit will cost Georgians about $2.5 billion this year. Yahoo (yahoo.com)
71,300,000 USDEffingham County, GA, 2026School district local property tax revenue under the lower rate would be about $71.3 million, with an additional county appropriation of about $8.8 million representing the equivalent of 2 mills. Effingham Herald (effinghamherald.net)
2,000,000 USDCartersville, Bartow County, GA, 2026Kingston Technology Hub has $2 million annual impact on local tax revenues. Bisnow (bisnow.com)
22,000 USDColumbia County, GA, 2026The land currently generates $22,000 a year in taxes for the county and schools. The county's projected tax revenue from the site is $12 billion. WRDW (wrdw.com)
1,000 USDEffingham County, GA, 2026Tax revenue designed to help county eliminate homestead property taxes, saving average homeowner approximately $1,000 annually. WTOC (wtoc.com)

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 7 tracked facilities in Atlanta are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 7 tracked facilities in Atlanta are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ga/fulton-county/atlanta, updated October 4, 2026.

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Data centers in Atlanta, Georgia

The 7 data centers in Atlanta

Equinix Atlanta

Centersquare Atlanta data center

DataBank Atlanta data center

Digital Realty Atlanta

H5 Atlanta

QTS Atlanta 1

Switch Atlanta campus

Where

What Atlanta has decided

What happened

The county and nearby counties

Disclosed figures

Power, water, jobs and tax

By what the facilities are for

What the facilities are for

How the facilities are cooled

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