Data center development is accelerating across metro Atlanta, with hyperscale operators and developers committing billions of dollars to new and expanding campuses in the western suburbs. Microsoft is moving forward with a roughly $1.8 billion investment in Atlanta-area data centers, including a campus in Douglasville in Douglas County tied to its Azure region expansion, even as the company works through tax and development questions with local officials.
Douglas County has become a focal point for the buildout. DC BLOX closed $1.15 billion in green loan financing for a 100-acre campus in Lithia Springs, while Google continues to develop facilities in the area alongside a planned second Georgia site in LaGrange. In Fulton County, T5 Data Centers is building its Atlanta IV campus on a 91-acre South Fulton site, with three buildings totaling about 1.32 million square feet and support for up to 200 megawatts of critical IT load. A separate 2.1 million square foot campus is planned in Union City, with work expected to begin in 2026.
The activity reflects Atlanta's rise as the leading Southeast hub for data center construction. The region ranked as the top U.S. market for new facilities in 2024, when local data center construction jumped 76 percent compared with the prior year. Demand from artificial intelligence workloads continues to drive the pipeline of proposed projects.
Source: Data Center Frontier - https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/hyperscale/article/55126626/details-emerge-on-microsofts-18-billion-investment-in-atlanta-data-centers-amid-tax-development-wrangles