A Development of Regional Impact application filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs outlines plans for a six building data center campus in McDuffie County, outside Augusta. The project, code named Project Azalea, would rise on a 200 acre parcel along Randall Hunt Road in Thomson, with completion targeted by 2029 according to the filing. The applicant is listed as Project Turbo LLC, an entity linked to another data center campus proposed elsewhere in Georgia.
The filing adds to a rapidly expanding data center pipeline in the Augusta region. A separate six building campus known as Project Eisenhower, filed by Eagle South LLC and developed by QTS, calls for roughly 2.15 million square feet of space off Gordon Highway near Fort Gordon, a development valued at about $2 billion. Local officials in Augusta have begun debating whether to slow approvals as the projects accumulate.
The activity reflects Georgia's broader rise as a national data center market. The state has surpassed Northern Virginia in data center leasing, driven by hyperscale leases, AI related compute demand, and infrastructure investments that include an $11 billion Amazon Web Services expansion. Developers continue to push beyond metro Atlanta into smaller Georgia markets where land and power remain comparatively available.
Source: Data Center Dynamics - https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/plans-filed-for-six-building-data-center-campus-outside-augusta-georgia/