Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: A developer has applied to the state to develop a gargantuan data center complex outside Atlanta.
This time it’s Atlanta-based TPA Group, which plans to erect a $5B, nine-building data center campus in Newton County called the Newton County Technology Park, according to an application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, which evaluates developments expected to have an impact on local infrastructure.
TPA is seeking approval to develop almost 2.6M SF on 317 acres just outside of Social Circle in a wooded area northeast of the intersection of Interstate 20 and State Route 11.
TPA is a prolific office and industrial developer and investor across the U.S., having outlaid more than $2B in nearly 30M SF of real estate since 2015, according to the company’s website. In 2023, TPA sold nearly 55 acres of the former Westside CSX railyard site called Tilford Yards for $91M to the parent company of data center developer Edged Energy.
TPA didn’t return calls seeking comment.
The firm estimates that the project, which is near Meta’s data center campus and the site of the electric vehicle plant Rivian is building with $6.6B in federal funding, will add $7M annually to local tax coffers, according to the application.
Metro Atlanta’s data center inventory is set to more than double based on its construction pipeline, with overall inventory up 118% since 2020. The deluge of new projects means Metro Atlanta is on track to become the second-largest data center market in the U.S., according to CBRE.