Douglas & Coweta County cluster

QTS · Microsoft · Switch · DataBank · Douglasville / Palmetto, Georgia

Water — consumed, not returned

Where the water comes from

Municipal potable supply

Cooling

Evaporative and hybrid closed-loop

Basis

Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.56 L/kWh

Air — what the stacks emit

Where it burns

Southern Co. — Georgia / Alabama

Generation mix

Gas 48 · Nuclear 28 · Coal 15

CO₂e

1,358 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

Who wanted it

Who asked for it

Hyperscale tenants on multi-hundred-megawatt leases; most names are not disclosed publicly

Who approved it

Georgia Power's 2025 IRP added roughly 10 GW of forecast data center load and new gas capacity; the Georgia PSC approved rules shifting more grid-upgrade cost onto large loads

What it serves

Wholesale colocation and hyperscale leases; Atlanta is the fastest-growing US market

IT capacity

700 MW running of 2,200 MW announced

Atlanta overtook Northern Virginia on new leasing in 2024–25. Georgia Power's load forecast tripled in three years, and the PSC's response — cost-allocation rules for large loads — has become the model other southern states cite.

Where it is

33.6600°, -84.7500°

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Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors. Full method.