‘We have the voice’: Augusta neighbors react to proposed data center campus
A developer is proposing a seven-building data center campus on nearly 400 acres near Mike Padgett Highway in Augusta. Nearby residents are concerned about the project’s effect on their quiet community, while newly released documents detail the electricity, water and other resources the campus would require.
WRDW News 12 reports on a proposed seven-building data center campus covering nearly 400 acres near Mike Padgett Highway in Augusta, close to Cross Creek High School, Augusta Regional Airport, a mobile home park and City Hall. The development would occupy an area roughly equivalent to 300 football fields and could significantly change the character of the surrounding neighborhood.
Residents expressed concern that the project could alter the area’s quiet, tucked-away feel, although some potential economic benefits such as new stores, restaurants and shopping centers were also discussed. Documents reviewed by the station outline the campus’s expected electricity, water and other resource needs if the proposal is approved. The developer was not identified in the available transcript.