Project Oak data center reduces scope to five buildings
The Project Oak data center in Coweta County, Georgia, has scaled back its development plan from six to five buildings, now totaling 914,184 square feet. Developers will attend a public hearing on August 25 to request the removal of a zoning condition that limits the site's use and maximum square footage. The project expects to generate $40 million in tax revenue and utilize 28,000 gallons of water per day.
The Project Oak data center campus in Coweta County, Georgia, has submitted a revised site plan, reducing the number of proposed buildings from six to five. This adjustment follows an earlier decision by developers to consolidate the project onto a single 255-acre parcel already zoned for industrial use, rather than seeking rezoning for an additional rural conservation parcel.
The new plan outlines five buildings encompassing 914,184 square feet, situated around Lake Amlajack. A public hearing is scheduled for August 25, where developers will appeal to the Coweta County Board of Commissioners to lift a specific zoning condition. This condition, imposed during the property's rezoning from rural conservation to industrial in April 2024, restricts the site to office and warehouse uses and limits total square footage to 2,136,778 square feet. The previous plan featured six buildings totaling 895,530 square feet, and an earlier Development of Regional Impact (DRI) report noted the project initially comprised eight buildings.
The Project Oak development, which will primarily be accessed via extensions of Coweta Industrial Parkway and Hollz Parkway as part of the Madras Connector project, is projected to generate $40 million in tax revenue. According to its DRI report, the data center will require 28,000 gallons of water per day and necessitate extensions for both water and sewer infrastructure. The public hearing for the data center's proposal was rescheduled to August 25 at the developers' request.