Data center profile · Sargent community, Coweta County, Georgia (about 7 miles northwest of Newnan)

Project Sail

Atlas Development's nine-building campus on 829 acres near Newnan, Georgia: rezoned 3 to 2 in Apr. 2026, now in court; no tenant or power agreement.

Rezoned, under appeal. Coweta County rezoned the land to industrial on Apr. 7, 2026 (3 to 2, 17 conditions), and 17 residents sued on May 5, 2026; no ruling is on record. No land-disturbance permit, power contract, tenant or confirmed land purchase by Prologis is on record.
The site, Aerial photo, Feb. 2, 2026
About 900 MW
campus size in press reports
Georgia Power letter cites about 910 MW of eventual load (developer's figure); building labels in the approved plan add up to about 600 MW
9 buildings
up to 4.34 million sq ft, cut from 13 buildings
the original filing was 13 buildings and 4.9 million sq ft
829 acres
five parcels rezoned from rural conservation to industrial
developer says under 20% would be built
$17B
investment in the original filing
a county-side estimate cited $112B over 21 years (press)
OperatorAtlas Development LLC (applicant and majority landowner); Prologis is the backer and prospective buyer
CustomerNone named; end user unknown
Planned IT capacity480 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2028 (range 2027 to 2030).
Next deadlineOct. 8, 2027: Deadline to obtain a land disturbance permit, or the county may start rezoning the land again
From orbit

The site

Satellite views of the same ground on Dec. 31, 2011 and Feb. 2, 2026. Drag to compare.

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Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

Georgia Power grid serviceLetter of availability only
910 MW
projected load stated by the developer in the utility's Aug. 2025 letter; the letter is not an offer or agreement; no service agreement is on record Local government · Aug. 2025
Proposed
Other sources, size not disclosed
Not used, not on record, or dropped

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. July 15, 2025
    State approves the utility's plan
    Georgia regulators approve Georgia Power's 2025 resource plan, which includes forecast data center load; it does not name this campus. Company · Dec. 2025
  2. Aug. 25, 2025
    Letter of service availability
    Georgia Power writes to Prologis that load at the site could reach about 910 MW over time, subject to later agreements. Local government · Aug. 2025
  3. As of Oct. 2026
    No service agreement found
    No electric service agreement or regulator filing naming the project is on record. Company · Oct. 2026
  4. Not set
    Air permit: none
    No air permit application for generators exists in state records. State agency · Oct. 2026

What is next door

campus0.21 km · gas pipeline9.12 km · 345 kV+ line9.75 km · 345 kV+ substationcampus0.21 km · gas pipeline9.12 km · 345 kV+ line9.75 km · 345 kV+ substation

Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

1 appealed · 1 pending · 1 granted · 3 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what the record shows.

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$17B
investment in the original regional filing
13 buildings; the approved plan has 9 State agency · Dec. 2024
About $100M a year
net new local revenue the developer claims
the original filing said $163M a year after first claiming nearly $1.6B; developer's own analysis Company · Oct. 2026
$1.31B
claimed 21-year receipts
$434M county plus $876M schools, even after abatements, but no abatement deal exists Company · Oct. 2026
$1.98M
Land purchase by the site-plan owner, recorded Dec. 2024
Blenheim Timber LLC to AKJJ Holdings LLC, the owner named on the site plan; developer's price not recorded (county deed records) County deed records · Dec. 2024
$1.29M
Second parcel bought by AKJJ Holdings, recorded Mar. 2025
Harper family to AKJJ Holdings LLC (county deed records) County deed records · March 2025

Not on record: Prologis's purchase of the site: not closed, reported agreed in 2025, closing unconfirmed in Oct. 2026 News report · Oct. 2026

Land assembly

5 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (Dec. 2024 to April 2025); 3 list a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 2, 2024
    Money Land purchase recorded at $2M: Blenheim Timber LLC to Akjj Holdings LLC (1 parcel) County deed records · Dec. 2024
  2. 2024
    Site Atlas files a regional impact review and rezoning for 13 buildings and 4.9 million sq ft, a $17B project News report · Dec. 2024
  3. Jan. 2025
    Money Amended filing cuts the claimed tax revenue to about $163M a year News report · Jan. 2025
  4. May 6, 2025
    Permits County imposes a 180-day moratorium on new data center decisions; the Sail petition is held News report · Aug. 2025
  5. May 2025
    Money Prologis's role is first disclosed in a company executive's op-ed; Prologis says it joined in Sept. 2024 News report · April 2026
  6. Aug. 25, 2025
    Power Georgia Power sends a letter citing about 910 MW of eventual load Local government · Aug. 2025
  7. Dec. 16, 2025
    Permits County adopts its first data center ordinance, 4 to 1, ending the moratorium News report · Dec. 2025
  8. Jan. 12, 2026
    Permits Application is cut to 9 buildings and 4.34 million sq ft to meet the new ordinance Local government · April 2026
  9. April 7, 2026
    Permits Commissioners rezone the land 3 to 2 despite 7,820 petition signatures against News report · April 2026
  10. May 5, 2026
    Site 17 residents appeal the rezoning in Coweta County Superior Court News report · May 2026
  11. June 2026
    Site Opponents report about 6,500 of roughly 14,000 signatures needed for a countywide referendum News report · June 2026
  12. Oct. 13, 2026
    Permits County staff propose further tightening of the data center rules; a new six-month moratorium covers future projects News report · Oct. 2026
  13. Oct. 8, 2027
    Permits Deadline for a land disturbance permit under the rezoning conditions Local government · April 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Dec. 2011: 72 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 8 earlier records are not drawn.

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The buildings

Specs

829 acres
five parcels, up to 4.34 million sq ft of buildings
Local government · April 2026
7 two-story and 2 one-story buildings
labeled 72 MW and 48 MW each on the plan, about 600 MW in total
Local government · Jan. 2026
Up to 300,000 gallons a day
peak water use, developer says; the original filing said 9.1 million
Company · Oct. 2026
390 jobs
permanent, per the traffic study
Local government · Jan. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer and owners
  • Atlas Development LLC (Jonathon Ward): applicant and majority landowner
  • Prologis, Inc.: backer since Sept. 2024 and prospective buyer
  • AKJJ Holdings and William Gause: other landowners
Decision-makers
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: approved 3 to 2 (Fisher, Reidelbach and Smith yes; McKenzie and Blackburn no)
  • Georgia Power: serving utility
Advisers
  • Bohler Engineering: site plan
  • CBRE: broker
  • Economic Impact Group: fiscal analysis
Opponents
  • Citizens for Rural Coweta and Stop Project Sail: appeal and referendum drive
  • Chattahoochee Riverkeeper: water concerns
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

380 records from 42 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, public and commercial datasets, local government records, company statements, our own analysis, securities filings and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 24State agency 7Dataset 6Local government 4Company 3Analysis 2SEC filing 2Satellite 0
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (33)
  • SEC filings: No SEC filing names Project Sail, the Newnan/Coweta campus, or sponsor Atlas Development LLC; the 900 MW campus-stated figure appears in no filing
    “CIK-constrained search of all Prologis filings for "Project Sail" returned 0 documents”
    SEC filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Substation: Two on-site substations (~8 ac pad) plus ~4 ac AC switching yard; Plant Yates transmission lines traverse the site; names not given
    “The proposed data center campus includes two substations and an alternating current (AC) switching yard.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Utility: Georgia Power Company (letter of service availability Aug. 25, 2025 to Prologis L.P.; letter of intent to serve cited by county)
    “The applicant has received letters of intent to serve the proposed project from both the Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority and Georgia Power.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Utility service: ~910 (projected load stated by developer to Georgia Power; letter is not an offer or agreement) MW
    “You have indicated that the electrical load at the Premises will, over time, reach approximately 910 MW (the "Projected Load").”
    Local government · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • Interconnection status: Letter of service availability only (no ESA): Georgia Power says terms subject to definitive agreements
    “Please note that this letter is not an offer or agreement related to the provision of electric service.”
    Local government · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • Utility: Georgia Power
    “Georgia Power - building a 35-mile 500-kV transmission line across Coweta and Fayette counties for area data-center growth (330+ properties affected)”
    grade B
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 9.12 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 9.75 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: 0.21 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Utility service: not stated
    “GP included forecasted data center load in its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan, which was approved in July 2025”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “Project Sail is intentionally sited next to exisiting power infrastructure so energy can be delivered efficiently”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Power plan: grid, Georgia Power, sited adjacent to Plant Yates and existing transmission; no new line required for the campus per developer
    “energy can be delivered efficiently without the need for new transmission lines to be built across Coweta County”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 910 MW
    “Georgia Power letter projects about 910 MW of load, but the approved site plan only supports about 600 MW”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: 600 MW
    “Georgia Power letter projects about 910 MW of load, but the approved site plan only supports about 600 MW”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Developer now claims a closed-loop air-cooled design with peak water use of 300,000 gallons/day, roughly 1/30th of the 9 MGD evaporative design in the DRI-era filing the county process was built on. No amended DRI or co
    “Our current design utilizes a closed loop air cooled system that does not use evaporative cooling”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Backup generators: count not stated; applicant says all backup generators EPA Tier 4, emergency/testing only
    “all backup generators will meet the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) highest Tier 4 standards”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: docket approved plan, no campus grid contract public: rezoning approved Apr 2026, no site work reported, and no Georgia Power ESA, interconnection request or Georgia PSC docket naming Project Sail
    “The 35-mile transmission line will connect the Ashley Park Substation north of Fayetteville to Plant Wansley near Roopville”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Utility: Georgia Power Company
    “the company is moving forward with the Ashley Park - Wansley 500 kV line, one of the first new projects under the company's latest 10-year transmission plan”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • large load interconnection request: announced / advancing under 2025 IRP 10-year transmission plan
    “The 35-mile transmission line will connect the Ashley Park Substation north of Fayetteville to Plant Wansley near Roopville”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • transmission line: approved as system plan
    “On July 15, 2025, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Area context only, NOT a Sail campus fact: Georgia Power's Ashley Park-Wansley 500 kV line (35 miles, Ashley Park Substation to Plant Wansley, completion expected Q2 2028) and its Ashley Park 500/230 kV substation serve
    “The 35-mile transmission line will connect the Ashley Park Substation north of Fayetteville to Plant Wansley near Roopville”
    Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Name: Project Sail
    “A 900MW data center development by Prologis called Project Sail has received the go-ahead from local planning authorities”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Aliases: Atlas Development Project Sail; Prologis Project Sail
    “Prologis' 900MW 'Project Sail' gets the go-ahead in Coweta County, Georgia”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Details of IT capacity, or how the data center will be powered, are not included in the application”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Prologis Q3 2026: company-wide data center pipeline 5.8 GW (1.7 GW secured power, 4.1 GW advanced stages), ~1 GW under LOI. PORTFOLIO CONTEXT ONLY, no Project Sail-specific MW, start date or tenant was disclosed in any
    “The data center pipeline totaled 5.8 gigawatts, comprising 1.7 gigawatts of secured power and 4.1 gigawatts in advanced stages”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Georgia Power's Ashley Park-Wansley ROW acquisition (~330 properties; 20-30 homes to be demolished) became a national story via homeowner Ansley Brown (mother Angela Hall's USDA-loan home); Hall later settled at a price
    “Georgia Power is taking it anyway, not for a data-center building but for the right-of-way of a 35-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission corridor known as the Ashley Park-Wansley line”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Substations: 2
    “calls for nine massive buildings totaling 4.34 million square feet, plus two substations”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: rezoning approved (3-2, Apr 7, 2026) but under court appeal since May 5, 2026; nothing built
    “The lawsuit, filed May 5 in Coweta County Superior Court, claims the 3-2 vote amounted to an abuse of power”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 900 MW
    “A 900MW data center development by Prologis called Project Sail”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 900 MW
    “A 900MW data center development by Prologis called Project Sail has received the go-ahead from local planning authorities.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • IT capacity: ~600 (sum of concept-plan building labels: 7 x 72 MW two-story + 2 x 48 MW one-story; basis of labels not stated)
    “72 MW 2-STORY (60') BUILDING ... 48 MW 1-STORY (40') BUILDING”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Dri filing: Development of Regional Impact (DRI) filing submitted to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs by Atlas Development LLC (original proposal: 13 buildings, 4.9M sq ft, $17B)
    “Atlas Development LLC, the company behind the scheme, has submitted a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) filing to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, revealing details of the project.”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 936 MW
    “each building will demand 72 megawatts, and the entire campus will demand 936 megawatts at peak operation and full buildout in 2036”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (44)
  • Buildings: 9 (max per condition 2; 7 two-story 60 ft + 2 one-story 40 ft) buildings
    “The development shall not exceed nine (9) data center buildings nor more than 4,340,000 square feet.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Square feet: 4340000 (cap) sq ft
    “The development shall not exceed nine (9) data center buildings nor more than 4,340,000 square feet.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning conditions (REZ 24-19): deadline - land disturbance permit LDP within 18 months of next business day after approval, else Board may initiate rezoning months
    “If the applicant fails to do so, the Board may initiate rezoning of the property.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning conditions (REZ 24-19): decommissioning / financial assurance Recorded Decommissioning and Site Restoration Plan before any LDP; trigger 12 months continuous non-operation; third-party cost estimate; financial a
    “a financial assurance mechanism acceptable to the County shall be provided to guarantee performance”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning conditions (REZ 24-19): condition precedent - transportation All transportation improvements under construction before any building permit for permanent structures; completed before CO. Applicant funds roundabou
    “All transportation improvements shall be under construction prior to issuance of any building permit(s) for permanent structures on the property”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning conditions (REZ 24-19): incorporation of DRI conditions Comply with Attachments A, B and C of DRI #4361 Notice of Decision (GRTA construction-traffic and site-access conditions)
    “The applicant shall comply with all conditions set forth in Attachments A, B, and C from DRI # 4361 - Notice of Decision.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • water/sewer availability letter: term and cost allocation Developer pays all water/sewer upgrade costs and engineering analysis; commitment valid 12 months from Jan. 9, 2026 (to ~Jan. 9, 2027)
    “This commitment is valid for twelve (12) months from the date of this letter.”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • utility letter of service availability: projected load / non-binding ~910 MW projected load; not an offer or agreement; subject to definitive agreements MW
    “Terms related to the provision of electric service in connection with the Projected Load are subject to further discussion and analysis”
    Local government · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • Tax revenue claim dri: 163000000 per year (updated 1.8.25) USD/yr
    “Estimated annual local tax revenues ... $163,000,000 per year (updated 1.8.25)”
    State agency · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Stated capital cost: 17161900000 (DRI estimated value at build-out) USD
    “Estimated Value at Build-Out: 17,161,900,000.00”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • Tax revenue claim current: 100000000 USD/yr
    “Project Sail is expected to deliver about $100 million every year in net new revenue for Coweta County and the Coweta County School System”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • electric service agreement: existence, finding No ESA or PSC-filed special contract naming Project Sail located in the public record as of Oct 2026
    “Fully supported by Georgia Power (GP). GP included forecasted data center load in its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • tax incentives, developer position: scope Developer FAQ declines to confirm any incentive request: decisions would be made in close coordination with state and local officials if incentives become part of the conversati
    “If that becomes part of the conversation, any decisions will be made in close coordination with state and local officials”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • tax incentives, fiscal model assumption: condition, assumption The developer's Fiscal Impact Analysis projects 21-year receipts of $434M (county) and $876M (schools) 'even after accounting for tax abatements', i.e., t
    “Over the next 21 years, Coweta County is projected to receive $434 million, and Coweta County Schools $876 million - even after accounting for tax abatements”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • water / sewer service: condition, developer assertion All water and sewer improvements needed to serve the development to be fully funded by Project Sail, with no cost passed to CCWSA ratepayers (developer assertion; no
    “all improvements needed to serve this development with both water and sewer service will be fully funded by Project Sail”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • transmission, NOT a campus agreement: scope, finding The Ashley Park-Wansley 500 kV line is a Georgia Power system project under the PSC-approved 2025 IRP; it is not a Project Sail facility or agreement. Prologis state
    “Prologis is not involved with Georgia Power's separate transmission line project in the area”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 1228000 USD
    “Recorded: April 16, 2025 · Price: $1,228,000 · Grantor: HARPER · Grantee: AKJJ HOLDINGS LLC · Parcel number: 034 4042 001 · Address: WAGERS MILL RD · City: NEWNAN”
    County deed records · April 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: April 16, 2025 · Grantor: HARPER · Grantee: AKJJ HOLDINGS LLC · Parcel number: 034 4042 001 · Address: WAGERS MILL RD · City: NEWNAN”
    County deed records · April 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 1288500 USD
    “Recorded: March 5, 2025 · Price: $1,288,500 · Grantor: HARPER · Grantee: AKJJ HOLDINGS LLC · Parcel number: 034 4023 010 · City: NEWNAN”
    County deed records · March 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: March 5, 2025 · Grantor: HARPER · Grantee: AKJJ HOLDINGS LLC · Parcel number: 034 4023 010 · City: NEWNAN”
    County deed records · March 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 1978575 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 2, 2024 · Price: $1,978,575 · Grantor: BLENHEIM TIMBER LLC · Grantee: AKJJ HOLDINGS LLC · Parcel number: 034 4041 001 · City: NEWNAN”
    County deed records · Dec. 2024 · grade B
  • electric service framework: scope PSC rules adopted 2025 allow added contract requirements for new customers above 100 MW: longer contracts, minimum billing, large customers cover infrastructure costs, qualifying contrac
    “It approved rules allowing Georgia Power to apply additional contract requirements to new customers demanding more than 100 megawatts, including longer contracts and minimum billing requirements”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • land purchase (reported): status, scope Sale of the Project Sail site to Prologis reported from May 2025; DCD's updated approval coverage states Prologis has not yet closed on the transaction; no closing documented in a
    “Reports that Atlas was eyeing a sale of the Project Sail site to Prologis emerged in May 2025, but Prologis has not yet closed on the transaction”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning conditions (REZONE 24-019): scope, finding 17 conditions total; only the road, buffer, cemetery and decommissioning conditions were enumerated in press coverage. The full condition list sits in the county recor
    “The approval comes with 17 strict conditions”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • incentive agreement (county): scope, available instrument The authority acts as a conduit for taxable and tax-exempt bonds and may offer property tax savings for a negotiated period based on job creation, capital invest
    “The Coweta County Development Authority acts as a conduit for taxable and tax exempt bonds. It may offer property tax savings for a negotiated period”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • state sales tax exemption: scope Georgia exempts qualifying data center equipment from sales and use tax; under current law the exemption expires December 31, 2031. Gov. Kemp vetoed a 2024 bill that would have paused it;
    “Georgia exempts qualifying high-technology data centers from sales and use tax on their equipment. Under current law, the exemption is set to expire on December 31, 2031”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Atlas markets itself as a serial entitlement developer: claims 18 sites under control and a pipeline exceeding 7.5 GW; other Georgia DRI filings include Project Bus (Temple, 350 acres, 12 buildings, $11B), two Rome/Floyd
    “The company claims to have 18 sites under control and a development pipeline exceeding 7.5GW”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • A widely shared claim that Microsoft is the hidden end user was reviewed against available reporting and found unsupported; no tenant identity has any primary-source support
    “I could not find reporting that supports the widely shared claim that Microsoft is behind it”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer backer: Prologis, Inc. (NYSE: PLD), financial backer / joint-venture partner since September 2024; role undisclosed until May 2025
    “Prologis became involved in Project Sail in September 2024, a company spokesperson told DeSmog”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Square feet: 4340000 sq ft
    “effectively greenlighting the construction of a 4.34 million sq ft, nine-building campus”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Tenants: not stated
    “officials have not yet confirmed specific construction start dates or which tech companies might eventually occupy the nine planned buildings”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Capital cost stated alt: 112000000000 USD
    “The estimate is based on a total projected investment of $112 billion in buildings and computing infrastructure over the next 21 years”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Citizens for Rural Coweta and Stop Project Sail; 7,820 petition signatures presented Apr 7, 2026; Facebook group ~4,800 members; legal fund ~$27,000
    “residents had collected a combined 7,820 signatures from Coweta County residents asking commissioners to deny the Project Sail rezoning application”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning conditions (REZONE 24-019): condition, off-site road work Developer must fund and build full-sized roundabouts at State Route 16 intersections with Wagers Mill Road and Henry Bryant Road
    “The developer must fund and build full-sized roundabouts at State Route 16's intersections with Wagers Mill Road and Henry Bryant Road”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning conditions (REZONE 24-019): condition, buffers 300-foot buffers to be maintained on the site
    “The site must also maintain 300-foot buffers and protect a private cemetery on the property”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning conditions (REZONE 24-019): condition, cemetery A private cemetery on the property must be protected
    “The site must also maintain 300-foot buffers and protect a private cemetery on the property”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning conditions (REZONE 24-019): termination / decommissioning If the facility stops operating for 12 straight months, a decommissioning plan requires the land to be returned to its natural state
    “If the facility stops operating for 12 straight months, a decommissioning plan requires the land to be returned to its natural state”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • incentive agreement (county): existence, finding No executed abatement or incentive agreement located. County administrator Michael Fouts stated staff only discuss economic agreements with developers after a rezoning is
    “staff only discuss economic agreements with developers after a rezoning process is complete”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Citizens for Rural Coweta formed within days of the filing; Stop Project Sail Facebook group grew to ~4,800 members; a GoFundMe for legal representation raised ~$27,000 by the April 2026 vote
    “A GoFundMe to support legal representation against the project, which has raised around $27,000 at the time of writing”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: no tenant announced; end user unknown (a finding, not a gap in searching)
    “Atlas Development may have a data center operator or specific client or may be speculating in the data center construction market”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • The DRI's headline tax claim collapsed on scrutiny: the Dec 31, 2024 filing claimed nearly $1.6B per year in tax revenue; an amended filing with the Three Rivers Regional Commission cut it to about $163M per year after A
    “An amended filing posted Wednesday with the Three Rivers Regional Commission reduced the estimated tax figure to about $163 million”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Buildings original plan: 13
    “the 831-acre data center campus will include 13 buildings enclosing 4.9 million square feet”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
  • Sq ft original plan: 4900000 sq ft
    “13 buildings enclosing 4.9 million square feet, or twice the floor space of the Mall of Georgia”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 17000000000 USD
    “The DRI filing says the project will cost $17bn to build”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (42)
  • Rezoning date: April 7, 2026 (REZ 24-19, RC/M to M, approved 3-2 with 17 conditions)
    “RESULT: Passed (3-2) MOVER: Alphonso Smith SECONDER: Jeff Fisher AYES: John Reidelbach, Jeff Fisher, Alphonso Smith NAYS: Bill McKenzie, Bob Blackburn”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Land disturbance permit deadline: LDP must be obtained within 18 months starting April 8, 2026 (i.e. by ~Oct. 8, 2027) or Board may initiate rezoning
    “The applicant shall obtain a land disturbance permit within an 18-month period beginning the next business day following approval by the Board.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • moratorium: data center moratorium in effect
    “The Board enacted a moratorium on data centers that was in effect from May 7, 2025 to December 16, 2025”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning: application amended to comply with new data center ordinance
    “The applicant subsequently amended the rezoning application on January 12, 2026, to become compliant with the requirements of the newly adopted ordinance.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • rezoning: approved 3-2 with 17 conditions (motion to deny failed 2-3)
    “The Board voted to rezone 829.41± acres located off Welcome to Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners (Public Hearing/Regular Meeting, event 1069): Item 4: Public hearing, Petition REZ 24-19, Atlas Development LLC, rezone 829.41 ac at Welcome to Sargent Rd / Wagers Mill Rd to M (Indus
    “Mr. J. C. Witt, applicant representative, explained that Prologis and Atlas Development Group are respectfully requesting support for Project Sail.”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • DRI review: RDC finding issued; review completed (GRTA Notice of Decision attachments A-C later made rezoning condition 4)
    “RDC Finding: 6/10/2025”
    State agency · June 2025 · grade A
  • DRI review: completeness certification and request for comments
    “Completeness Certification: 5/21/2025 Request for Comments: 5/21/2025”
    State agency · May 2025 · grade A
  • DRI review: DRI determination: warrants regional review
    “DRI Determination: 1/21/2025 Warrants regional review”
    State agency · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • DRI review: initial and additional forms submitted
    “Initial DRI Information Form Submitted: 12/31/2024”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • Project status: announced only - rezoning approved; no site work reported through Oct 2026
    “none - Coweta County Board of Commissioners approved rezoning (Rural Conservation to Industrial) 3-2 in Apr 2026; no site work reported through Oct 2026”
    grade B
  • Air permit status: No Georgia EPD air permit application or public notice found for Project Sail, Atlas Development or Prologis as of Oct. 18, 2026; project is pre-construction (rezoning only, no site work)
    “44 ICIS-Air facilities within 5 mi of the county centroid returned by ECHO”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA airspace cases within 5 nautical miles: 22 cases
    “2026-ASO-12605-OE WL1: Bucket Truck Crane 50 ft 33.31159167,-84.77671944 Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • air permit (on-site generation): none, negative search
    “Plant Yates (Yates Steam-Electric Generating Plant), Coweta — Georgia Power Company, Southern Company”
    grade B
  • water withdrawal: none located
    “the volume of water is already permitted and planned for by the water authority”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Approved plan is materially smaller than the DRI filing: buildings 13 to 9, floor area 4.9M to 4.34M sq ft, footprint nearly halved; developer told the hearing under 20% of the site would be built, ~80% preserved as gree
    “We have also reduced the number of buildings, from 13 down to 9”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Construction stage: entitled / pre-construction, rezoning approved Apr 7, 2026; no site work, land-disturbance permit or building permit reported as of Oct 2026
    “Atlas Development LLC submitted a planning proposal to Coweta County in January 2025”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • land disturbance / site plan
    “officials have not yet confirmed specific construction start dates”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Coweta adopted a further six-month moratorium on new data center applications in 2026 and staff proposed tightening the ordinance again on Oct 13, 2026; the commission also unanimously denied a separate project (Project
    “There is another six month moratorium in place right now for new projects, even as the two approved ones move forward under litigation”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: Staff-proposed further data center ordinance amendments: remove data centers from light-manufacturing districts, make them conditional in M (industrial), raise front-yard setback 75
    “County staff proposed amending data-center zoning and development standards: remove data centers from light-manufacturing districts, make them conditional in industrial zones”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Rezoning status: Rezoning approved by the Coweta County Board of Commissioners in April 2026 (Rural Conservation to Industrial): nine-building, 4.34M sq ft campus on 832 acres
    “The Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to approve a rezoning request related to the Project, effectively greenlighting the construction of a 4.34 million sq ft, nine-building campus on 832 acres”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Zoning before: Rural Conservation (RC)
    “approved the rezoning of 829 acres off Welcome to Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road from Rural Conservation to Industrial”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Zoning after: Industrial (M), with 17 conditions
    “The approval comes with 17 strict conditions”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning: approved with conditions
    “in a 3-2 vote, approved the rezoning of 829 acres off Welcome to Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road from Rural Conservation to Industrial”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • 7,820 petition signatures presented at the rezoning hearing asking commissioners to deny REZONE 24-019; eight residents argued against; the motion to deny still failed
    “residents had collected a combined 7,820 signatures from Coweta County residents asking commissioners to deny the Project Sail rezoning application”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: REZONE 24-019, Project Sail rezoning, Rural Conservation to Industrial
    “In a 3-2 vote, Coweta County voted to approve the Project Sail rezoning application, with yes votes from commissioners Fisher, Reidelbach, and Smith”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Entitlement status: rezoning from Rural Conservation to Industrial approved 3-2 by the Coweta County Board of Commissioners (Apr 2026); Prologis had not yet closed on the site purchase as of the approval coverage; oppone
    “The Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday to approve a rezoning request related to the Project”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Code names: Project Sail (also mis-stated as Project Sale in county-meeting testimony)
    “residents decry proposed data-center rezoning tied to 'Project Sale'”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: Public comment on the pending Project Sail rezoning (for and against); no vote
    “Dozens of residents and several developers used the Feb. 17 public comment period to make competing cases about Project Sale”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer community information session (Newnan High School): Legally mandated information session by Prologis and Atlas Development ahead of the rezoning hearing
    “Prologis and Atlas Development held a legally mandated information session to inform residents about Project Sail ahead of the rezoning vote due on April 7”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • generation certification: approved
    “The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has unanimously approved Georgia Power Company's (Georgia Power) plan to add nearly 9,885 MW of new generation capacity”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • System context: PSC approved the 2025 IRP (Docket 56002) on Jul 15, 2025 and ~9,885 MW of new generation in Dec 2025, with Georgia Power stating ~80% of new capacity serves data centers; a $16B expansion to add 10 GW by
    “projects extraordinary electric demand growth over the next decade, driven largely by data center expansion”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • zoning ordinance: adopted
    “In a 4-1 vote, county commissioners approved the new ordinance. McKenzie, the only one who voted against”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: Adoption of Coweta County's first data center ordinance; moratorium lifted
    “the data-center ordinance amendments were approved (board announced 4-1)”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: Public comment on Project Sail/Sale: residents demanded a binding developer reimbursement agreement for sewer/electric/road improvements, a written CCWSA rate-impact analysis, and an
    “Commissioners did not vote on Project Sale during the Nov. 4 meeting”
    News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners (special meeting, County Fairgrounds): Public feedback session on the draft data center ordinance
    “Coweta County scheduled a special meeting to receive public feedback about the data center ordinance, to be held at the County Fairgrounds on September 11”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Coweta County Board of Commissioners: First scheduled vote on the new data center ordinance; Chair McKenzie moved to continue the hearing given the volume of opposition
    “commission president Bill McKenzie proposed a motion to delay the decision on the new regulations to allow more time for deliberations”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • moratorium: adopted
    “Coweta County imposed a 180-day moratorium on new data center developments on May 6”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • Developer entitlement: Atlas Development LLC, applicant of record for rezoning REZONE 24-019 and DRI #4361
    “Rezoning (REZONE 24-019 - Atlas Development, LLC) information posted to Coweta County Public Notices”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • DRI review: filed
    “Development of Regional Impact (DRI) #4361 filing documents (Georgia Department of Community Affairs)”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • rezoning: filed
    “Rezoning (REZONE 24-019 - Atlas Development, LLC) information posted to Coweta County Public Notices”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Community meeting (Sargent Baptist Church): First resident organizing meeting after the rezoning application was published online (Dec 31, 2024); Citizens for Rural Coweta formed out of these meetings
    “a week after Coweta County published Atlas Development's Project Sail rezoning application online, local residents packed into Sargent Baptist Church”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
Legal (2)
  • After the lawsuit, opponents launched a home-rule referendum petition drive: ~6,500 signatures collected by mid-June 2026 toward ~14,000 needed to force a countywide vote that would also block future data centers and cry
    “Organizers reported collecting about 6,500 signatures as of Friday, aiming for roughly 14,000 - a threshold that would trigger a countywide referendum”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • 17 residents filed an appeal in Coweta County Superior Court to overturn the rezoning, alleging abuse of zoning power and due-process violations affecting 1,200+ homes within 1.25 miles. No ruling located as of Oct 2026;
    “17 residents filed a formal appeal last week to overturn the county's approval of the massive $17 billion Project Sail hyperscale data center campus”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
Site and other (25)
  • Atlas Development DRI #4606 "Project Bus" (Temple, Carroll Co.) shows status Withdrawn on DCA list
    “4606 | Project Bus | Technological Facility (Including Data Centers) | Carroll | Temple | CF | 1/26/2026 | Withdrawn”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Parcel IDs: 034-4024-001 (505.49 ac); 034-4041-001 (212.22 ac); 034-4023-010 (51.54 ac); 034-4042-010 (34.65 ac); 034-4042-001 (26.75 ac)
    “034-4024-001 (505.49 AC) 034-4041-001 (212.22 AC) 034-4023-010 (51.54 AC) 034-4042-010 (34.65 AC) 034-4042-001 (26.75 AC)”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Acres: 829.41 acres
    “five (5) undeveloped parcels measuring a total of 829.41± acres”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Cooling: closed-loop chilled water, may add supplemental cooling technologies
    “the cooling system will be a closed-loop chilled water configuration that may incorporate supplemental cooling technologies”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • Water use stated: 9.1 MGD water; 3.03 MGD sewer (original 13-building DRI)
    “What is the estimated water supply demand to be generated by the project, measured in Millions of Gallons Per Day (MGD)? 9.1”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • Original target date: Dec. 31, 2036 (DRI estimated completion, this phase and overall)
    “Estimated Project Completion Dates: This phase: 12/31/2036 Overall project: 12/31/2036”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • County code: 13077
    “reference anchor (33.437356,-84.887111): Coweta County GA (13077) per FCC point-in-county lookup; the site, its bounding roads and the adjacent Plant Yates are all in Coweta County in the county record”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Water provider: Coweta County Water & Sewerage Authority (CCWSA); source: Chattahoochee River
    “The Coweta County Water & Sewerage Authority has already planned for and accounted for the water capacity needed for Project Sail”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Water use stated current: 300000 gallons/day
    “The current site plan estimates a potential peak water use of 300,000 gallons of water per day”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Workforce estimate: 390 permanent employees (traffic study)
    “the site is expected to have 390 employees”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • State: GA
    “Coweta County is located in the west-central region of Georgia and includes the city of Newnan”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • County: Coweta County
    “a nine-building campus on 832 acres of land near the city of Newnan, 45 miles south of Atlanta in Coweta County”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: 2036
    “officials have not yet confirmed specific construction start dates or which tech companies might eventually occupy the nine planned buildings”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Land control: Atlas Development owns a majority of the site (balance in two other ownership groups); Prologis purchase reported agreed in 2025 but closing unconfirmed as of Oct 2026
    “Atlas, which owns a majority of the nearly 800 acres, originally planned to develop the parcels for residential uses”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Sponsor buyer: Prologis - sale by Atlas Development agreed (reported May 2025); Prologis had not yet closed on the site as of April 2026
    “Reports that Atlas was eyeing a sale of the Project Sail site to Prologis emerged in May 2025, but Prologis has not yet closed on the transaction.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Site roads: Welcome Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road, near US-27 / SR-16
    “The site is adjacent to Welcome Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Acres: 832 acres
    “a nine-building campus on 832 acres of land near the city of Newnan”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings: 9
    “effectively greenlighting the construction of a 4.34 million sq ft, nine-building campus”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Comprehensive plan designation: Rural Places (Coweta County 2021 Comprehensive Plan)
    “the county's 2021 Comprehensive Plan labeled this area for 'Rural Places'”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Prologis involved from September 2024 but concealed: Atlas fronted the Dec 2024 filings (a Prologis logo appeared on an application illustration) while Prologis met county staff and the Development Authority privately; r
    “Prologis kept its role in the project hidden for months while Atlas Development, LLC served as the project's public face”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 832 acres
    “a 4.34 million sq ft (403,199 sqm), nine-building campus on 832 acres of land near the city of Newnan, 45 miles south of Atlanta in Coweta County”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • City: Newnan (site in unincorporated Sargent community, ~7 miles NW of Newnan)
    “one of the state's largest data center campuses in rural Sargent, Georgia, located about 7 miles northwest of Newnan”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Water use dri original: 9000000 gallons/day
    “the data center campus will use 9 million gallons of water per day”
    News report · Jan. 2025 · grade C
  • Original target date: Dec. 31, 2036
    “At full buildout in 2036, the 831-acre data center campus will include 13 buildings”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
  • First announced: Dec. 31, 2024
    “Preliminary plans for 'Project Sail' were revealed on Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve - for a 13-building data center campus in Coweta County”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C

Imagery and records: Aerial imagery: local aerial photography via Esri World Imagery Wayback. County deeds: ATTOM.