Project Sail: A $17 Billion Cluster of Data Centers Proposed in Coweta, Georgia

“Project Sail” is a proposed data center campus planned for development in Coweta County, Georgia. The project is intended to support large-scale digital infrastructure capacity through multiple high-density computing facilities.

A Development of Regional Impact, filing outlines plans for 13-building data center campus in Coweta County.. The proposed site is located near Newnan, off U.S. Route 27, within an area bordered by Wagers Mill and Welcome to Sargent roads.

According to the project filing, each building is planned to span approximately 378,000 square feet, with a total development footprint exceeding 4.9 million square feet across more than 800 acres of land.

The proposal outlines a potential long-term valuation of around $17 billion by 2036 and estimates significant local tax contributions over time, based on projections provided in the filing and county-level assessments.

Each data center building is expected to require approximately 72 megawatts of power, according to site plans. The project also includes a request for rezoning of the proposed development area to accommodate the planned infrastructure.

Other Projects

Other than “Project Sail” data center, the $14bn Terawulf data center is also advancing despite significant opposition. The project is making headway as residents mount firce opposition. The new Hyperscale data center is set to be built in southwest Louisville as the first of its kind in the region.

The projected cost on the campus is based on statements from TeraWulf and filings by the local utility. The estimate includes up to $4 billion in site development. TeraWulf is also working on its Lake Mariner data center which has tapped Schneider to facilitate in advancing its project plans.

The firm has been contracted a power and cooling infrastructure at its flagship campus in New York. Schneider this week announced the successful phased delivery of more than $290 million in AI infrastructure solutions for TeraWulf’s Lake Mariner data campus outside Buffalo in New York.

Upon full build-out, Lake Mariner is projected to support up to 750MW. Furthermore, it will have the potential to scale to 1GW across multiple buildings. Virginia is gradually solidifying its lead as the world’s largest data center market with a proposed data center by TAC Data Centers taking shape.

The project is located off interstate 81 near the Pulaski County line. Being developed by TAC Data Centers, it would require more than 1,000MW of power capacity. Moreover, it would consist of about nine to 11 buildings totaling 3.5 million to 4 million square feet on approximately 1,000 acres.

TeraWulf Data Center in Hancock County

Project Sail has a long way to go

The developer has a long way to go in order to implement the project. It also needs support to subdivide hundreds of rural acres for the light industrial use. The site has inadequate water supply and waste water management systems to accommodate the project.

These massive facilities put a lot of strain on the utility grids. Many communities complain about the ever-increasing number of server farms in their areas. In 2024, South Fulton County got seven large data center proposals.

The company QTS Data Centers is developing a large campus in the neighboring Fayette County. The facility which is in its early development stage will be established on 615 acres. It will demand electricity that would be enough to supply more than one million homes. Residents of the area recently protested against the planned overhead power lines and this was captured by Bloomberg in December.

The state has to complete its infrastructure assessment in order to allow the consideration of the rezoning of the Project Sail site. As of April 2025, Project Sail—a proposed $17 billion data center campus in Coweta County, Georgia—is in the middle of a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) review, which has placed the rezoning process in temporary limbo.

Although project supporters point to the potential for massive tax revenues—$1.6 billion annually as projected—opponents challenge that figure as potentially skewed by applying traditional property tax mathematics.

There have been environmental issues, including deforestation, strain on power supplies, and change in the rural character of the area, raised by residents. Action groups, such as Stop Project Sail, formed to fight the development based on potential detrimental effects to wildlife, infrastructure, and public health.

The Coweta County Board of Commissioners is awaiting the completion of the DRI review prior to their decision on the rezoning. Public hearings and further reviews are next to determine the project’s fate.