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Data centers in DeKalb County

We track 2 projects inside DeKalb County and 31 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.

In DeKalb County

PCC-DeKalb Data Center Campus PCC-DeKalb, LLC
Filed MW not reported Ellenwood

A proposed 2 million square foot data center campus (three two-story buildings) on 95 acres at 4280 and 4358 Loveless Place and 2281 Pineview Trail in Ellenwood, south DeKalb County, filed by PCC-DeKalb LLC as a special land use permit request. Conditions discussed include a 100 foot buffer from adjacent properties and preservation of 40 acres of greenspace. As of the most recent reporting found, the county commission had deferred a vote on the permit three times since September 2025 and DeKalb's broader data center moratorium (extended through September 26, 2026) remains in effect while new zoning rules are finalized.

Blackhall Real Estate Phase II Data Center Blackhall Real Estate Phase II, LLC / Hickory Real Estate Partners
Rumored MW not reported Ellenwood

A two-story data center with an on-site substation floated for 2235 Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb County, on land involved in a 2021 property swap between DeKalb County and Blackhall Studios. Developer Ryan Millsap, through Blackhall Real Estate Phase II LLC and Hickory Real Estate Partners, proposed a draft agreement to a county commissioner in August 2025, but no formal rezoning application or size and power details have been publicly confirmed.

Within 25 miles of DeKalb County

Atlanta ATL13 Digital Realty
6.9 mi NWOperatingFulton County, GA
CenturyLink Operator not disclosed
7.2 mi NWOperatingFulton County, GA
Project Peach North Coweta Investors
22 mi SWApproved 700 MW Coweta County, GA

Power bills in DeKalb County

Most of the county is served by Georgia Power, with parts on Snapping Shoals EMC or Walton EMC.

Base rate freeze through 2028 (docket 44280) holds base rates flat from July 2025. Fuel and storm riders are separate and can still move. 2026 fuel and storm cost settlement (docket 44280, 56765) takes about $4.04 a month off a typical bill from June 2026. The December 2025 certification of about 9,885 MW of new generation for data center load came with a promise of at least $8.50 a month of downward pressure on a typical bill in 2029 through 2031, because large customers are meant to carry more of the cost. Consumer groups warned it could instead add around $20 a month if the projected data center demand does not show up.

Georgia Power and the Georgia PSC Public Interest Advocacy Staff reached a stipulated agreement extending the alternate rate plan first approved in the 2022 rate case, keeping Georgia Power base electricity rates flat through at least 2028. The Georgia Public Service Commission approved the stipulation by vote on July 1, 2025, with a formal order issued July 31, 2025. The freeze applies only to base rates and does not limit separate fuel cost recovery or storm cost recovery charges, both of which can still change a residential bill during the freeze period. Georgia Power has said growth in large load customers such as data centers helped make the freeze possible by spreading fixed costs across a larger customer base.

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