Is a Data Center Coming

Georgia

Data centers in Gordon County

We track 1 project inside Gordon County and 9 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.

In Gordon County

Highway 53 Spur Data Center Site Operator not disclosed
Rumored MW not reported Calhoun

A roughly 57 acre site at 1401 Highway 53 Spur inside Calhoun city limits, already zoned for industrial use, was being cleared and had a driveway installed as of April 2026, widely read locally as preparation for a data center, but no developer, operator, or formal project has been publicly announced. Calhoun's city council has since approved a 90 day moratorium on new data centers while officials study regulations, and Gordon County separately extended its own moratorium in unincorporated areas.

Within 25 miles of Gordon County

Project Indo Operator not disclosed
21 mi SEFiled 2000 MW Bartow County, GA

Power bills in Gordon County

Most of the county is served by Calhoun municipal (city owned), with parts on North Georgia EMC or Amicalola EMC. Georgia Power's presence in this county is uncertain, it borders counties where Georgia Power does not appear to operate. City owned utilities in Georgia buy most of their power through MEAG Power.

MEAG Power supplies the city owned utilities and expects data center load on its system to roughly double within about five years. City utility rates are set by each city, not the Public Service Commission.

MEAG Power, the joint municipal power agency that supplies wholesale electricity to participating Georgia municipal electric systems, says data center electricity use could grow from about 4 percent of United States electricity consumption in 2023 to roughly 9 percent by 2030, and that data center load on its own system could double within about five years. MEAG Power recently completed Plant Vogtle Unit 4, adding about 500 megawatts of nuclear generation, and has issued a request for proposals for additional generation resources that would need buy in from at least five of its participant systems before moving forward, with new gas or solar resources realistically available in about 4 to 5 years and nuclear in 10 or more years. MEAG Power is a municipal joint action agency, not a utility directly rate regulated by the Georgia PSC, so there is no state docket number for this planning process, and no specific verified dollar impact on municipal customer bills has been published yet.

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