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Data centers in Whitfield County

We track 3 projects inside Whitfield County and 2 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.

In Whitfield County

Core Scientific Dalton 2 Core Scientific
Under construction 145 MW Dalton

Dalton 2, part of Core Scientific's existing high density campus at 2205 Industrial South Road, is a 145 megawatt, 250,000 square foot AI data center building with vertical construction underway as of early 2026 and full delivery targeted for early 2027. It sits alongside the company's older, already operating Dalton 1 building on the same campus, and both draw power from municipal utility Dalton Utilities, whose local peak load has roughly doubled since data centers arrived in the county.

Core Scientific Dalton 4 Core Scientific
Under construction 170 MW Dalton

The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on March 10-11, 2025 to rezone about 173 acres on Old Tilton Road, southwest of Dalton, from agricultural and rural residential to heavy manufacturing for Core Scientific's Dalton 4 AI data center, a 170 megawatt facility that is expected to buy about 5 million dollars a month in electricity from Dalton Utilities. Some sources give a slightly smaller figure of 168 acres. As of a June 2026 court filing tied to a 15.2 billion dollar bond validation, the project was listed as under construction, with an original target opening around mid to late 2026. The rezoning drew significant opposition from area residents.

Core Scientific Dalton 3 Core Scientific
Operating 142 MW Dalton

Dalton 3, a 142 megawatt Core Scientific data center on about 12 acres near the company's other Dalton, Georgia facilities, became operational in 2023. It is one of four Core Scientific projects in Whitfield County whose financing was bundled into a 15.2 billion dollar taxable revenue bond package validated by a Whitfield County Superior Court judge in June 2026.

Within 25 miles of Whitfield County

Power bills in Whitfield County

Most of the county is served by Dalton Utilities (city owned), with parts on North Georgia EMC. Georgia Power does not appear to serve this county. Dalton Utilities is an independent municipal system, not a Georgia Power or MEAG Power participant, and also serves adjoining parts of Murray, Gordon, Catoosa and Floyd counties. 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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