What do the data centers in Fayette and Coweta County, GA mean for property owners?
Five major data center projects and a new 500 kilovolt Georgia Power transmission line are reshaping Fayette and Coweta County, Georgia right now. If you own property here, or you are thinking about buying, this affects your tax bill, your neighborhood, and in some cases whether Georgia Power can put a high voltage easement through your land. Here is what is built, what is approved, what is still pending, and what it actually means for you.
By Daphne Bousquet | July 7, 2026
If you own property in Fayette or Coweta County, or you are looking to buy here, you need to understand what is happening right now. This is the biggest infrastructure story this area has seen. Hundreds of acres of rural land are being rezoned and built on, a 615 acre data center campus is already going up in Fayetteville, a $17 billion project was just approved in Coweta County, and Georgia Power is building 35 miles of high voltage transmission lines through both counties to power all of it.
I work with buyers and sellers across both counties, and this topic comes up constantly, whether it is a relocation buyer asking about a specific road or a longtime homeowner wondering what a letter from Georgia Power actually means. So let me walk you through it.
What data center is already built: the QTS campus in Fayetteville
QTS Data Centers, owned by Blackstone, is building a massive campus on Highway 54 West between Tyrone Road and Veterans Parkway. The campus sits on 615 acres, and at full buildout it will have about 17 buildings. Watch Daphne break down what is happening on that campus at 1:19. The project is called Excalibur, and construction is expected to continue through 2032. The first buildings are already open and leased to Microsoft as part of an AI hyperscale facility.
The economics here are hard to ignore. Once fully built, this campus is projected to generate somewhere between $150 and $200 million a year in property tax revenue for Fayette County, about 80 percent of the tax digest. Before the land was developed, the tax bill on it was around $31,000 a year. By 2024, after just the first phase of construction, it was already over a million. That kind of tax base can fund roads, schools, and county services without raising rates on residential homeowners, and it may even help lower property taxes over time. If you want the full picture on how property taxes work in Fayette County, that is worth a read before you buy.
Now, the benefits do not come without friction. Neighbors on Flat Creek Trail and surrounding areas have dealt with blasting, shaking walls, and heavy construction traffic on residential roads. There was also a water billing issue that got a lot of attention locally. According to the county, the meters were not properly connected to the billing system, which was a water authority problem rather than something QTS tried to hide, and it was corrected quickly once identified. For context, QTS is currently using about 1 percent of the county’s total daily water supply and at full buildout it will use roughly the equivalent of 70 homes. A residential subdivision on that same land would likely use closer to a thousand homes worth of water.
As of March 2026, the city of Fayetteville passed an ordinance banning new data centers in every zoning district within city limits, so this particular campus is what it is going to be within the city.
What data centers are approved but not yet built: Tyrone, and two projects in Coweta County
In Tyrone, Microsoft has a project called Project Rita, approved on Highway 74 North between Kirkley Road and the county line. It is 147 acres, two buildings, and about 96 megawatts of capacity. The rezoning was approved back in March of 2024, and Microsoft held a community meeting in May 2026, but there is still no site plan, no land disturbance permit, and no building permit filed. If you are researching this area, it is worth reading up on what living in Tyrone actually costs before you factor a project like this into your decision.
Coweta County is where things have gotten genuinely contentious. In April 2026, the Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted 3 to 2 to approve Project Sail, a ProLogis project on 832 acres near Newnan. Watch the full breakdown of Project Sail at 5:36. Nine buildings, 4.34 million square feet, 900 megawatts, and a $17 billion investment. The footprint is about twice the size of the Mall of Georgia. Hundreds of residents showed up in red shirts to oppose it, a petition against it collected about 8,000 signatures, and within weeks nearly 20 residents filed a lawsuit trying to reverse the rezoning.
A second project, Project Peach, was also approved 3 to 2 near Palmetto, about a mile from downtown along Johnson Circle. It is also under appeal. Coweta County had already placed a moratorium on new data center applications from May to December 2025 while it worked out a new ordinance, one that now requires 300 foot buffers from residential areas, independent noise studies, and stricter environmental review. There is another six month moratorium in place right now for new projects, even as the two approved ones move forward under litigation.
What data centers are still pending: Project Oak and Project Pegasus
Two more Coweta projects have not gone to a vote yet. Project Oak sits in the Madras area near Walt Sanders Road, 455 acres across two parcels, six buildings, about 895,000 square feet. Its public hearing was tentatively scheduled for July 2026, but with the moratorium in place that will be pushed to later. Project Pegasus is proposed near the intersection of Weldon and Palmetto Tyrone roads, developed by T5 Data Centers, seven buildings on about 200 acres. Another data center will be a part of the existing Bridgeport Industrial Park south of Newnan.
Add it up and you have five data center projects in Coweta County alone, covering more than 1,600 acres. Two are approved and tied up in litigation, two are still pending, and all five are being actively contested by an organized group called Citizens for Rural Coweta. If you are considering rural land or acreage anywhere in that county, that is not something to discover after closing.
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The part that affects almost everyone: the Georgia Power transmission lines
Here is the piece that matters even if you do not live anywhere near a data center. All of these projects need power, a lot of it, and Georgia Power is building a new 500 kilovolt transmission line called Project Wansley to deliver it. Watch Daphne walk through the transmission line route at 9:06.
The line runs about 35 miles, starting at Plant Wansley in Heard County, crossing into Coweta to Plant Yates near Newnan, then cutting across northern Coweta into Fulton County and into Fayette. The towers that carry 500 kilovolts are large steel structures, and the easement Georgia Power needs runs about 175 feet wide on either side, nearly 60 yards across. This line touches more than 330 parcels across Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, and Heard counties, and 21 homes sit directly in its path and will be demolished.
Here is what you need to understand if a letter like this ever lands in your mailbox. Georgia Power is a public utility, and under Georgia law, public utilities have the right of eminent domain. Watch the eminent domain explanation at 10:02. That means they can legally require a property owner to sell or grant an easement even if the owner does not want to, though they are required to compensate for it. Georgia Power says they negotiate first, and their opening offer is typically 125 percent of fair market value as appraised independently.
I know people who have gone through this, and the outcomes vary. Some property owners are holding firm and fighting it. Some accepted the deal and moved on without complaint. A few, specifically people who had the line running directly through their house, sold the entire property and came out ahead of what they would have gotten on the open market. But if you only lose a portion of your land to an easement, the situation is tougher. You still own the property, but now a strip of it has massive high voltage towers running through it, and that affects how future buyers see the property and what they are willing to pay for it.
Construction on this line is expected to begin in early 2027 and finish by mid 2028. Georgia Power has said eminent domain is a last resort, but they have also made clear they will use it if voluntary agreements cannot be reached. If you own property in any of these counties and have not heard from Georgia Power yet, it is still worth knowing this project is underway. And if you do receive a letter, talk to a real estate attorney or an eminent domain attorney before you sign anything.
What this means if you are buying or selling right now in Fayette or Coweta County GA
If you already own in Fayette County near the QTS campus, you are living through the construction phase, and that is not fun. But once the campus is operational, the noise changes, and the tax revenue comes in. There was a bill proposed in the Georgia legislature last year that would have funneled data center tax revenue to the state instead of keeping it local. Since Fayette County is one of the wealthier counties in the state, the odds of seeing much of that money flow back would have been slim. That bill was defeated, but it is worth keeping an eye on similar legislation, because it would leave residents with the downside of these projects and none of the upside.
If you are looking to buy in Coweta County, pay attention to where these projects sit. Project Sail is near Welcome Sergeant Road and Wages Mill Road in western Coweta. Project Peach is near Palmetto. Project Oak is in the Madras corridor. If you are looking at rural land or acreage in Fayette or Coweta County, this is exactly the kind of thing to check before you fall in love with a property. And no matter where you are looking in either county, it is worth confirming whether the property sits in the path of that Georgia Power transmission corridor running from Heard County through Coweta and Fulton into Fayette.
A lot of this is still unsettled. Two projects are in litigation, one more hearing is coming, and the transmission line has not broken ground yet. This story is still moving, and if you own property out here, or you are thinking about buying, you want someone in your corner who is tracking it. That is exactly why I put together a breakdown of Coweta County property taxes as well, since the tax picture and the development picture are tied together more than most buyers realize.
If you are relocating to the South Atlanta suburbs and want the full picture before you commit to an area, that is exactly what my South Atlanta Relocation Guide is built for. It covers the details buyers need and rarely get from a listing photo or a drive through town. You can download it free at fayetteliving.com/relocate, and if you already have questions about a specific property or road, reach out and I will walk you through what I know.
About Daphne Bousquet
Daphne Bousquet is a REALTOR® with Real Broker serving the South Atlanta suburbs of Fayette, Coweta, and Henry Counties. She specializes in helping downsizers find the perfect home for their next chapter and guiding relocation buyers through a seamless transition to the area. Whether you are simplifying your lifestyle or planting new roots, Daphne brings local expertise and personalized service to every move.
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