Newnan, Coweta County, GA
Project Sail
- Rumored
- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
Project Sail is a proposed nine-building, roughly 4.3 million sq ft hyperscale data center campus on about 829-832 acres near Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road near Welcome, outside Newnan. Atlas Development filed the plan in early 2025, and AJC and DCD identify Prologis as the developer; press reports put it at about 900 MW and $17 billion. Coweta commissioners approved the rezoning from rural conservation to industrial 3-2 in April 2026, and residents sued to reverse it in May 2026.
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Planned capacity | 900 MW [3] estimated power use |
|---|---|
| Site size | 829 acres [1] DCD and Times-Herald report 832 acres |
| Floor area | 4.3 million sq ft [4] |
| Buildings | 9 [1] original 2025 plan called for 13 buildings |
| Stated investment | $17 billion [3] |
| Target completion | Original 2025 filing projected completion by 2036-12-31 [5] |
Water
| Water use | 300,000 gal/day [7] approximate, per Times-Herald |
|---|---|
| Water use | 6,000,000 gal/day [8] Chattahoochee Riverkeeper figure at peak operation and full buildout (Sept. 2025 fact sheet, on the earlier plan); conflicts with the Times-Herald figure of about 300,000 gal/day in the record Source excerpt“At peak operation and full buildout, the data center campus will use 6 million gallons of water per day” |
Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.
Lawsuits
| Bockrath et al. v. Coweta County and Atlas Development LLC | pending [2] Residents' petition seeks to void the rezoning of about 829 acres from Rural Conservation to Industrial, alleging procedural and environmental violations. Coweta County Superior Court · filed May 5, 2026 Source excerpt“The petition, filed May 5 in Coweta County Superior Court against Coweta County and Atlas Development LLC, asks a judge to void the rezoning of approximately 829 acres near Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road from Rural Conservation to Industrial zoning.” |
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Timeline
Atlas Development proposes $17B, 13-building data center campus [5]
Reports emerge of potential sale to Prologis [4]
Rezoning request revised from light industrial to industrial [2]
Board of Commissioners approves rezoning 3-2 (McKenzie and Blackburn opposed) [3]
Residents file appeal and declaratory judgment petition in Coweta County Superior Court against the county and Atlas Development [2]
Issues raised
- Opponents (Citizens for Rural Coweta) call the rezoning spot zoning creating an industrial island [1]
- Lawsuit alleges procedural violations and disregard for groundwater recharge areas, wetlands and watershed impacts, and says a new regional impact review was required [2]
- Annual tax revenue estimate was revised from about $1 billion to about $100 million [3]
Sources
- Coweta Commissioners Approve Project Sail Data Center in 3–2 VoteThe Citizen · Apr 10, 2026 · news
- Coweta Residents Sue to Block Project Sail Data CenterThe Citizen · May 11, 2026 · news
- Coweta votes to turn this 800-acre forest into $17B data center campusAtlanta Journal-Constitution · Apr 8, 2026 · news
- Prologis' 900MW 'Project Sail' gets the go-ahead in Coweta County, GeorgiaDatacenterDynamics · Apr 10, 2026 · news
- Plans for $17 billion 'Project Sail' data center proposed for Coweta CountyWSB-TV · Jan 6, 2025 · news
- Coweta residents file appeal to reverse Project Sail zoning decisionThe Times-Herald · May 9, 2026 · news
- Where Coweta's five proposed data centers standThe Times-Herald · news
- Coweta County Project Sail Data Center FAQChattahoochee Riverkeeper · Sep 2025 · other