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Data centers in Floyd County, Georgia: 4 projects mapped
Floyd County and its seat, Rome, in northwest Georgia, have both dealt with Atlas Development of Carrollton over data center sites, and residents have pushed back both times. In May 2025 the Floyd County Commission gave final approval to rezone 178 acres near Coosa Middle and High Schools from agricultural to heavy industrial for Project Gracie, an Atlas campus of seven server buildings; the Floyd County Board of Education sold 114 acres behind Coosa High School for it. Atlas told commissioners it could bring as much as $50 million a year in tax. Residents had campaigned for two weeks after the planning commission recommended the rezoning, over noise, light, traffic and the look of it; it made no difference to the vote.
In Rome, Atlas agreed to buy land at the former regional hospital site from the city, bordered on three sides by residential neighborhoods including Summerville Park. About 200 people packed a town hall in October 2025. One resident complained that the agenda for the development authority meeting that approved the sale had simply said "real estate" with no mention of the hospital site; officials could not say what Atlas might build there, and questions about jobs got vague answers. Mayor Craig McDaniel and City Commissioner Bill Collins told residents to run for office if they wanted their voices heard. By August 2026 the deal was off: Atlas ended its preliminary agreement to buy about 100 acres at the site, now the Battey Business Complex, and Development Authority chairman Jimmy Byars confirmed the proposal was no longer active.
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Two more proposals are on the county's books. Microsoft has separately proposed a data center in Rome, called Project Firecracker, though no size has been reported for it. In unincorporated Floyd County, Atlas has proposed a second, larger campus, Project Sassy, for 504 megawatts of power, the only capacity figure reported here.
The county has since tightened its rules. On June 9, 2026 the commission approved an 80-day moratorium on data center projects, and on August 25, in front of a packed room, it adopted a data center ordinance. Data centers are now allowed only in heavy industrial zones, at least 600 feet from any existing home and behind a 300-foot setback and buffer from residential and farm land. Noise at the property line next to homes is capped at 65 decibels by day and 55 at night, private wells and direct connections to surface water or aquifers are banned, developers must submit power, water and broadband impact studies and post a financial guarantee to cover decommissioning and cleanup, and violations can cost up to $1,000 a day. Planning director Brice Wood told the commission that banning data centers "has not worked well in the states that it has been tried." The rules cover unincorporated Floyd County, not land inside Rome.
Data center projects on record in Floyd County
Grouped by the town each site sits in. The report above may name projects that have no record here yet.
Rome3
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Battey Business ComplexRome | Atlas Development | Withdrawn | Not reported | |
| Project Firecracker (Microsoft)Rome | Microsoft | Proposed | Not reported | |
| Project Gracie (Atlas Development)Rome | Atlas Development | Approved | Not reported |
Floyd County1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project SassyFloyd County | Atlas Development | Proposed | 504 MW |
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