Vantage Data Centers Proposes 1.7-million SF Atlanta-area Campus

A Denver-based company has set its sights on a 100-acre plot west of Atlanta, with intentions to establish its first data center complex in Georgia.

Vantage Data Centers’ proposed 1.7-million-square-foot campus, recently unveiled through state documents, is projected to be located in Douglasville, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

The region has become one of the United States’ fastest-expanding hubs for data storage infrastructure.

The three-building project, earmarked for Riverside Parkway, will add to the cluster of data centers already present in Douglas County.

The area currently houses facilities operated by industry giants including Google, Microsoft, and Switch.

Effectively vast warehouses hosting rows of computer hardware, data centers have gained immense demand in recent years, making industrial land a hot commodity.

Cushman & Wakefield reported a 139 percent increase in data center space in the U.S. over the past five years, with Atlanta emerging as one of the country’s top six data center markets. These markets collectively accounted for 72 percent of sector development in the preceding year.

Despite economic uncertainties such as inflation and rising interest rates, experts say data center development is resilient.

“In economic turmoil, you’re not dependent on people going into an office,” Jacob Albers, head of alternatives insights at Cushman & Wakefield, told the outlet. “You’re not dependent upon any economic trend besides the usage of data.”

The shift in focus from the long-established data storage hub in northern Virginia to emerging locations like Atlanta stems from factors like increased land demand around Washington, D.C., and strain on the power grid.

Douglas County has embraced the data center influx, deliberately attracting them to diversify its economic landscape alongside existing warehousing and manufacturing sectors.

The county’s strategic location in proximity to Atlanta and the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, coupled with available space, makes it an attractive destination for data center projects.