Prologis to Buy Development Site for $17 Million Data Center

A massive data center campus near Atlanta has a powerful corporate backer.

San Francisco-based industrial giant Prologis is set to acquire the 831-acre site of “Project Sail,” a proposed $17 billion data center campus in Coweta County, about 45 miles southwest of Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The purchase marks a major step forward for one of the largest planned data center projects in Georgia, and one of the most high-profile proposals in metro Atlanta’s booming server farm market.

Prologis, the world’s largest industrial landlord, has been steadily pushing into the fast-growing data center sector and aims to expand its global holdings by 10 gigawatts over the next decade.

Prologis is acquiring the site from Atlas Development, a Georgia-based land entitlement firm that specializes in rezoning and development groundwork. Atlas has four other data center proposals across Georgia.

The Project Sail site, positioned near Georgia Power’s Plant Yates, attracted developers due to its access to high-capacity power infrastructure, eliminating the need for new transmission lines, which have sparked local controversies at other data center projects. Prologis’ initial plans call for 13 buildings spanning nearly 5 million square feet, with an estimated power demand of about 900 megawatts.

The project would cement Atlanta’s position as one of the nation’s leading data center markets, building on its strong fiber connectivity, power access and generous state incentives.

But the deal faces hurdles. The site has not yet been rezoned for industrial use and is currently under a 180-day moratorium imposed by Coweta County in early May.

That pause halted data center rezonings and permits as county officials reviewed zoning codes amid rising community backlash. Residents near the site have raised concerns about local impacts, including traffic, noise and environmental strain, and a petition opposing the project had gathered nearly 1,775 signatures as of last week.

Prologis senior Vice President JC Witt said the company is confident the project will move forward once the moratorium lifts, describing data centers as critical infrastructure.

— Judah Duke