“The impacts of data center development are real and long lasting. A state/community should be equally (if not more) motivated to recruit data center developments as it would any other typical economic development project. Incentivizing a 1,700-job corporate headquarters would have the same impact has incentivizing a $1 billion data center. 

Data centers also have a significant positive impact on community development. They tend to require enhancements to infrastructure such as roads, water, sewer, and to a lesser extent power. This infrastructure development tends to support higher employment uses and, in some cases, accelerates employment growth that otherwise would not occur in the foreseeable future.  

Although data centers tend to entail minimal job creation — generally in the 20- to 50-job range — this minimal job impact comes with minimal costs of services for roads and schools. Schools are not expected to experience much (if any) strain because of the lack of new students brought about by a data center development. Thus, overall, a data center can become a community’s single largest taxpayer. “

From Area Development https://www.areadevelopment.com/data-centers/Data-Centers-Q1-2015/impact-of-data-center-development-locally-2262766.shtml

Check out this older article to see how many jobs a data center can grow in the local economy. Why data centers have a big impact on the economy

Hi neighbors,

I have been learning a lot about business development in Douglas County. Here are a few quotes and links that show that we live in an area full of growth potential. This means that the location of our homes is ideal. With that in mind, think about all factors when making decisions about your home. Below are some highlights that I found.

Google invests in $300M expansion of Douglas County data center
https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/google-invests-300m-expansion-douglas-county-data-center/vsLMtUNvggtx1nAWc6ZW4N/.

Enormous $2.5 billion data campus planned for metro Atlanta
https://www.ajc.com/business/enormous-billion-data-campus-planned-for-metro-atlanta/f1b5bwLTo9ZioJBa3NTGWN/
“A Nevada-based tech firm plans to build an enormous data center campus in metro Atlanta in what it describes as a “multibillion-dollar” investment in the Southeastern U.S. Las Vegas-based Switch said Thursday it will develop a more than 1 million-square-foot campus it calls “The Keep” that will be among the most advanced in the nation and the fourth in what it calls its “Prime” campuses in the U.S. Switch said it could eventually build more than one campus at an as-yet-undisclosed location in Douglas County.”
https://www.switch.com/atlanta

T5 is building a $100m data center in the Atlanta metro area
“Yet another project for the increasingly popular Douglas County”…
“T5 Data Centers is planning to build a 130,000 sq ft (12,000 sq m) data center on the outskirts of Atlanta, reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The facility will come at an initial cost of $100m, excluding future equipment upgrade costs.
“The chosen site, in Lithia Springs, Douglas County, is home to a number of major operators including Google, who invested in a $300m expansion of its campus in 2016, as well as being the chosen location for Switch’s mega campus, ‘The Keep,’ announced last year, and of CyrusOne’s projected three data centers totaling 440,000 sq ft (40,900 sq m) of technical space.”
https://businessfacilities.com/2017/05/switch-investing-2-5b-in-atlanta-data-center/
https://t5datacenters.com/

Dallas-based CyrusOne to enter Atlanta data center market with $200 million project
“An unidentified company plans to develop a $206 million data center in Douglasville, Ga., home to Google’s 2 million square foot server farm. The expansion, codenamed Project Smart, is said to involve Dallas-based CyrusOne Inc. (Nasdaq: CONE), sources said.
In May, Atlanta Business Chronicle first reported CyrusOne’s plans to enter the Atlanta market with an up to 1 million-square-foot data center campus. A project of that size could involve an investment of up to $500 million, industry sources said at the time.” https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/11/28/cyrusone-said-to-enter-atlanta-with-200-million.html, https://cyrusone.com/usa-locations/

• Widening Lee Road-South Sweetwater Road to four lanes with upgrades that include curb-and-gutter drainage, urban shoulders, a raised median, and a multi-use trail. Construction is set for a first phase in fiscal 2022, with a second phase to begin by 2030. 

• Continued federal funding for the new Douglas County transit system, through fiscal 2021. 

• Developing an extension of Chattahoochee Hill Country Regional Greenway Trail from Boundary Waters Park to Sweetwater Creek State Park, with construction set for 2024. 

https://www.ajc.com/blog/commuting/metro-atlanta-transportation-plan-county-county-look/XLLTYLcexRxMyoYyqE4TbK/?fbclid=IwAR2EzQ35SfK86bwG93wIljfdjJv8pF2U30Nvz29fFNifdYwIC3uy2E1mP1U