1 data center project in Unincorporated Lamar County
Who decides here: the Lamar County Board of Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Lamar County
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Forsyth Technology Campus (Trammell Crow)
Forsyth, Monroe County
1,632 acres
🕒 Feb 2, 2026: Forsyth City Council approved a conditional use permit 5-1; the permit can be revoked if…
Stopped or cancelledabout 13 miles away75 South data center campus (Tomochichi Road)
Unincorporated Spalding County, Spalding County
🕒 Sept 2026: County zoning attorney said the applications were withdrawn.
Approved, not built yetabout 13 miles awayProject Spalding data center campus (High Falls Road and Alicia Drive)
Unincorporated Spalding County, Spalding County
132.9 acres
🕒 July 2025: Spalding County commissioners approved the rezoning and special exceptions with conditio…
Approved, not built yetabout 13 miles awayWallace Jackson data center campus
Unincorporated Spalding County, Spalding County
189.64 acres
🕒 Feb 17, 2026: Nearby residents filed two lawsuits in Spalding County Superior Court to overturn the ap…
Proposedabout 14 miles awayHighway 16 Interstate Health Development (data centers plus hospital)
Unincorporated Butts County, Butts County
🕒 Nov 6, 2025: The regional commission issued its finding on the project.
Approved, not built yetabout 14 miles awaySpalding Investments data center campus (High Falls Road and South McDonough Road)
Unincorporated Spalding County, Spalding County
127.45 acres
🕒 Oct 2025: Spalding County commissioners approved the six-building campus.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Lamar County passed a temporary pause on data centers in September 2025 while it updates its commercial and industrial zoning code, which had not been updated since 2010 and does not mention data centers. Amazon Web Services had bought a 985-acre site in the county.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Lamar County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Lamar County: Georgia Power Co. (company) or Southern Rivers Energy (co-op (owned by its members)) or Central Georgia El Member Corp. (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Georgia.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How many acres did Amazon buy, and where exactly?
- Will the land need a rezoning?
- How much power and water would it use?