No project in Porterdale City, but 12 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Porterdale City votes on zoning. The Newton County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Amazon Web Services data center (Alcovy Road, Covington)
Covington, Newton County
430 acres · for Amazon Web Services
🕒 Dec 15, 2025: Covington City Council approved a $100 million agreement for Amazon to build a water tre…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 4 miles awayServerfarm data center with on-site gas power (Covington)
Covington, Newton County
🕒 July 2026: Georgia EPD sent notices of violation to VoltaGrid and Serverfarm and ordered the gas po…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 7 miles awayGregory Road data center campus
Covington, Newton County
213 acres
🕒 March 27, 2025: A data center campus of up to 1.41 million square feet on about 213 acres (plus 27 home …
Proposedabout 9 miles awayNewton County / Social Circle Technology Park (TPA Group, SC Infrastructure)
Social Circle, Newton County
317 acres
🕒 March 21, 2025: The City of Social Circle refiled it as Social Circle Technology Park (DRI #4426).
Approved, not built yetabout 11 miles awayEast Hightower Trail data center (Social Circle)
Social Circle, Walton County
96 acres
🕒 Nov 18, 2025: Social Circle City Council approved a special use permit for a data center on 96 acres.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 11 miles awayProject Rockforge data center campus (Grind Capital / MMM Acquisitions)
Unincorporated Rockdale County, Rockdale County
263 acres
🕒 May 12, 2026: More than five hours of public comment at a county town hall; the county extended its da…
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Porterdale City. - Go to council 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 Porterdale City: Georgia Power Co. (company) or Snapping Shoals 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.