2 data center projects in Unincorporated Newton County
Who decides here: the Newton County Board of Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Newton County
Gregory 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 …
Built & runningMeta Stanton Springs (Newton) data center campus
Unincorporated Newton County, Newton County
for Meta
🕒 May 2026: Morgan County residents near the site said their well water turned muddy; the EPA said i…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Serverfarm 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
Being builtabout 4 miles awayAmazon 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
Proposedabout 8 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 10 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 10 miles away1402 Roy Malcom Road data center (Social Circle)
Social Circle, Walton County
123 acres
🕒 April 6, 2026: Planning commission public hearings were scheduled.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 11 miles awayHawkins Academy Road data center (Social Circle)
Social Circle, Walton County
151 acres
🕒 Nov 2025: City council cast a series of votes to clear the way for the data center.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
A data center tracker lists a Newton County data center pause dated July 15, 2026. Newton County already hosts Meta and Amazon data centers. Details were not found.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Newton 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 Newton County: 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Is this linked to the Amazon project on nearby Alcovy Road?
- Who is the developer behind Universal Planning LLC?
- Has Covington approved it?
- What caused the muddy well water near the site?
- Is Meta planning more buildings (an AI campus) here?
- How much power does the campus use?