Being built
River Park data center campus (Amazon Web Services)
Also called: River Park
Amazon Web Services is building a 14-building data center campus called River Park in Butts County. In August 2025 the county let parts of two buildings and a substation reach into a stream buffer. Lake residents worry about mud running into the Towaliga River.
Where things stand: Under construction in Aug. 2025, when the county approved fence and stream-buffer variances.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 11, 2025): Butts County commissioners approved an 8-foot fence and let two buildings and a substation reach into the 100-foot stream buffer (3-1 vote).
What we know
- 📍 WhereOff the new Enterprise Connector, near the Towaliga River and High Falls Lake, Unincorporated Butts County, Butts County
- 🏢 CompanyRiver Park developer (for Amazon Web Services)
- 🏛️ Owned byAmazon
- 👤 Built forAmazon Web Services
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much power and water will the campus use? 🙋 I'll find out
- What tax break did the project get? 🙋 I'll find out
- Is mud from construction reaching High Falls Lake, and who checks? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Aug 11, 2025Butts County commissioners approved an 8-foot fence and let two buildings and a substation reach into the 100-foot stream buffer (3-1 vote).
🛰️ See it from above
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We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Butts County BOC approves variances for warehouse developments · Jackson Progress-Argus · Aug 16, 2025
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