Highway 53 data center (Masterworks Atlanta, Calhoun)
An Atlanta company, Masterworks Atlanta, wants to build a 500,000-square-foot data center off Highway 53 in Calhoun. The land is zoned industrial, but the city has paused data center approvals into 2027 while it studies rules.
Where things stand: Early stage. Calhoun has a pause (moratorium) on data center approvals until Jan. 1, 2027.
🕒 Latest update (June 8, 2026): Calhoun City Council extended its data center moratorium to Jan. 1, 2027.
What we know
- 📍 Where11 acres of a 57-acre tract off Highway 53, across from St. Clement's Catholic Church, Calhoun, Gordon County
- 🏢 CompanyMasterworks Atlanta
- 🌳 Size57 acres
- 👷 Jobs promised75
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Will Masterworks file a state regional review (DRI)? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much power and water would it use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who is the end user? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- April 16, 2026City building official wrote that a data center would be an allowed use on the industrial land.
- June 8, 2026Calhoun City Council extended its data center moratorium to Jan. 1, 2027.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Calhoun's city council unanimously passed a pause on data center applications through July 27, 2026, before any proposal was filed. In June 2026 a developer was still pursuing a 500,000 square foot data center on 11 acres off Highway 53.
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Where this comes from
- Calhoun, Georgia, looks to understand what a 500K-square-foot data center's impact would be · Chattanooga Times Free Press · June 27, 2026
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