Proposed-site record

Project Lighthouse

Sci4GA lead with high location confidence. Use the linked sources to verify status, public money, NDA/secrecy, water, and power details before treating this as a fully documented local record.

ProposedconfirmedMedium concern

Site Snapshot

Location: Covington, Newton County, Georgia
Operator / sponsor: Universal Planning and Development LLC, JBW Investments, LLC data center
Status / stage: Proposed · utility / power
Scale: 360 MW reported; Hyperscale (100-999 MW); 1,410,000 sq ft; 213 acres; expected online 2027

Compute Workload

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Undisclosed / unknownUnknown

No source-backed workload, customer, hardware, or training/inference allocation is attached to this record yet.

Workload classification remains unknown in the reviewed record.

Data Fields

Source leads point to attached records or reporting. They still need field-level review before being treated as verified evidence.

NDA / secrecyMissing / needs review

Public moneySource lead attached

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Data Center Dynamics Data Center Dynamics

WaterMissing / needs review

PowerSource lead attached

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Data Center Dynamics Data Center Dynamics

Public Money

Source dataset project_cost field reports $5.7 billion; public funding records still need local review.

Source links for this fieldAtlanta Journal-Constitution5QKZEN5W45GU5NCHUHGVYX4UUM Data Center DynamicsPlans Filed For 14 Million sq ft Data Center Campus Outside Atlanta Georgia Data Center DynamicsAws Plans Data Center In Covington Georgia Source indexOpen U.S. Data Centers Tracker

Water

Water source, cooling method, withdrawal permits, and wastewater impacts need local sourcing.

Power

Source dataset reports 360 MW. Utility tariff, interconnection, and ratepayer records need separate sourcing.

Bloom / Fuel Cells

No fuel-cell or Bloom Energy source is attached to this project yet.

NDA / Secrecy

No NDA reported

Missing NDA / secrecy, WaterFields with source leads: Public money, Power

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Sources and Leads

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution5QKZEN5W45GU5NCHUHGVYX4UUM Data Center DynamicsPlans Filed For 14 Million sq ft Data Center Campus Outside Atlanta Georgia Data Center DynamicsAws Plans Data Center In Covington Georgia FracTracker AllianceOpen U.S. Data Centers Tracker ArcGIS source rowProject Lighthouse dataset attributes