DC BLOX Atlanta West (ATL1)

Economics

Investment

$1.2B

Land

100 acres

Energy & water

Energy source

Grid · Utility: Greystone Power Cooperative

Cooling

Air-cooled

DC BLOX's campus design specifies high-efficiency magnetic-bearing air-cooled chillers with thermal storage and provisions for a future liquid-cooling tie-in (operator campus page); the company characterizes the design as effectively waterless. Air-cooled chillers still use minimal water (humidification/occasional evaporative assist); no quantified water-use (MGD) figure has been published, and use could change if the liquid-cooling provision is activated.

Public subsidies

• City of Douglasville property-tax abatement — $98M over 11 years (graduated: 0% years 1-3, 10% years 4-5, then 20%/40%/50% years 6-8, 60% years 9-10; applies to buildings/land, not servers)
  City of Douglasville, GA · 2025
  City approves $98 million tax break for expanded data site

Community sentiment