Augusta, GA · Richmond County · 33.474°N 82.010°W
QTS Project Eisenhower
QTS Data Centers (Blackstone)
Key facts
- Location
- Augusta, GA, Richmond County
- Capacity
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- Announced
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- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Land
- 170 acres
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Grid · Utility: Georgia Power
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
Georgia Power confirmed as the electric utility (Georgia Power Region Executive at a May 2026 community luncheon).
Closed-loop cooling that 'does not consume water for cooling once operational' (QTS); QTS discontinued evaporative cooling in 2018. An anticipated ~18,000 gal/day per building is for sanitation/domestic use (early-planning estimate, not a permitted figure). Augusta Utilities is in talks to supply treated wastewater as cooling feedstock; water source is the Savannah River basin via Augusta Utilities.
Community sentiment
Organized neighborhood opposition (Haynes Station / Captain's Corner) over transparency, noise, environmental impact, and Savannah River water use; residents spoke at Augusta Commission meetings (May-June 2026). Augusta approved a 49-day moratorium on NEW data centers (June 2026) that explicitly excludes this already-approved QTS campus. No lawsuit against this campus.
Augustans urge city leaders to put data centers on holdStatus history
- Under construction
QTS 'Project Eisenhower' in Augusta (Richmond County): 6 buildings on ~170 acres, $2B+; rezoned 2024-25, preliminary grading underway
New data center will be twice as big as Augusta Mall
Location
Sources & data provenance
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