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Covington, GA · Newton County · 33.597°N 83.860°W
Proposed ~90 MW plant of 33 Jenbacher J620 natural-gas-fired reciprocating engines providing dedicated baseload power to the neighboring Serverfarm data center; reported as Georgia's first data center 'pop-up' power plant.
Dedicated on-site behind-the-meter baseload generation for the adjacent Serverfarm data center rather than the Georgia Power grid.
Southern Environmental Law Center and partner groups filed an enforcement request over unpermitted construction and raised air-quality concerns (formaldehyde, NOx) from the engines.
Groups alert Georgia regulators to unpermitted construction of pop-up power plant, data centerAerial imagery (June 2026) showed roughly 8 of 33 planned natural-gas engines already installed before an air-quality permit was granted; Georgia EPD issued a Notice of Violation on 2026-07-02 and ordered construction to pause pending permitting.
Officials order Georgia data center's 'pop-up' power plant to halt constructionConfirmed: data verified against official filings, permits, or direct operator announcements.
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