Data Center Registry
Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development)
Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia
Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) is a proposed data center in Statesboro, Georgia (Bulloch County), operated by 4AM Development, LLC (developer; operator undisclosed). The public record puts it at announced August 18, 2026, 27 acres, a reported $1.2 billion investment.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- 4AM Development, LLC (developer; operator undisclosed)
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Statesboro, Bulloch County, GA
- Coordinates
- 32.4049, -81.7440 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 27 acres
- Investment
- $1.2 billion
- Announced
- August 18, 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- August 18, 2026ProposedStatesboro City Council approved the rezoning of the ~27-acre Burkhalter Road site 3-2, with the mayor breaking the tie. A special use permit is still required and no operator has been selected. Source: Statesboro Herald
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
Two-story building of roughly 230,000 sq ft plus a 3/4-acre reserved Georgia Power substation site. The concept plan describes 40-90 MW and the developers applied to Georgia Power for a maximum of 99 MW; no single figure is asserted here. Owners named as Bobby Bagwell and Charles C. Way; the site is being zoned speculatively. Coordinates are approximate to Burkhalter Road pending parcel confirmation.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) in Statesboro?
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development)?
No lawsuit over Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) appears in the record we track as of September 12, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development), and how big is it?
4AM Development, LLC (developer; operator undisclosed) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 27 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Burkhalter Road Data Center (4AM Development)," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/4am-development-burkhalter-road-statesboro-ga.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/4am-development-burkhalter-road-statesboro-ga, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Mayor and council approve rezoning for Burkhalter data center by 3-2 vote · Statesboro Herald · retrieved September 10, 2026
- 2.Mayor and council approve rezoning for Burkhalter data center by 3-2 vote · Statesboro Herald · retrieved September 12, 2026
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