Data Center Registry

Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus

Forest Park, Clayton County, Georgia · All 70 Digital Realty sites

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 14, 2026

Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at 212 MW planned, 97 acres, a reported $3 billion investment.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Digital Realty
Facility type: Data center
Location: Forest Park, Clayton County, GA
Coordinates: 33.6220, -84.3691 (approximate)
Power capacity: 212 MW planned
Land: 97 acres
Investment: $3 billion
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
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.

June 2025
Proposed
Digital Realty project page describes a two-facility campus at former Fort Gillem; first phase expected early 2028 Source: Digital Realty

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus in Forest Park, Clayton 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 mission-critical facilities on ~97 acres at the former Fort Gillem Army base in Forest Park: ~1.9M sq ft and ~212 MW initial IT load. About $3B total proposed, including >$100M for remediation. First phase expected early 2028. Digital Realty projects 60 to 75 permanent jobs after phase 1. All figures are subject to change, per Digital Realty. Coordinates are the Forest Park city centroid.

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.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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 Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus in Forest Park?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of October 14, 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 Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 70 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 212 MW. The site is recorded at 97 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digital Realty Fort Gillem Data Center Campus," updated October 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-fort-gillem-forest-park-ga.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/digital-realty-fort-gillem-forest-park-ga, retrieved October 29, 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.Fort Gillem data center project · Digital Realty · retrieved October 14, 2026

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