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QTS Project Blue Hole
Blakely, Early County, Georgia · All 36 QTS Data Centers sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker
QTS Project Blue Hole is a permitted data center in Blakely, Georgia (Early County), operated by QTS Data Centers. The public record puts it at 1 GW planned. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- QTS Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Blakely, Early County, GA
- Coordinates
- 31.3763, -84.9346
- Power capacity
- 1 GW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Grid
- 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
- Mixed reception
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- 2026PermittedQTS filed a DRI for a data center campus in Blakely, Early County; construction start targeted July 2026, first delivery Sept 2027, ~12M sq ft at 2035 buildout Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to QTS Project Blue Hole in Blakely, Early County, Georgia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Early County commissioners unanimously adopted a data-center ordinance (1,000-ft buffer from homes/schools/churches, noise/water rules) ahead of Project Blue Hole (July 18, 2026), but residents voiced fear and skepticism at the hearing that the rules would not deter overdevelopment.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.
Early County commissioners unanimously adopted a data-center ordinance (1,000-ft buffer from homes/schools/churches, noise/water rules) ahead of Project Blue Hole (July 18, 2026), but residents voiced fear and skepticism at the hearing that the rules would not deter overdevelopment.
Notes on the record
Project Blue Hole in Blakely, Early County; DRI filed 2026, ~12M sq ft at full buildout by ~2035. ~1 GW+ is an estimate of ultimate scale (in notes). Coordinates are the Blakely area centroid. QTS Data Centers is owned by Blackstone (2021 take-private).
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
- Land area
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with 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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Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the QTS Project Blue Hole data center in Blakely?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to QTS Project Blue Hole in Blakely, Early County, Georgia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Early County commissioners unanimously adopted a data-center ordinance (1,000-ft buffer from homes/schools/churches, noise/water rules) ahead of Project Blue Hole (July 18, 2026), but residents voiced fear and skepticism at the hearing that the rules would not deter overdevelopment.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the QTS Project Blue Hole data center?
No lawsuit over QTS Project Blue Hole appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 QTS Project Blue Hole use?
No water withdrawal figure for QTS Project Blue Hole 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 QTS Project Blue Hole, and how big is it?
QTS Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 36 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1 GW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS Project Blue Hole," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-blue-hole-blakely-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/qts-blue-hole-blakely-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.QTS targets two data center campuses in Georgia · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Riverdale Standard, Early County Georgia Data Center Ordinance Vote · retrieved July 26, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
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