So-called 'Bolingbroke Technology Center' would consist of nine data centers.
A land rezoning proposal for a 1.2GW data center campus outside Macon, Georgia, has been denied recommendation for approval.
The campus would be located within Monroe County, which is northwest of Macon.
On Monday, the Monroe County Planning and Zoning board voted 5-0 against recommending approval to rezone 970 acres of residential land for commercial use. The land parcel is located on largely undeveloped land along US Highway 41 (aka Dixie Highway), Wadley Road, and I-475.
The applicant, Bolingbroke Technology Center, intends to build a campus worth $5.8bn dubbed the ‘Bolingbroke Technology Campus.’ It would be built in three phases, each completed in 2029, 2031, and 2033, and consisting of nine buildings spanning a total of 5.4 million sq ft (501,675 sqm) as well as multiple substations from local utility Central Georgia EMC.
According to the site plan on the data center’s website, six of the data centers will offer 100MW and three will offer 200MW.
The decision to approve the development now lies in the hands of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, which will vote on the proposal next Tuesday.
Bolingbroke Technology representative Ben Scheidler told WDXA News: “We appreciate the Monroe County Planning & Zoning Board’s time and consideration of our rezoning request for the Bolingbroke Technology Center.
“While we are disappointed by the board’s recommendation, we remain confident that the Board of Commissioners will make a fact-based decision about the positive impacts this project offers to all the people of Monroe County.”
Little is known about Bolingbroke Technology Center.
Most of Georgia’s data centers are clustered around the state capital, Atlanta.
