Prologis Secures Approval for 900MW 'Project Sail' Data Center Campus in Georgia
April 10, 2026
In a significant move that underscores the intense demand for data center capacity driven by artificial intelligence and cloud computing, industrial real estate giant Prologis has received final zoning approval for a massive new data center campus in Georgia. The decision highlights the ongoing tension between rapid digital infrastructure expansion and local community concerns in emerging data center markets.
The Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted this week to approve a rezoning request, clearing the final regulatory hurdle for Prologis's "Project Sail." The development, set on an 832-acre site near Newnan, approximately 45 miles southwest of Atlanta, is planned as a nine-building campus spanning 4.9 million square feet with a total power capacity of 900 megawatts. The approval concludes a planning process that began in January 2025 when the land was under different ownership, before Prologis acquired the site in May of that year.
The project has faced sustained opposition from local residents organized through groups like a public Facebook community named "Stop Project Sail Newnan Data Center," which has gathered nearly 4,800 members. Opponents, who have raised around $27,000 via a GoFundMe campaign for potential legal challenges, argue the development will strain local resources. The campaign states the data center "will destroy the local ecosystem, decimate wild animal habitat, and be detrimental to residents in the area." Group members are now reportedly discussing possible legal action following the board's decision.
For Prologis, a logistics-focused real estate investment trust, this approval marks a major expansion of its data center footprint, which includes developments across multiple U.S. states and in Paris, France. The scale of Project Sail signals a strategic push into the high-growth data center sector, leveraging its extensive land holdings. For the broader industry, the project's advancement—despite local pushback—illustrates the powerful economic and technological imperatives fueling data center construction in regions like the Southeastern United States, even as community resistance becomes a more common factor in site selection and approval processes.
Source: datacenterdynamics
