75 South Data Center Campus
A seven-building, 2.24 million sq ft Hillwood-affiliated campus on 292 acres in Spalding County that drew a 5-0 planning denial recommendation before being withdrawn and refiled.
Who is behind it
Hillwood Industrial/Logistics
PowerHouse
The record, newest first
The applications were refiled; county staff later listed them among cases that could proceed despite a 120-day zoning moratorium that took effect Aug. 3. (Griffin Daily News, Aug. 22, 2026)
The developer withdrew its four zoning applications, citing commissioner absences, and said it would refile. (Griffin Daily News, June 27, 2026)
Commissioners did not hear the case after the applicant asked for a continuance to June 25. (Griffin Daily News, July 25, 2026)
The Planning and Appeals Commission voted 5-0 to recommend denying the land-use map change. (Griffin Daily News, July 25, 2026; Griffin Daily News, June 27, 2026)
The planning hearing set for this date did not go ahead; the applications were pulled after the site was found to lie in the Arthur K. Bolton overlay district. (Griffin Daily News, July 25, 2026)
Spalding County filed a regional-impact review (DRI 4607) for Industrial VI Enterprises' campus. (Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Oct. 30, 2026; Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Jan. 27, 2026; Griffin Daily News, Feb. 1, 2026; DatacenterDynamics, Feb. 1, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Requests: rezoning AR-1/R-2 to C-1C, land-use map change, special exception, a variance from the S-4 sensitive-wetlands district and a height variance to 70 feet.
- At an Aug. 17 commission meeting a resident argued the late withdrawal should have counted as a denial with a 12-month waiting period; no ruling reported.
- In the June 25 agenda packet, county staff changed its recommendation from denial to approval.
- The DCD and front-page Griffin Daily News items show no publication date; dates given are approximate.
The full record
- Status note
- Withdrawn in June 2026 to avoid a short-handed board hearing and refiled July 23; hearings not yet set as of August 2026.
- Power note
- DRI lists 450 MW of peak connected electrical load.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)