Data center campus · Off Alcovy Road near I-20, Covington, Newton County, Georgia
AWS Covington campus (Alcovy Road)
Proposed
as of Dec. 15, 2025
A data center campus Amazon is planning on about 430 acres it bought in Covington, tied to a roughly $100 million city water agreement and an Amazon-funded reclaimed-water cooling system.
PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site430acres
Who is behind it
ProjectAWS Covington campus (Alcovy Road)
Developer and teamAmazon Web Services (through Amazon Data Services Inc.)
End userAmazon Web Services
The record, newest first
Covington's council unanimously approved four Amazon-related agreements, including a water and wastewater capacity service agreement that WSB described as a $100 million deal for a water treatment and cooling facility. (The Covington News, Dec. 16, 2025; WSB-TV, Dec. 16, 2025)
Amazon Data Services paid about $36 million for a 430-acre site in Covington's I-20 corridor; AWS said it was evaluating possible data center locations. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 10, 2024)
Conflicts and open questions
- Separate from meta-stanton-springs and from newton-county-technology-park (TPA Group, 317 acres).
- WSB reports Amazon described the project as part of its $11 billion Georgia investment.
The full record
- Status note
- Covington approved water, wastewater and funding agreements with Amazon in December 2025; no construction start reported.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)