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Data center campus · Gregory Road and Flat Rock Road near Lake Varner, Covington area, Newton County, Georgia

Gregory Road Data Center

Proposed as of March 27, 2025

A three-phase, 1.41 million sq ft, 360 MW campus on about 213 acres at Gregory and Flat Rock roads next to Amazon's Covington campus that would need annexation into the city. Also known as: DRI 4428.

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Power360MW reported · stated
Floor area1,410,000sq ft
Site213acres

Who is behind it

ProjectGregory Road Data CenterAlso: DRI 4428
Developer and teamUniversal Planning & Development LLC
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Covington adopted a 180-day pause on new data center requests; requests already under consideration were not affected. (The Covington News, Jan. 22, 2026)

  2. The Covington News described the site at Gregory Road and Flat Rock Road beside Lake Varner as about 230 acres with four or five buildings. (The Covington News, April 2025)

  3. The AJC reported the developer, Universal Planning & Development, described a 360 MW campus valued at about $5.7 billion next to Amazon's Covington campus. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 28, 2025)

  4. Covington submitted DRI 4428 for a data center campus of up to 1.41 million sq ft on about 213 acres, plus about 307.5 acres of residential land, built in three phases from 2027 to 2036 and requiring annexation into the city. (Georgia Department of Community Affairs, March 27, 2025; Georgia Department of Community Affairs, March 27, 2025; Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Oct. 30, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Separate from aws-covington-alcovy-road (described as next to the AWS campus) and from newton-county-technology-park (TPA Group, 317 acres).
  • No later annexation vote found.
  • Acreage: 213 acres for the data center (DRI, AJC) versus about 230 acres (Covington News); the DRI adds about 307.5 acres of residential land (about 520 acres total).
  • MW (360) is from the AJC; the DRI form left peak electrical load blank.
  • The DRI flags that the project would require relocating a 30-inch water transmission main in the Gregory Road right-of-way.

The full record

Status note
Needs annexation into Covington and rezoning; Newton County allows data centers only in the Stanton Springs overlay, and Covington later paused new data center requests.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.