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Data center project · Fulton County, Georgia

Microsoft East US 3 region (Fulton and Douglas)

Approved · Microsoft's planned Azure region across Fulton and Douglas counties, including a 250,000 sq ft Palmetto project that received $14.5 million in tax breaks. Also known as: Palmetto data center.

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Status
Approved · as of Feb. 11, 2021
Approved by
Not named in the records found
No record opened names a body that approved the land use for this project. The Citizen (Dec. 2020, citing the Atlanta Business Chronicle) reported that 'Fulton County economic development officials' approved property tax abatements for a Microsoft data center at Shugart Farms Industrial Park in Palmetto, without naming the body; it is not recorded here as the deciding action. (The Citizen (Fayette County), Dec. 9, 2020)
Location
Palmetto, with sites also named in Douglasville and East Point · Fulton County
Floor area
250,000 sq ft
Developer and team
Microsoft
End user
Microsoft Azure
Incentives
$14.5 million in tax breaks over a decade for the Palmetto project
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Feb. 11, 2021 Microsoft said it would build its East US 3 Azure region with a presence in Fulton and Douglas counties. (DatacenterDynamics, Feb. 11, 2021)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The current build status was not verified in this pass. Search results showed a DCD headline that Microsoft broke ground in Palmetto, but it was not opened.
  • Microsoft's planned Rome/Floyd County campus (DCD reported 350 acres) could not be opened because of rate limits. Add it in the next pass.
  • Palmetto rewrote its industrial code in March 2026 to exclude new data centers (see moratoriums).

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