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Data center campus · Upatoi area, far northeast Muscogee County, near the Harris and Talbot county lines, Muscogee County, Georgia

Project Ruby (Upatoi)

Proposed as of Aug. 22, 2026

A $5 billion-plus campus on about 900 acres near Upatoi, planned by Habitat Partners with the Columbus development authority, whose enabling overlay district passed in June 2026 and is being challenged in court. Also known as: Muscogee Property 1.

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Power600MW reported · stated
Site900acres

Who is behind it

ProjectProject Ruby (Upatoi)Also: Muscogee Property 1
Developer and teamHabitat Partners (through Muscogee Property 1)
Atlas Development
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. WTVM reported at a town hall that no data center had been approved in Muscogee County. (WTVM, Aug. 22, 2026)

  2. The city answered the suit, arguing the overlay rezones no parcel and that no data center application has been filed; the case had not been decided in reports opened. (WTVM, July 24, 2026)

  3. Dozens of opponents marched and spoke on Broadway in Columbus. (WTVM, July 18, 2026)

  4. WTVM reported a suit by Keep It Rural LLC and eight residents asking a judge to declare the overlay unconstitutional and vacate it. (WTVM, June 25, 2026)

  5. The City Council approved the technology overlay district; reports opened give no tally. (WTVM, June 25, 2026; WTVM, June 26, 2026)

  6. WTVM reported that the City Council had added 45 days to its review before voting on the overlay. (WTVM, April 16, 2026)

  7. After first failing to get a motion in favor, the Planning Advisory Commission backed the technology overlay ordinance with a 500-foot buffer added. (Now Georgia, March 18, 2026)

  8. Local officials and Habitat Partners described a $5.18 billion project with 195 jobs and spending from 2027 to 2030. (WTVM, Feb. 12, 2026; Choose Columbus / Development Authority of Columbus, 2026; DatacenterDynamics, undated; Inside Climate News, April 13, 2026; WTVM, Feb. 16, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage: about 900 (development authority, Inside Climate News) versus about 987 (DCD).
  • The end user is unnamed; the development authority says it would be one of five large hyperscalers and that no contract is signed.
  • The overlay district is general, and the June 25 WTVM story does not name Project Ruby; other coverage ties the overlay to it. The mayor said then that no project had been formally proposed.
  • Inside Climate News describes four buildings. The development authority says the plan would develop roughly 15 percent of the site.
  • The suit's claims are the plaintiffs' allegations and the city disputes them; no ruling was found as of this check.
  • Water and timing differ by source: WTVM reported in February 2026 about 90,000 gallons a day at a 2028 completion and about 260,000 by 2035, against 330,000 at full build-out from the development authority and spending from 2027 to 2030 in other WTVM coverage.

The full record

Status note
The city said in a July 2026 court filing that no data center application had been filed; local coverage in August said none had been approved.
Power note
DCD reported a requested 600 MW connection from Flint Energies, with 200 MW arriving in 2029 and rising through 2034. The development authority's page gives no MW and says power depends on a transmission study.
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.