Data center project · Columbia County, Georgia
White Oak Technology Park
Approved · A Columbia County development-authority park rezoned for data centers and sold through Trammell Crow to Kinetic Infrastructure, with Google named as sole operator in July 2026.
- Status
- Approved · as of July 23, 2026
- Approved by
- Columbia County Board of Commissioners (Georgia)
Rezoning to D-C (data center) zoning, with conditions including a 65-decibel noise limit at the property line, Feb. 3, 2026, vote Unanimous
The land had been rezoned to S-1 in 2025 at the request of the county's economic development authority. (The Augusta Press, Feb. 4, 2026; WRDW/WAGT, Feb. 3, 2026) - Location
- Off Morris Calloway Road, Appling · Columbia County
- Developer and team
- Kinetic Infrastructure; Trammell Crow Company
- End user
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Updates, newest first
- July 23, 2026 County and development-authority releases named Google as the sole end user and operator. (The Augusta Press, July 24, 2026)
- Dec. 2025 The sale of the land by the development authority to Trammell Crow for about $78 million was ratified; Trammell Crow then sold it to Kinetic Infrastructure for nearly $500 million. (The Augusta Press, July 24, 2026)
- May 2025 Commissioners rezoned thousands of acres from residential-agricultural to a special district. (The Augusta Press, July 24, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Acreage and MW were not stated in opened sources.
- Search results showed WRDW headlines on a $17 billion deal and property-tax relief being finalized with the development authority (Aug. 26-28, 2026). Not opened; verify the incentive terms.
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