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Stop Project Sail
About Stop Project Sail
Our Mission
Citizens for Rural Coweta's goal is to keep you informed about the massive data center being proposed for the rural, western area of Coweta County and to inform you of the many negative impacts it would have on the community, environment, and county.
Please contact your Coweta County Commissioner and tell them to vote NO!
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Citizens for Rural Coweta
What is Project Sail?
Project Sail is a 600 megawatt proposed hyperscale data center in northwest Coweta County.
Prologis - a massive public company - is the developer, partnering with Atlas, a local shell company.
When completed, it will be one of the biggest data centers in the country.
The proposed data center will sit between Wagers Mill Road and Welcome to Sargent Road in a rural residential part of Coweta.
This area is currently zoned Rural Conservation. Project Sail is a heavy industrial project. If it moves forward, the rezoning will set a precedent for all of Coweta, putting any Rural areas at risk of development.
how big is project sail?
The campus is on 831 acres of rural land, and consists of 9 large data center warehouses.
To demonstrate the enormity of Project Sail, the maps to the right compare the data center plans to two well-known Newnan locations, Downtown Newnan and Ashley Park. (NOTE: the layout has changed slightly)
The 9 buildings will cover well over 4 million square feet - making it a massive project, nearly twice as large as the now infamous Meta Stanton Springs data center.
Construction & Rural Impacts
Construction Concerns
The planned 10 years of construction will have a major impact on the area. Our local roads were never designed to support the kind of heavy equipment and traffic it will cause. The additional construction traffic will be dangerous on the small roads, especially during school pickup and drop off when many school buses are on the roads, and at the intersections are HWY 16/27.
Blasting, massive earth moving, and more are expected. If you have seen the impacts of the new water and gas lines, that is a fraction of what Sail would cause.
Impacts to Wildlife and Rural Coweta
Western Coweta is one of the last rural areas in our county.
Project Sail will destroy hundreds of acres of this rural area by removing forestland in order to build 9 massive warehouses and infrastructure. This will have detrimental effects to wildlife in the area and forever change the landscape of this region.
If a project of this magnitude is approved, then more projects can be approved in ANY area of our county, threatening all the rural, natural areas we have left.
Power Resources
Project Sail will strain our power grid, using at least 600 megawatts at peak production. For this project to continue, major upgrades must be completed to provide enough power to run the data center and computers.
The cost of the updates may ultimately be passed along to the taxpayers of Coweta County, as has happened to others across the country:
Sail would also likely receive massive subsidies:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/11/us_taxpayers_dc_subsidies/
water Resources
Groundwater Concerns
This facility will be impacting the Wahoo Creek, a tributary and watershed to the Chattahoochee river, as well as wetlands surrounding it. Large, land-disturbing projects can cause erosion and increased flooding downstream.
Another concern is ground water contamination, as many local residents rely on wells for their household's water. Sedimentation and pollutants can easily impact and percolate through our groundwater system.
Data Center Water Usage
At peak operation, Prologis claims Sail will use up to 6 million gallons of water per day. This massive water usage is likely to have widespread impacts to the county, especially during our frequenty droughts.
noise pollution
Data Centers can emit up to 90dB of noise pollution. Due to the close proximity to homes (100-250 ft), nearby residents may hear a constant 60-90dB of noise, the equivalent of a generator or chainsaw. Constant noise can cause negative health on our residents and animals as well.
Some noise from data centers may be heard up to 2.2 miles away, depending on the technologies they choose. The Zone of Audibility Map, where these homes may experience a constant hum.
During construction, which will almost certainly include blasting, the noise will have an ongoing impact far beyond the site.
Traditional noise barriers, similar to walls along the interstate, do not work to dissipate the sounds emanated by data centers.
Data Centers produce high frequency noises which bypass these types of walls.
Additionally, traditional noise barriers or walls are ineffective in areas with complex topography, such as this site with differing elevations. Sounds can easily diffract or go around barriers that are not in the direct line-of-sight.
TAX REVENUE
Atlas Development submitted a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) filing to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs on 12/31/24.
The estimated revenue generated - which is the primary driver of this project - has been dropping since Sail was first announced. The latest projections - which we still consider suspect - is $100MM at full buildout in 10 years.
The projected tax revenue is not all property tax revenue. According to Coweta County Tax Commissioner Justin McMichael, "The DRI estimate could be factoring in sales tax for materials, income tax for jobs". Therefore, the entire tax revenue may not come back to Coweta County.
Also, we should expect other costs will be passed on to all taxpayers, as has been true in states across the country.
How can i make a difference?
- Contact your commissioner and tell them to vote NO!
- Join the Stop Sail Facebook group
- Visit us on YouTube, TikTok, and Citizens for Rural Coweta website
- Donate to the legal fund here
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