Project Arrowhead
Irwin County, GA
Also known as Irwin Forward Tech Park, DRI 4689
- Rumored
- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
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Project Arrowhead is a proposed 18-building, 4.22 million square foot data center campus in western Irwin County, Georgia, near Pinetta Church Road and Ponderosa Road. Irwin County filed it as a Development of Regional Impact on April 10, 2026, listing a peak electric load of 1.25 GW. The filing names no anchor tenant, and the regional commission recorded citizen comments that were all opposed.
- Permanent jobs (promised)
- 200
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Planned capacity | 1.25 GW [1] peak electricity need in the DRI report; Georgia Power is conducting an energy study |
|---|---|
| Site size | 1,205 acres [1] regional commission parcel list totals about 1,205 acres; the DRI application cites 1,066 acres (WWALS, Vesper) |
| Floor area | 4,220,000 sq ft [1] |
| Buildings | 18 [1] |
| Stated investment | $6 billion [1] estimated construction cost per regional commission report, which also prints it as $600,000,000 in one place |
| Permanent jobs (promised) | 200 [1] |
| Target completion | Phase 1 in 2030 and full build-out in 2034, per Vesper OSINT reading of the DRI [3] |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Power
| Utility | Georgia Power [1] Utility pages: Georgia Power · data centers and bills |
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Water
| Water use | 50,000 gpd [1] 0.05 million gallons per day from an on-site Floridan Aquifer well |
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| Water source | Floridan Aquifer, on-site well [1] |
Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.
Water and power
Water
Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.
Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →
Timeline
Premier Data Center Development, LLC is formed with the Georgia Secretary of State [3]
Ocilla-Irwin Planning Advisory Commission votes 4-0 to recommend a related special-use request; the applicant withdraws it March 2 [3]
Irwin County submits the project as DRI #4689 to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs [2]
Comment deadline for regional review [1]
Issues raised
- Residents at a February hearing raised cooling water, noise and traffic concerns [3]
- The regional commission reported that all fifteen citizen comments it received opposed the project [1]
Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.
Sources
- Project Arrowhead Data Center Irwin Co. DRISouthern Georgia Regional Commission (via WWALS) · Apr 24, 2026 · government
- Project Arrowhead Datacenter DRI application, Irwin County, GAWWALS Watershed Coalition · Apr 11, 2026 · other
- Project Arrowhead: Inside Irwin County, Georgia's Data Center FightVesper OSINT · Apr 2026 · other
Cite this page
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). Project Arrowhead. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/project-arrowhead-irwin-county-ga |
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| MLA | “Project Arrowhead.” Data Center Census, Oct 15, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/project-arrowhead-irwin-county-ga. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/dc/project-arrowhead-irwin-county-ga |
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