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QTS Fayetteville data center campus

Fayetteville, Fayette County, GADeveloper: QTS Data Centers

Also known as Project Excalibur, Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta

OperatingFirst building (Microsoft Fairwater) opened October 2025; rest of campus under construction
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

QTS, a Blackstone subsidiary, is building a 615-acre data center campus on Highway 54 on the west side of Fayetteville, planned for up to about 7 million sq ft. Its first building, over 1 million sq ft, opened in October 2025 and is leased to Microsoft for its Fairwater AI 'superfactory'. QTS has also filed plans for a 2 million sq ft expansion on 313 acres west of Veterans Parkway.

Planned capacity
250 MW[2]
approximate capacity as reported by DCD
Site size
615 acres[3]
land acquired in 2022 for about $154 million
Water use
2,000 gal/day
per city officials; closed-loop system

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity250 MW [2]
approximate capacity as reported by DCD
Site size615 acres [3]
land acquired in 2022 for about $154 million
Floor area7 million sq ft [3]
up to about 7 million sq ft planned; DCD reports 6.6 million sq ft in 16 buildings
Buildings16 [2]
planned
Target completionFully operational by 2030; ATL2 East expansion by 2029 [7]

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityGeorgia Power [4]
Utility pages: Georgia Power · data centers and bills

Water

Water use2,000 gal/day [8]
per city officials; closed-loop system
Source excerpt
“According to officials, QTS uses 2,000 gallons of water a day compared to a 'typical data center' using more than one million gallons per day.”
Water sourceFayette County Water System (municipal) [5]
construction use under 1% of county production; operational use described as about four households
Coolingclosed-loop [6]

Local decisions & site

ZoningEast campus expansion: two parcels fronting Veterans Parkway rezoned from planned community district to business park, with a future land use map update [8]
Source excerpt
“Rezoning changes the two parcels from planned community district to business park.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Power

Planned capacity250 MW [2]
UtilityGeorgia Power [4]

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

  1. QTS confirmed as buyer of about 600 acres for $153.8 million for a 250 MW campus [1]

  2. First building occupied [3]

  3. Certificate of completion issued for first building [3]

  4. Microsoft Fairwater AI facility opens in first building [3]

  5. QTS files plans for 2 million sq ft ATL2 East expansion on 313 acres west of Veterans Parkway [2]

  6. Fayette County issues statement on QTS construction water use [5]

Issues raised

  • County records showed QTS used 109 million gallons across 13 water lines during construction, and two lines were installed without county inspection; QTS says it did not use water improperly, and the county later attributed billing problems to a smart meter transition [7]
  • Residents along Georgia Power's Ashley Park-Wansley 500 kV transmission line face easement and eminent domain demands; Georgia Power says the line does not serve a single customer [4]
  • Neighbors say the campus does not fit Fayette County's residential character [7]

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

  1. QTS confirmed as behind 250MW data center mega-project in Fayetteville, Georgia
    DatacenterDynamics · Aug 10, 2022 · news
  2. QTS files to expand Fayetteville data center campus in Georgia
    DatacenterDynamics · Jan 15, 2026 · news
  3. Microsoft's newest AI 'superfactory' opens at sprawling Fayetteville campus
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Nov 21, 2025 · news
  4. The data center boom is transforming Georgia. Some residents could lose their land.
    Atlanta Journal-Constitution · May 15, 2026 · news
  5. Facts about the QTS Fayetteville Data Center Campus Project
    Fayette County · May 13, 2026 · government
  6. Fayetteville, Georgia
    QTS Data Centers · company
  7. Questions raise about massive data center in Georgia as QTS pursues plans to build campus in Bessemer
    WBRC · Jul 16, 2026 · news
  8. Fayetteville Updates City's Future Land Use Map for QTS East Campus
    The Fayette County News · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 22, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). QTS Fayetteville data center campus. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-fayetteville-ga
MLA“QTS Fayetteville data center campus.” Data Center Census, Sep 22, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-fayetteville-ga.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-fayetteville-ga

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