White Oak Technology Park
Appling, Columbia County, GADeveloper: Trammell Crow Company
Also known as White Oak Business Park data center
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- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
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White Oak Technology Park is a planned data center and technology campus next to the White Oak Business Park in Appling, Columbia County, outside Augusta. A 2025 regional impact filing described about 8 million sq ft of data centers on roughly 1,900 acres, with Trammell Crow Company as developer. In July 2026 the county’s Economic Development Authority named Google as the sole end user and operator, and in August 2026 it approved a memorandum of understanding for a $17 billion Google investment in the county’s data center project. Resident Gregory Guido Jr. sued over the February 2026 rezoning and a parallel Pumpkin Center data center rezoning; Superior Court dismissed both suits in March 2026, and he appealed to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Site size | 1,900 acres [1] adjacent land proposed for rezoning in 2025 DRI filing |
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| Floor area | 8,004,000 sq ft [1] data center space in DRI filing (8.076M sq ft total campus) |
| Stated investment | $17 billion [9] 'At least $17 billion' under EDA memorandum with Kinetic Infrastructure Solutions (Alphabet subsidiary) Source excerpt“The Economic Development Authority of Columbia County approved the agreement for the project, representing a commitment of at least $17 billion — one of the largest private investments in county history.” |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Water
| Water use | 6,500,000 gal/day [2] worst-case water demand, with nearly 4M gpd to sewer, as reported |
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| Cooling | Closed-loop cooling required under Data Center zoning district [9]Source excerpt“It includes 500-foot residential buffers, a 65-decibel noise limit, closed-loop cooling, a ban on private wells, full-cutoff lighting and a decommissioning requirement, according to the authority.” |
Money & incentives
| Tax incentives | Bond-for-title financing through the Economic Development Authority of Columbia County; bonds non-recourse to the authority and county [9]Source excerpt“The financing uses a bond-for-title structure long established in Georgia.” |
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Local decisions & site
| Deciding vote | Columbia County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the S-1 to D-C rezoning (meeting reported Feb. 5, 2026) [3]Source excerpt“The Economic Development Authority of Columbia County's (EDACC) request to rezone the White Oak Tech Park property from Special (S-1) to Data Center (D-C) passed through unanimously.” |
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| Zoning | Rezoned from Special (S-1) to Data Center (D-C); one 37-acre tract at 0 Morris Callaway Road remanded to the Planning Commission over a parcel-number advertising error [3]Source excerpt“The Economic Development Authority of Columbia County's (EDACC) request to rezone the White Oak Tech Park property from Special (S-1) to Data Center (D-C) passed through unanimously.” |
| Nearest homes or schools | Data Center zoning district requires 500-foot residential buffers [9] |
| Noise limit | 65 dBA [9] Limit in the Data Center zoning district approved February 2026; the source does not say where it is measured (it reports the limit in decibels) |
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.
Power
Not disclosed. No capacity or power-supply figure is on the record.
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
DRI filed for 8M sq ft data center and technology park [1]
Initial rezoning vote [2]
Board of Commissioners unanimously approves D-C data center rezoning with 65 dB noise cap; also approves Pumpkin Center, rejects Byrd Farms [3]
Gregory P. Guido Jr. files judicial review petitions challenging White Oak and Pumpkin Center rezonings [4]
Columbia County Superior Court dismissal orders filed (White Oak order signed March 19) [5]
Guido files notices of appeal to Georgia Court of Appeals [5]
Columbia County Economic Development Authority announces Google as sole end user and operator of the data center project [8]
Economic Development Authority of Columbia County approves a memorandum of understanding for a $17 billion data center investment by Kinetic Infrastructure Solutions, an Alphabet subsidiary; county says Google will pay $40 million a year for seven years [9]
Issues raised
- Suit alleges procedural defects, incomplete water/sewer and traffic analysis, and conflict with the comprehensive plan [4]
- Observers questioned transparency and lack of an identified end user [2]
- County officials project about $118 million in annual tax revenue at full build-out [2]
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
- Plans filed for 8 million sq ft data center and technology park outside Augusta, GeorgiaDatacenterDynamics · Apr 9, 2025 · news
- Columbia County observer questions White Oak Technology Park and transparencyThe Augusta Press · Oct 27, 2025 · news
- Columbia County passes two out of three rezonings for data center requests amid persistent oppositionThe Augusta Press · Feb 5, 2026 · news
- Citizen files lawsuits over Columbia County data centersWRDW · Feb 26, 2026 · news
- Citizen appeals dismissals of Columbia County data center rezoning lawsuitsWRDW · Apr 16, 2026 · news
- Appeals filed in Columbia County data centers, quarry zoning casesThe Augusta Press · Apr 16, 2026 · news
- Columbia Co. data centers get zoning approval, face additional steps before constructionWRDW · Feb 4, 2026 · news
- Google announced as end user of 8 million sq ft data center in Columbia, GeorgiaDatacenterDynamics · Jul 24, 2026 · news
- Columbia County advances $17 billion data center dealWRDW · Aug 26, 2026 · news
Cite this page
Last updated Oct 13, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). White Oak Technology Park. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/white-oak-technology-park-appling-ga |
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| MLA | “White Oak Technology Park.” Data Center Census, Oct 13, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/white-oak-technology-park-appling-ga. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/dc/white-oak-technology-park-appling-ga |
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