Records raise questions about Georgia’s largest data center and its water use

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – Complaints about low water pressure near Georgia’s largest data center − owned by the same company that’s building one in Augusta − led a Georgia county to discover two unauthorized water lines leading into the facility and a bill to the company for $147,000.

But now, Fayette County is walking back accusations the water lines were installed without officials’ knowledge.

The QTS facility sits on a 600-acre site in Fayetteville, 22 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Fayette County’s water system director sent a letter to QTS after a neighbor complained about low water pressure in May 2025. The internal letter said the investigation found two additional water lines “installed without the knowledge or inspection by (county) staff.”…

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