Amazon Covington Data Center
Covington, Newton County, GA
Source: Primary source
Amazon Covington Data Center is a under construction data center in Newton County, GA, operated by Amazon.com, Inc..
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkPurpose: Hyperscale cloud data-center campus. Announced investment: $11.0B. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAmazon.com, Inc.
- Files asAmazon.com, Inc.
- This facilityAmazon Covington Data Center
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Covington homeowners to vote on tax cutSpectrum News· May 23, 2026
- Township supervisors across Pa. urge colleagues to adopt zoning for data centersPennsylvania Capital-Star· Apr 21, 2026
- Social Circle Council mulls new data center voteThe Covington News· Apr 7, 2026
- Covington Steers Ecolab On $4.75B Data Center Cooling DealLaw360· Mar 20, 2026
- DATA CENTERS: Residents fear negative impacts on water resources as data centers are proposed across Northeast Pa.WVIA Public Media· Feb 4, 2026
- Covington City Council passes resolution to end property taxes, fund budget with data center revenueWSB-TV· Jan 22, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Georgia reported $474.2M in High-Technology Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3(68.1)) for FY2025 (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA); economic analysis by UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Flint Hill Elementary in Oxford, is 1.3 mi from this site (852 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.