Ascent - Atlanta Data Center
Fulton County, GA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Ascent - Atlanta Data Center is a mapped data center in Fulton County, GA, operated by Prime Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 595,318 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkAscent - Atlanta Data Center is a mapped colocation site in Fulton County, GA, operated by Prime Data Centers under the Ascent data center banner. The building covers 595,318 square feet and draws power from Georgia Power Co within the SOCO balancing authority. Public records do not yet detail a corporate parent above Prime Data Centers.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentPrime Data Centers
- Files asPrime Data Centers
- This facilityAscent - Atlanta Data Center
In the news
source: Google News- Nvidia reportedly considers another $4 billion of AI data center expansion, this time in EuropePC Guide· Jun 16, 2026
- AI data centres to take over $21bn of Aussie farmlandThe Australian· Jun 15, 2026
- 1 Stock Prime to Cash In on $1 Trillion in Data Center Spending During 2027The Motley Fool· Jun 12, 2026
- Prime Data Centers Breaks Ground on Three Buildings in Phoenix, Advancing $3B InvestmentConstruction Equipment Guide· Jun 11, 2026
- Denver data center builder is moving into San Antonio, Austin metro areas, planning three projectsSan Antonio Express-News· Jun 9, 2026
- News | Voters have started to ban data centers. Developers are responding.CoStar· Jun 7, 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 measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.55 gal/kWh embedded in SOCO grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourceGA0000001312100941NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
- Clean Air Act permitted sourceGA0000001312100972NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Gainesville), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, New Prospect Elementary School in Alpharetta, is 0.4 mi from this site (504 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.