AWS Butts County
Jackson, Butts County County, GA
Source: Primary source
AWS Butts County is a proposed data center in Butts County County, GA, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc..
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkPart of $11B GA investment (Jan 2025); 543-acre Butts County lease.
Operator chain
- Files asAmazon Data Services, Inc.
- This facilityAWS Butts County
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- Tax incentives fuel rise of data centers in Mississippi, experts, critics sayThe Clarion-Ledger· Jun 18, 2026
- AWS data center making progress in ClintonYahoo· Jun 9, 2026
- Mississippi developer plans to move forward with data center plans, even as state declines to give rulingMississippi Today· Jun 1, 2026
- ‘The public sees who did it’: Council tables ordinance putting moratorium on data centersWLBT· May 19, 2026
- Amazon AI data centers may use reclaimed water in MississippiThe Clarion-Ledger· Apr 28, 2026
- Ridgeland data center faces Mississippi energy giants’ oppositionMississippi Today· Apr 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, Jackson High School in Jackson, is 1.1 mi from this site (1,070 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.