Has Switch data center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Switch data center.

Where is Switch data center located?

Switch data center is in Cartersville, Bartow County, GA.

Proposed

Switch data center, Cartersville

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Georgia?

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). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Cartersville, Bartow County, GA

Source: Primary source

Switch data center in Bartow County, GA is a proposed facility, operated by Switch, Inc..

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Operator

Switch, Inc.

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

complete 2026, full build-out 2046. Announced investment: $0.77. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

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Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

2.9 mi

Unknown110858 · 115 kV

Transmission line

2.4 mi

115 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The 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 breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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.

Statewide cost of this incentive

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.

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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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Red Top Middle School in Emerson, is 1.7 mi from this site (565 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.

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