Amazon buys 1,000 acres in Georgia for potential data center

Amazon Data Services, a subsidiary of Amazon Web Services, has purchased approximately 985 acres of land in Lamar County, Georgia, for about $270 million, with plans to potentially develop a data center. The site, located near Interstate 75 off High Falls Park Road about an hour south of Atlanta, is part of the larger Legacy 75 Trade Center industrial development project, which was approved last year for up to 19 million square feet of mixed-use industrial space. The Lamar County Board of Commissioners has approved rezoning for the property, and pre-construction meetings with Amazon are expected to provide more details about the project's scope. Amazon confirmed it is performing due diligence to explore data center opportunities in the area, driven by growing customer demand and the increasing need for data center capacity. Local officials anticipate that the development will bring industrial use benefits to the strategically located site, though specifics about the facility and timeline have not yet been disclosed. The acquisition reflects a broader trend of expanding data center infrastructure amid rising demand fueled by new technologies such as artificial intelligence.