Project dossier · Statesboro (Bulloch County), Georgia

Burkhalter Road data center (4AM Development) Awaiting decision

Two-story 230,000 sq ft data center plus a 32,000 sq ft substation on ~26.5 acres at 6539 Burkhalter Road (R-4 residential to Office & Business rezoning). Planning Commission recommended approval 5-1; City Council decides Aug 18, 2026. Bulloch County, separately, has been extending data-center moratoriums.

Key facts

Filing LLC
4AM Development, LLC
Size
26 ac
Location
Statesboro (Bulloch County), Georgia
Hearing
2026-08-18
Stage today
Awaiting decision

Source
read 2026-08-07

What to do next

Next step: Heard 2026-08-18; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

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What has happened so far (13 events)

  • 2023-12-15filing
    4AM Development LLC, the applicant on the Burkhalter Road rezoning, was registered with the State of Georgia on December 15, 2023, with a principal office in Appling, Georgia and authorizing member Bobby Bagwell. · source
  • 2024-01-01rezoning
    In January 2024, Four Guys Development LLC obtained city annexation of the roughly 26.94-acre Burkhalter Road parcel, then proposing a 'cottage court' subdivision of about 87 homes (later rezoned R-4). · source
  • 2025-01-10filing
    On January 10, 2025, Habersham Development Group purchased the Burkhalter Road property for approximately $2.75 million. · source
  • 2025-08-29filing
    On August 29, 2025, 4AM Development LLC acquired the roughly 27-acre Burkhalter Road parcel from Habersham Development Group in a zero-dollar transfer. · source
  • 2026-02-01announcement
    A February 2026 intergovernmental agreement between Statesboro and Bulloch County established the jointly funded Burkhalter Road / Highway 67 corridor improvement project. · source
  • 2026-02-17vote
    On February 17, 2026, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution imposing a 90-day moratorium on the permitting of data centers in unincorporated Bulloch County. · source
  • 2026-05-01report
    An economic impact study commissioned by the Development Authority of Bulloch County, dated May 2026, forecast the Burkhalter Road data center would draw $1.2 billion in total investment over 10 years while creating only 12 jobs with a $1.2 million annual payroll. · source
  • 2026-05-05vote
    On May 5, 2026, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to extend its data center moratorium through December 31, 2026, and voiced opposition to data centers in the unincorporated county. · source
  • 2026-06-02vote
    On June 2, 2026, Statesboro City Council approved its Data Center Ordinance on second reading in a 3-1 vote, with Councilwoman Shari Barr opposing. · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    Statesboro Planning Commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of 4AM Development LLC's rezoning of ~26.5 acres at 6539 Burkhalter Road (chair dissenting), with a condition dedicating a 10-ft frontage strip for future road work. · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    On August 4, 2026, Statesboro City Council (morning meeting) and the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners (evening meeting) each authorized negotiations with Kimley-Horn & Associates to design jointly funded Burkhalter Road corridor upgrades. · source
  • 2026-08-08protest
    Dozens of Bulloch County residents gathered outside Statesboro City Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2026, carrying signs and chanting to oppose the proposed Burkhalter Road data center rezoning, citing noise, air pollution, water usage and wildlife concerns. · source
  • 2026-08-18meeting
    Statesboro City Council scheduled to consider the rezoning request - the decisive vote. · source

Find the paper trail

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.450, -81.780 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Recent news

18 stories tracked since 2026-08-04 across 7 outlets. 11× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. 6× The dispute has escalated into litigation. Most recent: “Group called Protect Statesboro plans petition for election to repeal data center ordinance” (Statesboro Herald, 2026-10-03).

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Burkhalter Road data center (4AM Development)”, aigridwatch.com/projects/burkhalter-road-statesboro-ga, retrieved 2026-10-11.

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