Project dossier · Cartersville (Bartow County), Georgia

DataBank Project Indo In review

200MW, $2.4B, 1.1M sq ft data center campus at 218 Industrial Park Road near Atlanta; filed a Development of Regional Impact application and a 288MW grid interconnection request.

Key facts

Operator
DataBank
Size
200 MW
Acres
69
Location
Cartersville (Bartow County), Georgia
Stage today
In review

Source

What to do next

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

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What has happened so far (4 events)

  • 2026-06-22filing
    DataBank Holdings filed a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for 'Project Indo,' a proposed 200 MW data center campus on 69 acres at 218 Industrial Park Road, Cartersville, seeking a 288 MW utility grid connection; full build-out is estimated at $2.4 billion with first phase targeted for 2032. · source
  • 2026-06-25rezoning
    DataBank filed a rezoning request with the City of Cartersville to change the 218 Industrial Park Road site from HI (heavy industrial) to T (technology district) to permit the ~1 million-sq-ft data center and on-site power substation; city planner David Hardegree said the request would go before the Planning Commission on August 11, with projected annual tax revenue of $23 million and 60 full-time jobs. · source
  • 2026-07-07coverage
    Northwest Georgia News reported further details on Project Indo, including a DRI-estimated water use of roughly 5,082 gallons per day; Bartow County Administrator Peter Olson and Commissioner Steve Taylor downplayed traffic and water impacts and framed the project as a tax-revenue benefit for the county. · source
  • 2026-08-11hearing
    Cartersville Planning Commission scheduled hearing on DataBank's rezoning request (HI to Technology district) for the Project Indo data center campus at 218 Industrial Park Road. · 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “DataBank Project Indo”, aigridwatch.com/projects/databank-cartersville-ga, retrieved 2026-10-11.

As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing

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