This is a source-attributed discovery row. It can help you find a place and its citations; it is not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is distinct or currently operating.
Reported geography
Source-reported location for Switch KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North Campus.
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Switch
- Address and locality
- South of Old Alabama Road at Bates Road · Cartersville · Bartow County · Georgia
- Official metro area
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 14 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001978
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Cooling
- Not established
- Reported water use
- 1.3 million gallons per day (source-reported)
- Land area
- 126 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $772 million
- Community response
- Provider label: mixed
- Announced
- August 2023
Provider notes
Energy. Georgia Transmission Corporation's planned Brandon Farm–Pittman Lake 230 kV line (about 5.17 miles across Bartow and Paulding counties) will serve the Switch data center in Cartersville; clearing is scheduled for Q2 2027, construction for Q3 2027 and service for Q2 2028. Bartow County Administrator Peter Olsen said Switch is powered by "Georgia EMC" with a 1,200 megawatt commitment (GPB, paraphrased); the specific cooperative was not named. The DRI's energy section is blank.
Water. DRI #4061 estimates 1.3 MGD water supply demand and 0.65 MGD wastewater, provided by Bartow County. Bartow County's August 2026 policy statement says Switch "initially inquired about future phases using evaporative cooling" but "most recently they have stated that all their customers prefer to use closed loop because water is so controversial."
Community. Some residents objected at the rezoning stages. In November 2023, resident Vicki Cox wrote to the city planner opposing the Technology District rezoning, citing power outages, noise, environmental impact and traffic. At the July 2025 annexation and rezoning, residents raised concerns about access from Etowah Ridge Trail, and the approval barred it. No organized opposition campaign against the Switch campus was found.
What the source record says
Switch's second Georgia campus; distinct from its operational "The Keep" campus in Lithia Springs, Douglas County. Per DRI #4061 (submitted 2023-08-29 by the City of Cartersville): location "South of intersection of Old Alabama Rd and Bates Rd to Paulding County line within City of Cartersville"; a first phase of 126 acres with a single data center building about 1,620 ft long plus driveways, detention ponds and an electrical substation, described as 6.5% of the overall acreage; this phase targeted for Q2 2026 and the overall project for 2046; estimated build-out value $772 million and about $15 million a year in local tax revenue. Property owner per the DRI: Carter Grove (Atlanta) ASLI VI. In November 2023 the city rezoned the roughly 1,946 acres remaining in the Carter Grove Planned Development to a Technology District; the city approved a further annexation and rezoning for the campus in July 2025, with a condition barring any access, including construction access, from Etowah Ridge Trail. Bartow County's August 2026 policy statement says Switch "has not disclosed numbers, but its campus is larger than Digital Realty and its buildout could well be larger," that Switch has not forecast jobs, and that the county has granted no tax abatements or payment-in-lieu-of-taxes arrangements to these facilities. Status: aggregator sites report phase 1 as operational, but no primary source confirming construction or operation was found, so the record stays at the November 2023 rezoning approval. Coordinates are the Old Alabama Road / Bates Road intersection from OpenStreetMap, the reference point the DRI gives; the campus lies south of it.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2023-08-29 · source-reported proposed
City of Cartersville submitted Development of Regional Impact #4061, "Switch KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North Campus" (developer Switch, LTD), to the Georgia DCA.
- 2023-11-02 · source-reported permitted
Cartersville City Council voted unanimously to rezone the roughly 1,946 acres remaining in the Carter Grove Planned Development to a Technology District at Switch's request.
- 2026-10-14 · source-reported under construction
Baxtel reports the first phase building is in place and two more buildings are under construction at the 126-acre Cartersville campus. The conservative status is used; Baxtel's 'operational' label is unverified.
Sources and attribution
- Development of Regional Impact #4061, Switch KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North Campus — initial form (location, owner, size, schedule) · Georgia Department of Community Affairs
- Development of Regional Impact #4061, Switch KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North Campus — additional information (value, water, sewer) · Georgia Department of Community Affairs
- $700M-plus tech center proposed in Cartersville · Daily Tribune News
- Cartersville approves rezoning for Switch to build data center campus · Daily Tribune News
- Cartersville approves rezoning, annexation for Switch · Daily Tribune News
- GTC conducts open house for new transmission line (Brandon Farm–Pittman Lake 230 kV) · Daily Tribune News
- A 'wave' of data center ordinances sweep through GA counties · Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Data Centers — Bartow County Policy Statement (August 2026) · Bartow County Commissioner's Office
- Switch: KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North (Baxtel) · Baxtel
- Switch: KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North (Baxtel) · Baxtel
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1+reviewed-2610e0556b3d, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID switch-keep-2-atlanta-north-cartersville-ga. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
That does not mean the row is wrong, and it does not mean no reviewed record exists for the same place. A link is added only when an identifier or source establishes the match.
Recorded information
What this page records, grouped by topic, with the source's units and qualifications. Company-reported values stay labelled as company-reported. Related listings are shown separately.
Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001978
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- South of Old Alabama Road at Bates Road, Cartersville, GA · Bartow (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Switch
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: August 2023
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2023-08-29 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2023-11-02 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-10-14 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 126 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Not established
The provider reports water information but no cooling type.
- Reported water use: 1.3 million gallons per day (source-reported)
Whether this is metered use, a permit limit or a request is not established; see the provider water note.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $772 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: mixed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-14
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
Update this profile with a public source. The request includes topics needing more information; this does not mean the facility lacks them. Corrections and additions are reviewed before publication.