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QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1)

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. operates QTS Atlanta-Metro (ATL1) in Atlanta, GA. Reported capacity is 120 MW. QTS Realty Trust, Inc operates this data center at 1033 Jefferson St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30318. It opened in 2007, covers 970,000 square feet and has 120 MW of utility capacity.

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Operational 2007

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Georgia state legislation

Georgia PSC Docket #56310 - Certification of Supplemental Resources for 2028-2031 CapacityApprovalpsc.ga.govCompanion certification docket to #56298, part of the same Dec 2025 generation-capacity approval package tied to data-center demand growth.Download
Georgia PSC Docket #56002 - Georgia Power 2025 Integrated Resource PlanApprovalpsc.ga.govFiled Jan 2025, projecting ~8,200-8,500MW of load growth through 2030 overwhelmingly attributed to data centers. Approved July 2025.Download
Georgia PSC Docket #44280 - Large-Load Tariff Rule + Rate FreezeApprovalpsc.ga.govPSC adopted a rule (Jan 2025) requiring large-load customers ≥100MW to sign customized contracts with financial guarantees, plus a July 2025 stipulated agreement freezing Georgia Power base rates through 2028 to shield residential ratepayers from data-center cost-shifting.Download
Georgia PSC Docket #56298 - Certification of Capacity from 2029-2031 All-Source RFPApprovalpsc.ga.govUnanimously approved Dec 2025 -- ~9,885MW combined (with companion docket #56310) of new generation capacity, explicitly to meet data-center-driven demand.Download
HB6984 - Data Center Transparency Act (environmental reporting)Legislationdatacenterbans.comRequires reports on data center effects on air/water quality and electricity consumption.Download
SB408 - Advances sunset date for data center tax exemptionLegislationdatacenterbans.comAdvances the sunset date for the data center equipment sales and use tax exemption.Download
HB4319 - Property Owner Protection from Data Center Impacts ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comProvides compensation to property owners for harm caused by data center construction or operation within 1,000 feet.Download
SB232 - One-year moratorium on hyperscale data centersMoratoriumdatacenterbans.comImposes a one-year moratorium on construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.Download
HB1059 - Data Center Impact Assessment and Development Moratorium Act of 2026Moratoriumdatacenterbans.comProhibits construction or development of new data centers for a specified time pending impact assessment.Download
Nine-Month MoratoriumMoratoriumdatacenterbans.comCamden County, Georgia enacted a nine-month moratorium on data center development, May 5, 2026.Download
Resolution 2025-193 (Moratorium)Moratoriumclaytoncountyga.govClayton County moratorium on new data centers, approved September 2, 2025, expired December 31, 2025.Download
Ordinance 25-O-1063Ordinanceatlantacityga.iqm2.comSecond Atlanta zoning ordinance on data centers, adopted June 2, 2025.Download
Data Center Text Amendment (lifted moratorium ordinance)Ordinanceengagedekalb.dekalbcountyga.govDeKalb County, Georgia ordinance lifting its data center moratorium and replacing it with zoning text amendments, January 22, 2026.Download
Data Center Ban Lifted / Replacement OrdinanceOrdinancewuga.orgAthens-Clarke County lifted its data center ban and replaced it with a regulatory ordinance on April 9, 2026.Download
Ordinances 24-O-1218 & 24-O-1222Ordinancecitycouncil.atlantaga.govAtlanta zoning ordinances enacted September 3, 2024 regulating data center siting.Download
Georgia PSC Docket #55378 - Large Load Economic Development ReportingDocumentpsc.ga.govHome of Georgia Power's recurring quarterly large-load/data-center pipeline reports (GW of prospective customers, materialization/attrition rates). Named customers referenced across filings: QTS, Meta, Microsoft, Google, X, Walmart.Download
SB34 - Public Service Commission; costs incurred by an electric utility as a result of providing electric services to commercial data centers from being included in any rates; prohibitLegislationlegiscan.comIn committee Feb 25, 2026Description comingDownload

Site details

Operator: QTS Realty Trust, Inc.
County: Fulton County, GA
Capacity: 120 MW
Address: Atlanta, GA
Stage: Operating

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