What is Project Turbo?

Project Turbo is a proposed state-of-the-art data center in Hall County.

It includes 3 buildings, totally approximately 900,000 square feet in the Industrial and Employment Corridor of Hall County (Georgia).

Site plan showing three rectangular buildings labeled A, B, and C, each approximately 300,000 square feet, surrounded by roads, stormwater management areas in blue, and an electrical substation in gray. The layout includes site features and topographical lines.

Where is Project Turbo?

Project Turbo is located on a 119-acre site at 2400 O’Kelly Road off Candler Road in Gainesville, Georgia.

It is 3.4 miles off Exit 20 of Interstate 985 — in the Industrial and Employment Corridor of Hall County (Georgia).

Neighboring sites include industrial manufacturing and poultry processing businesses.

Map showing a driving route from Cherokee to Evergreen Heights with a 5-minute travel time, 3.4 miles long, passing near I-985 and labeled Exit 20, with surrounding roads and areas including Chicopee, Marlette, and Loop Road.

Map showing a commercial development project called Project Turbo occupying approximately 145.80 acres, with neighboring businesses and landmarks. It includes logos for Cottrell, Tyson, Associated Asphalt, RDT Concrete LLC, and logistics property co. Roads surrounding the area include Silverwood Drive and Georgia Power, with nearby parks such as Candler Business Park and Gainesville 85 Business Park.

What is a Data Center?

A data center is a digital warehouse that stores and manages the world’s information — keeping the internet, apps, and cloud services running 24/7.

It is a specialized facility that houses computer systems and related equipment — such as servers, storage systems, networking gear, and power supplies — used to store, process, and distribute large amounts of digital data.

It keeps websites running, processes transactions, hosts cloud services, & stores the data behind apps like email, social media, banking, and more.

A data center is essentially the backbone of the internet and digital services.

Modern blue office building with large glass windows, surrounded by neatly trimmed trees and bushes in an empty parking lot under a clear blue sky.

Water Usage

Impact on Water Resources

Project Turbo will have low impact on water resources.
Gainesville is one of five municipalities that are permitted by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to withdraw surface water from Lake Lanier for municipal water supply.
Gainesville’s current permitted limits for withdrawing from Lake Lanier:
Max 24-hour day: 35 Million gallons / day
Project Turbo Water Usage:
Max 24-hour day: 225,000 gallons / day
*Most of the maximum capacity is for fire flow in the event of a fire. Average daily operational water usage will be significantly lower than the 225,000 gallons / day maximum.
Project Turbo’s water usage is well-within the available capacity the Gainesville DWR has at its discretion to provide.
Surrounding Water Pressure

Water used at the data center will not affect other customers on the same lines or those on the broader water service distribution network.
Project Turbo has access to (2) water lines: an 8" on O’Kelly and a 12" on Wallace Rd.
Through the Gainesville DWR, Project Turbo conducted pressure tests at the two water lines that would service the site to ensure that the facility is designed within these limits.
The flow rates at the fire hydrants closest to the site are 765 gallons per minute and 1,203 gallons per minute at 20 PSI.
The hydrant flow test supports that these 2 hydrants can provide over 2.8 million gallons / day, leaving over 2.5 MGPD of available flow in the water lines after Project Turbo’s water needs.
System Design

Project Turbo will utilize a closed-loop cooling architecture, eliminating the need for resource-intensive water usage.
The water used in the closed-loop cooling system will be recycled continuously through the loop for server-side cooling, reducing the total building’s water usage to that of the operations of the on-site staff and irrigation.
As with any other traditional industrial or commercial business, the non-cooling/operational water usage by the on-site employees will be returned to sanitary sewer (with POTW approval) or a permitted EPD/NPDES outfall with sampling and reporting requirements.