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 Hall County (Georgia).

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.

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

    Project Turbo’s water usage is well-within the available capacity the Gainesville DWR has at its discretion to provide.

    Bar chart comparing Actual Withdrawals versus Max Permitted Capacity for Gainesville. It shows current approximate usage at 22,000 MGD, estimated capacity at 12.775, and project turbo at 0.225.

  • Surrounding Water Pressure

    Water used at the data center will not effect other customers on the same lines.

    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.

    Bar chart comparing different entities with values: Project Turbo 0.225, Buford 2.5, Cumming 30, Gainesville 35, Forsyth 52, Gwinnett 150.

  • System Design

    Project Turbo will use a hybrid architecture, combining air-cooled and liquid-cooled systems.

    The water used in the liquid-cooled loop (liquid-to-chip/L2C) will be recycled continuously through the L2C loop until the concentration of dissolved minerals and treatment chemicals builds up enough to make the water too “hard” or corrosive to continue through the cooling loop (a result of the evaporative process that removes pure water and causes the buildup in minerals).

    Once discharged, the “hard” water will then be recycled and used elsewhere on-site for gray water uses (like irrigation), before being treated onsite and eventually returned to sanitary sewer (with POTW approval) or a permitted EPD/NPDES outfall with sampling and reporting requirements.

    Project Turbo has access to (2) water lines: an 8" on O’Kelly and a 12" on Wallace Rd. Through Gainesville DWR, Project Turbo performed flow tests on the hydrants at the site, showing that the water lines are capable of supplying over 2.8 MGPD combined, leaving over 2.5 MGPD of available flow in the water lines after Project Turbo’s water needs.

    Diagram of the water cycle showing rainfall, industrial processes, energy production, and water recycling.

Key Milestones

  • July 2025

    Rezoning Application Submitted

  • September 15, 2025

    Planning Commission Vote - Tabled

  • October 6, 2025

    Planning Commission Vote

  • October 15, 2025

    Project Turbo Q&A Webinar with Developers

  • October 22, 2025

    Project Turbo Town Hall with Developers

  • October 23, 2025

    Board of Commissioners Vote

More questions? View FAQs or join us at an upcoming forum.

  • Town Hall

    Wednesday, 10/22/25 5:30-8:30PM

    Gainesville Civic Center — Sidney Lanier Room (2nd Floor)

    Attend an information session and Q&A about the proposed Data Center in Hall County

    Directions to Gainesville Civic Center

  • Project Turbo Webinar

    Completed - Wednesday, 10/15/25 5:30-6:30PM

    Join the developers of Project Turbo on a Virtual Webinar to get your questions answered

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