The Daily Dig
A major data center campus is working its way through Georgia's regional entitlement process. Hampton Technology Park Owner, LLC has filed a Developments of Regional Impact (DRI) application for a 603-acre site on Lower Woolsey Road in Hampton, about 35 miles south of downtown Atlanta. The project is logged as DRI #4624, currently at initial form submission, and could support up to five buildings totaling 4 million square feet.
The buildout timeline runs through 2033. The City of Hampton is also weighing a 120-day moratorium on data center related zoning actions, development permits, and annexations while local officials work through infrastructure and land use questions. This filing is one of several large, multi-building data center campuses now moving through the metro Atlanta pipeline.
Project Snapshot:
Developer / Applicant: Hampton Technology Park Owner, LLC
Project Name: Hampton Technology Park
Location: Lower Woolsey Road, Hampton, Henry County, Georgia
Proximity: Approx. 35 miles south of downtown Atlanta
Site Size: 603 acres
Planned Buildings: Up to 5
Total Planned Area: Up to 4,000,000 sq ft
Entitlement Action: Developments of Regional Impact (DRI) application filed
DRI ID: 4624
Status: Initial form submitted
Submitting Local Government: City of Hampton
Regional Review Body: Atlanta Regional Commission (Metro Tier)
GRTA Jurisdiction: Yes
Local Policy Context: 120-day moratorium under consideration for data center-related applications and annexations
Potential Buildout Horizon: Through 2033
TheJobWalk Thoughts
This is entitlement stage, so nothing is being permitted or built yet, but contractors and suppliers who wait for a shovel in the ground on a 603-acre phased campus will be chasing work that's already spoken for. The real positioning window on projects like this is well before vertical construction starts, in civil, utilities, and right-of-way work where relationships with the development team get established. The moratorium discussion in Hampton adds timing uncertainty, but it doesn't change the underlying play, it just means the contractors who stay close to this project through the approval process will be better positioned than those who discover it once permits start flowing.
