Despite unprecedented amounts of construction, Atlanta’s data center market has almost no vacancy.
An aerial image depicts the Microsoft data center in Union City on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. The project, developed by EdgeConnex on 136 acres of land, has a price tag of nearly $2 billion and is currently under construction. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)
Have you seen all the data centers popping up across Georgia and wondered whether all that digital storage space is being used?
Well, they’re pretty much all full. And most of the ones under construction are leased up, too, even before they’ve opened.
Atlanta’s data center market ended March with a vacancy rate of 1%, a staggeringly low figure in commercial development, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE. The lack of availability highlights an Atlanta market with what seems to be an unquenchable thirst for more digital storage space, which shows why so many are under construction.
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An aerial image shows the 175-acre construction site for Core Scientific, a crypto and AI data center company that has expanded its presence in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday, March 30, 2026. Residents in the nearby areas complain about noise pollution caused by heavy equipment. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)
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Data center opponents hold signs against a window to the Marietta City Council chambers during a meeting with an overflow crowd Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)
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Zachary Hansen, a Georgia native, covers economic development and commercial real estate for the AJC. He’s been with the newspaper since 2018 and enjoys diving into complex stories that affect people’s lives.
