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Switch Data Center

1 Switch Way · Lithia Springs, Douglas County, GA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Switch Data Center is a mapped data center in Douglas County, GA, operated by Prime Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 171,499 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
Prime Data Centers
Operator
Prime Data Centers
Est. capacity
~30-70 MW
Footprint
171,499 sq ft
Interconnection
~17 MW
Utility
Greystone Power Corporation
Grid
SOCO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Switch Data Center is a mapped colocation facility in Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Georgia, run by Prime Data Centers. Public records put its footprint at 171,499 square feet. The site draws power from Greystone Power Corporation inside the SOCO balancing authority.

Operator chain

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Georgia reported $474.2M in High-Technology Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3(68.1)) for FY2025 (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA); economic analysis by UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

Modeled estimate~352K gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~172.5K gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~179.5K gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 17 MW (interconnection capacity): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.55 gal/kWh embedded in SOCO grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
60
PM2.5
Moderate
49
O3
Good
19
PM10
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Atlanta), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$107.7K
People of color
95%
Below poverty
12%
Tract population
4,292

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Riverside Elementary School in Mableton, is 2.6 mi from this site (559 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.