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DataBank’s ATL5 facility will comprise two multi-story data centers ready for hyperscale deployments. Rendering courtesy of DataBank<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

DataBank <\/strong>is expanding its presence in Atlanta with a new, 120-megawatt data center. The developer has acquired 95 acres of land in Lithia Springs, Ga., where it will build a 1 million-square-foot facility. The first of the two planned buildings is expected to come online by 2026, DataBank CEO Raul Martynek confirmed for Commercial Property Executive.<\/em><\/p>\n

Slated to also include a 180-megawatt substation from Georgia Power<\/strong>, this new data center will be the company\u2019s fifth and largest in the Atlanta market. DataBank cited increased demand for AI\/ML applications as the reason for this expansion.<\/p>\n

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READ ALSO:\u00a0<\/strong>AI Drives Explosive Growth in Data Center Demand<\/a><\/p>\n

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DataBank will construct ATL5 to meet demand for new hyperscale cloud and other enterprise clients. The company will leverage its Universal Data Hall Design, which involves first and foremost accommodating these high-performance computing needs. Key features of this design include a layered building approach that allows for flexibility in terms of infrastructure, capacity for high density deployments, as well as different cooling methods for each data hall, depending on client demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering AI\/ML workloads require significantly more power and cooling than traditional workloads, many existing data centers may need to be reconfigured. In fact, HPC workloads consume as much as 10 times the power than conventional ones. With more power needs, come greater cooling needs as well. Thus, HPC-ready data centers have a more demanding infrastructure requirement,\u201d Martynek told CPE. <\/em>\u201cThere are not remotely enough data centers with such capabilities currently, so many more will need to be built to meet such demand,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Plentiful land and power contribute to Atlanta\u2019s booming market<\/h2>\n
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DataBank’s fifth facility in Atlanta will be its largest so far, at roughly 1 million square feet. Rendering courtesy of DataBank<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

DataBank has been active in the Atlanta market since 2018, when it developed ATL1 in partnership with Georgia Tech. Since then, it has expanded by acquiring two data centers in 2021.\u00a0The firm also owns another 18 acres of land in Lithia Springs, where it is building the ATL4 facility, which has been fully pre-leased.<\/p>\n

DataBank currently operates just under 300,000 square feet of data center space in the market, providing 55.1 megawatts of critical load across its existing facilities.<\/p>\n

According to Martynek, Atlanta has plentiful land and a friendly business climate, enabling the growth of the data center sector in the region. Other advantages include the availability of long-haul fiber and good overall connectivity. \u201cAtlanta has some of the lowest utility rates in the country for a major metropolitan area,\u201d Martynek mentioned.<\/p>\n

Several other companies have recently made commitments to the Atlanta market. DC BLOX <\/strong>broke ground on a $1.2 billion data center<\/a>, also in Lithia Springs, while Microsoft <\/strong>acquired 350 acres for a $1 billion campus in Rome, Ga.<\/p>\n

As of June, Atlanta had 235.6 megawatts under construction, a recent CBRE <\/strong>report shows. The market\u2019s 7.4 percent vacancy rate indicates a healthy amount of absorption, with most of the new development preleased to hyperscalers. Taking into consideration planned facilities as well, the pipeline amounted to more than 2 gigawatts, according to the same source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first of the two planned buildings will come online by 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":1004689051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,21755,21782,21742,32781],"tags":[32789,40512],"class_list":["post-1004689050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atlanta","category-data-centers","category-development","category-latest","category-southeast","tag-cbre","tag-databank"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDataBank to Develop 120 MW Atlanta Facility - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DataBank has acquired 95 acres of land in Lithia Springs, Ga., where it will develop its fifth and largest data center in the Atlanta market.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DataBank to Develop 120 MW Atlanta Facility\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DataBank has acquired 95 acres of land in Lithia Springs, Ga., where it will develop its fifth and largest data center in the Atlanta market.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-06T15:03:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-06T15:04:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/11\/DataBank-ATL5-Lithia-Springs-Ga-e1699267793660.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1030\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"774\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tudor Scolca\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/\",\"name\":\"DataBank to Develop 120 MW Atlanta Facility - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/11\/DataBank-ATL5-Lithia-Springs-Ga-e1699267793660.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-06T15:03:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-06T15:04:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/daae3daa7b99fdfb75a85cb3cd92a26d\"},\"description\":\"DataBank has acquired 95 acres of land in Lithia Springs, Ga., where it will develop its fifth and largest data center in the Atlanta market.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/databank-to-develop-120-mw-facility-in-atlanta\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/11\/DataBank-ATL5-Lithia-Springs-Ga-e1699267793660.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/11\/DataBank-ATL5-Lithia-Springs-Ga-e1699267793660.png\",\"width\":1030,\"height\":774,\"caption\":\"DataBank's ATL5 facility will comprise two multi-story data centers ready for hyperscale deployments. 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