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Metro Atlanta planners urge monitoring, local coordination as data center proposals rise
Summary
Atlanta-area water planners told a legislative subcommittee that proposed data centers could affect regional water demand but that actual impacts depend on cooling technology, and urged closer monitoring, early utility engagement and updated planning.
Danny Johnson, managing director of the Natural Resources Department at the Atlanta Regional Commission, told a Georgia House subcommittee in Douglasville that Metro Atlanta’s water system relies almost entirely on surface supplies and has seen per‑person water use fall by about one‑third since the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District was created. Johnson said Metro Atlanta has more than 50 operating data centers and more than 40 proposed sites, and that the water impact of those projects “depends on the cooling technology that is used.” He described a range of…
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