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QTS proposes six‑building data center near Haines Station; major permits still pending
Summary
QTS outlined plans for a six‑building data‑center campus on Gordon Highway, saying the site would create roughly 1,000 construction jobs and 160–220 permanent on‑site positions; city planning staff said remediation is complete but Army Corps, Georgia EPD and site‑plan/grading approvals remain before building permits are issued.
QTS and Augusta City officials presented the proposed data‑center campus and answered residents’ questions at a town‑hall focusing on project scale, water use, timeline and remaining approvals.
A QTS representative told the meeting that the campus will include six data‑center buildings and estimated 1,000 construction jobs and about 160–220 permanent on‑site positions, mostly data‑center technicians. The company said construction will be staged over several years and that the first building’s construction timing is not fixed: QTS staff described tree clearing and grading as imminent and said a first building could begin in a later phase. "We will require at least 1,000 construction jobs," the QTS representative said, and the company described…
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