— Fayette County Development Authority eyes Tyrone as next site for growth with proposed massive server farm —
The Fayette County Development Authority is requesting an annexation of 145.5 acres of undeveloped land north of the town of Tyrone and to change its zoning to Business Technology Park to construct two one-story data center buildings totaling 490,000 square feet in size.
Together, the two data center buildings are slightly larger than two Super Walmarts side by side. The full site is about 161 acres, according to the information package filed with the Town of Tyrone.
Known as Project Rita, the combined sites lie to the west of Ga. Highway 74 between Kirkley Road on its south boundary and the Fulton County boundary/Fairburn city limit on its north side. Tyrone would have 146.4 acres within its boundaries and the city of Fairburn would have 14.5 acres within its city limits.
The annexation requests will be heard by the Tyrone Town Council this coming Thursday at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
The FCDA packet states that around 500 daily automobile trips (two-way) would be generated by the data center.
If Tyrone annexes and gives the project the requested zoning, the Interstate 85-Hwy. 74 interchange would be affected greatly.
“The project includes the modification of the SR 74 and I-85 interchange to a partial clover leaf, with loop ramps in the southwest and northeast quadrants. Both bridges on SR 74 over I-85 will be replaced,” costing a total of more than $122 million, the information packet says.
The town’s planning commission has already approved a potential change to the minimum parking spaces needed, noting that the center would not generate a large amount of parking needs. The amendment calls for one parking space per 4,000 square feet of…
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