Report: Facebook Data Center In Atlanta Expected

ATLANTA, GA — Gov. Nathan Deal plans to make a major economic development announcement and reports are that it could be a massive Facebook data center coming to metro Atlanta.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Deal's announcement is expected to be that Facebook will be building a data center near Social Circle. The AJC report cites unnamed "people familiar with the matter."

A data center complex has reportedly been under way at Stanton Springs, an industrial park about 40 miles east of downtown Atlanta along Interstate 20.

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Metro Atlanta has become a popular spot for data centers, where computer servers that store information and help power the internet are kept. The area is favored as a location for the centers because it is relatively safe from natural disasters and has solid power and internet infrastructures.

Google operates a data center in Douglas County near Douglasville, as does Nevada-based technology company Switch.

To read the AJC report, click here.

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