ATLANTA-JOURNAL CONSTITUTION – Much of the United States is experiencing a data center boom amid the surge in artificial intelligence, but new data show Georgia is on another level.
No other place in the country has as much data center space under construction as the Atlanta area did in the first half of 2026, at least as measured by the amount of electricity they’re projected to consume, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE.
The cavalcade of construction has become a large aspect of Georgia’s economy. On Tuesday, Buckhead-based T5 Data Centers announced it is spinning off its construction operations into a new entity called EverOn that will lease a new office at the Star Metals building in West Midtown.
T5’s construction operation brought in $87 million in revenue in 2021, almost all of which was for T5’s in-house projects, EverOn CEO Tom Mertz said. But that figure ballooned to nearly $1.7 billion last year, composed mostly of outside clients and highlighting how much new activity is taking place in Georgia and across the country.
“There’s a lot of developers who wouldn’t talk to us because we were part of T5, and they viewed it as competition,” Mertz said. “So now, as we separate out, we feel like we’re free to talk to all customers in the marketplace.”
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