Thursday night update-discussions on the 60-acre high-tech park west of Fayetteville will have to wait until the new year. Mayor Ed Johnson announced at the city council meeting on Thursday night that the issue has now been shelved. Since the board of directors also cancelled the last scheduled meeting in December, the venue plan could not be dealt with before the next board meeting in the new year.

Don’t expect to see caves and piles of dirt if you conduct encrypted mining at the 60-acre proposed new data center at the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 and Veterans Parkway.

This is one of the possible uses of 10 long sheds, which are expected to be constructed in three phases on undeveloped pastures and woodlands in the geographic center of Fayette.

Fayetteville City Council tonight is likely to approve that this issue will be considered in the new year. The proposal is a long-awaited "high-tech park" that requires several megawatts of electricity and not many workers operate it.

The park will eventually house 10 metal buildings with shutters, which will be used to dissipate the heat generated by the computer group engaged in encryption mining and other tasks. You ask what is that?

"In a cryptocurrency network, mining is the verification of transactions," Wikipedia said, and the demand for dedicated computer chips with higher-level (faster read speed) performance for mining continues to increase. The shed generates a lot of heat.

Their main needs: a lot of electricity to power the computers themselves, as well as the cooling system and the fans needed to cool them. Two existing substations will serve the first phase, and a third substation-which does not currently exist-will be built later.

The company seeking approval for the conceptual site plan at the board meeting tonight is JKL One Land GA, LLC, representing High Compute Data Centers, a company that builds, supplies, and manages data centers for customers.

The Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Committee has approved the project.

From the council information package, the following is what the council will hear about the center:

The city planner stated: “Access to the property from Highway 54 and traffic in the data center complex will be provided by a gravel road. The applicant stated that they envisage that there will be a small number of employees on site and the traffic in the complex will be infrequent. Limited to service and maintenance visits.

"Our understanding is that only the part of the property used in the data center complex will be cleaned and graded. Security fences with controlled access gates will be installed along the perimeter of the property, and between the security fence and the data center building Earthen-made berms and landscaping facilities to ensure safety and shield the future development of adjacent properties,” according to urban planners.

The following is the company's evaluation of the project itself:

The high-computing data center complex is designed as a phased project of a master plan, covering an area of ​​approximately 60 acres, located at the location detailed in the site plan.

The land has been contracted with the ownership and is undergoing due diligence projects, including civil engineering and site planning, architectural planning, power company participation, and local and state-level economic incentive discussions.

The data center complex is designed as a long-term project to meet the high computing requirements of encrypted mining and future opportunities, including artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).

The data center complex plan is divided into three (3) stages based on the power supply situation and the power supply situation of the power company. The first and second phases will be served by existing substations adjacent to the site. The third stage will be served by a new substation built by the power company, which has allocated land for it according to the site plan of the new substation.

The first phase includes 30 megawatt (MW) modular container data center buildings, which will be installed on concrete slabs and served by transformers used by the power company to transmit electricity underground.

In addition, the first phase includes a new 250' x 50' single-story storage building, which will be used as an equipment room before being converted into a data center in the third phase.

Phase 2 includes 50 MW, which will include 2 single-story – 25 MW new buildings, approximately 250 feet x 50 feet.

Phase 3 includes new data centers ranging from 7 to 25 MW, each single-story building measuring approximately 250' x 50'.

The storage building developed in the first phase will be converted into a data center during the third phase of development.

The site plan outlines part of the 60-acre plot. The site area will be graded as shown in the site design to accommodate the data center building. The complex will have a gated entrance, site area fence and landscaping. Landscaping should include mixed plantings, including evergreen trees, to aid in selection and overall aesthetics.

The site area should include buildings that will be placed and built on concrete mats and surrounded by permeable gravel or similar installation rocks to allow access to multiple facilities and parking spaces on site.

The modular building of the first stage should be placed on a concrete slab, composed of metal sides, with shutters for air intake and heat dissipation, and a metal roof. Each modular building will be powered by its own independent power transformer.

Phase 2 and Phase 3 buildings should be approximately 250' x 50' and consist of metal siding, shutters for air intake and exhaust, and metal roof. Each building at these stages should be powered by a separate transformer.

The storage building of the first phase should be consistent with the detailed dimensions and materials of the second and third phases, and be converted into a data center in the third phase of the entire project.

The peak height of the warehouse building and the second and third phases is approximately [height not provided] feet, and the eaves are approximately 16 feet. The first row of Phase 2 and Phase 3 buildings facing gated entrances should include organic graphics to enhance aesthetic appeal. — Information taken from the city council data packet.

This does seem to waste a good position.

Keep it away from Fayette County! We don’t need this ugly energy pig, which will benefit a few (if any) residents of Fayette. There are few job opportunities, and the economic benefits to the county and its residents are minimal. I strongly urge not to approve this misplaced and wasted project rusty anchor!

I think I agree with your reasons for opposing this project. I also heard that these operations are very noisy. The project needs to be properly reviewed by the FC committee.

I also want to know the benefits of doing this, what am I missing?

More property taxes may be levied... Utilities will definitely like it... Is there anything else? Educate me.

Prime Real Estate definitely...

Who is it good for? Why should others expect to benefit? A company is willing to invest in local infrastructure, risking its own capital to do so. that's it.

Web 3.0 technology driven by encrypted blockchain solutions and artificial intelligence will create trillions of dollars in new wealth for everyone in the next decade. Fayette County now has the opportunity to demonstrate its willingness and ability to accommodate and support this infrastructure.

Municipalities (and power companies) usually like this kind of business because they do generate a lot of taxes without bringing in a large number of employees that will affect roads and schools. A freebie, if you will. Data centers (such as Google's) are another business that generates a lot of taxes and uses a lot of electricity without affecting roads and schools. There are not many job creation opportunities, but it is conducive to increasing the county’s tax base.

Tax base, trap... sounds good...

I joined PTC and Bee. The company's business is to profit for shareholders, not to please society. As long as they pay taxes and utility bills, they are welcomed.

So can I assume that large apartment complexes are also OK, as long as they pay taxes?

If you have concerns about apartment buildings, you may be able to promote zoning reforms to make it possible to build affordable single-family homes. Working families cannot afford the 2,500-square-foot mini-mansions being built today, and the minimum square-foot requirement will not allow anyone to build a more reasonable 1,100-square-foot house.

Just having this data center in our community will generate incremental benefits. Companies seeking talent and infrastructure to support their plans to develop to Web 3.0 will treat this data center as an asset, and will treat this field as a viable alternative to Silicon Valley, in terms of affordability and capital market access aspect.

Frankly speaking, I don't know why these people would want to stay here. They can find cheap land in Thomaston next to the Addison Power Plant and can easily obtain 675MW of capacity. Resurgence IG has one of the largest dark fiber lines in the Southeast, a few miles away, allowing them to access the primary backbone network for high-speed data. Upson County is happy to lay the red carpet for them.

Just want to keep up with the "pulse" of the community.

I agree with "Why are they located here"...The value of the land must be higher than other places... Maybe they can't get electricity elsewhere... or the cost is higher...

I do understand this, maybe... we will see how it turns out.

Frankly speaking, I am not interested in building a 1,100-square-foot house.

PTCitizen-I am also curious why they chose this field. I checked the locations of their other stations and they are close to a fairly large metropolitan area. In addition to land costs, taxes, and electricity requirements, do they need to be located near a sizable city?

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