Fulton County Agency Okays Microsoft Data Center Incentives

The Development Authority of Fulton County voted to approve $75 million in tax savings over a 10-year period for a Microsoft data center in Union City. The project on vacant land at 4810 Stonewall Tell Road is estimated to be valued at $1.8 billion and will be built by data center developer EdgeConnex. The motion included that all three phases of the project to build the data center campus, which will include three buildings, have to be completed no later than 2032. Each building will be about 612,000 square feet. Union City is southwest of Atlanta.

The data center campus will require about 400 to 600 construction jobs during development.

The tax incentives could help the developer offset the site development costs, which are estimated at around $43.5 million. Microsoft purchased 136 acres in Fulton County in April 2024 for $53.5 million.

The data center, once up and running, will employ at least 50 permanent trades and technology personnel.