Revive Land Group showed up with 131 lots. They left with nothing.

The secondary development wave hit a wall on Euharlee Road.

Revive Land Group (Atlanta) came to the Bartow County Planning Commission on March 23 seeking to rezone 55 acres at 264 Euharlee Road from agricultural A-1 to R-8 high-density residential — 131 single-family lots, minimum 8,000 square feet.

The commission voted 6-0 to deny the application.

Nine days later, at the April 1 commissioner’s meeting, Sole Commissioner Steve Taylor announced a moratorium on residential development along Euharlee Road.

The move fits a pattern Taylor has established: in September 2023, he placed a six-month emergency moratorium on all multifamily applications county-wide, citing the need to assess infrastructure capacity — roads, water, sewer, schools.

Taylor has been clear about the underlying logic. He welcomes data centers and warehouses — their tax revenue funds infrastructure. Residential density is a different calculation.

More homes mean more students, more traffic, more pressure on water and sewer. With $20 billion in industrial investment landing in Bartow County, that calculus is under real strain.

Taylor is already on record wanting an overpass at Euharlee Road to resolve its existing train traffic problem. Dense residential on agricultural land along that road — before that infrastructure is in place — is not happening on his watch.

876 acres of cattle farm just became one of Georgia’s largest data center bets.

Taurus Investment Holdings (Boston, MA) and Digital Realty (San Francisco, CA) closed on 876 acres of cattle farm in Stilesboro in February 2026.

The project — referred to in county filings as Project Bunkhouse — is one of the largest data center commitments ever made in Georgia.

The campus is permitted for 12 buildings totaling 8.6 million square feet of data center space, with 1,830 megawatts of total power capacity and three on-site substations. Kimley-Horn is handling engineering. Full build-out is scheduled for 2035.

County Administrator Peter Olson confirmed the deal at the February 17 budget hearing: “The Project Bunkhouse developers have closed on the land. That seems to be all systems go. That’s going to be a huge revenue generator.”

Bartow County is projecting $40–50 million in annual property tax revenue once the campus is fully operational.

The site sits off Taff Road in Stilesboro — land that was working cattle farm until the closing. Two of the world’s largest data center operators now control nearly 900 acres of Bartow County farmland within a few miles of each other.

Switch’s second Georgia campus is already rising — and most people don’t know it exists.

Switch (Las Vegas, NV) is building its second Georgia data center campus less than five miles from Project Bunkhouse.

The facility — officially named the Switch KEEP 2.0 Atlanta North Campus — occupies 126 acres at Old Alabama Road and Bates Road, stretching to the Paulding County line.

Three buildings are approaching completion as of early 2026, with five more in various stages of design. Phase 1 is on track for Q2 2026, with full campus buildout projected for 2046.

Unlike Project Bunkhouse, Switch is powered by Central Georgia EMC — not Georgia Power — a distinction that reflects how large data center operators negotiate power directly with electric cooperatives when their load justifies it.

Olson noted the site’s low profile at the February budget hearing: “Switch is tucked away in the hills up there in Cartersville. You can see the entrance off Old Alabama Road and the construction entrance on Bates Road, but you can’t really see any buildings.”

Estimated annual tax contribution: $15 million.

This campus is the sequel to Switch’s original $2.5 billion KEEP campus in Douglas County, which established their Georgia presence in 2017. Site engineering included three mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls and extensive environmental mitigation, handled by UES.