Google has closed a significant real estate deal, purchasing 948 acres along Rumble Road near Interstate 75 in Monroe County for $42.5 million. The acquisition paves the way for a future data center facility.
The tech giant finalized the purchase in October 2025, acquiring three separate parcels from local property owners. This move follows the Monroe County commissioners' approval of C-1 zoning for the site in November 2024, which made a data center permissible on the land.
Google paid approximately $45,000 per acre across all the purchases. The three parcels break down as follows:
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Rumble 1 |
The project, which was originally proposed in September 2024 by Data Core Innovations, will feature 12 buildings and span 4.2 million square feet.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Rumble Technology Expansion | |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Bolingbroke Technology Campus |
A proposed 1.2GW data center campus near Macon, Georgia, has been denied by Monroe County in August 2025.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Trammel Crow: Forsyth Tech Campus |
The Forsyth Technology Campus is a massive, proposed $8.4 billion data center development located in Forsyth, Georgia, approximately 60 miles south of Atlanta.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | North StationInterested in this information?Contact us |
Amazon's subsidiary, Amazon Data Services, Inc., acquired nearly 985 acres on the west side of Interstate 75 for $270 million, with the deal closing in late July 2025.
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