What still needs verification

Limits of the evidence

This report draws from the public sources located so far. The complete project application, engineering package, utility commitments and draft approval conditions have not been found. The available evidence identifies risks and possible scale but cannot predict the final facility's impacts.

Commissioners should obtain those answers before granting rights or approvals.

Where the meetings are tracked

The county and city meetings of July 2026 have taken place, as has the community meeting of August 4, whose recording and summary are on this site, to be read as what speakers said, not as verified fact.

Dates from here forward are on this desk's public meeting calendar, each one read off the body's own posted calendar by hand and linked back to it. Agendas are published closer to the date, so residents should still check the county calendar and the posted agenda before travelling. County meetings are open to the public.

Local project facts still needing documents

The application and site description

Partly answered. The signed development agreement ties the project to about 102 acres on Swett Avenue, tax parcel 64-17, Land Lots 202 and 203 of the 27th Land District, and names Liberty GA USA LLC as the developer. Still missing: the concept plan and site plan, the requested land-use approval, and the purchase and sale agreement the contract references.

Who is behind the company

Largely answered. Tony and Paul Di Benedetto, of Toronto, answered for Liberty at the community meeting of August 4. Tony Di Benedetto's firm, Launch Capital Inc., lists Liberty first in its published portfolio: see who is behind the proposal. Still missing, and obtainable: a corporate filing naming the officers, directors, and owners of Liberty GA USA LLC, the state and date of its registration, and who signed the agreement for it on July 1. The company itself publishes no name.

Whether the site can be permitted

Newly documented. A 2023 field delineation found 61.47 of the tract's 103.91 acres are wetland, and the consultant's opinion is that they are jurisdictional. Building on them needs a Section 404 permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Still missing: any jurisdictional determination request, pre-application correspondence, or permit application for parcel 64-17, and a current delineation. The one on file is three years old.

Who owns the land, and under what contract

Answered for the deed. The land was conveyed to Liberty GA USA LLC on July 22, 2026 and recorded July 23, Deed Book 1806, Pages 746-748: see the agreement note. Still missing: the executed purchase and sale agreement (the copy published here is unsigned), the ¶16 assignment notice by which the Ontario buyer's rights reached the Georgia LLC, the plat as revised June 15, 2026, and whether a corrective deed will be filed for the deed's reference to Gwinnett County.

Water demand and cooling design

The city permit limits and historical withdrawals are documented. The project's average-day, peak-day, maximum-month, and annual demands are not. Obtain the final cooling schematic, water balance, source, blowdown plan, and an independent capacity analysis.

Electric load and utility upgrades

Statewide growth figures are documented. Planning materials identify a 400 MW IT load, including a 100 MW Phase 1. Total meter load, service date, transmission path, upgrade cost and financial guarantees remain unknown. Obtain the utility will-serve letter and full-buildout load schedule.

Addressed orally, but not documented. At the August 4 community meeting, a Georgia Power representative said the utility had met with the developer and could serve the load. The statement gave none of the figures listed above and was not accompanied by a will-serve letter.

Generators, fuel, and operating hours

The number, model, fuel, capacity, emission controls, and permitted hours of the project's engines have not been located. Obtain the equipment schedule and distinguish emergency use from testing, demand response, grid support, and temporary bridge power.

Sound at nearby homes

Research from other communities documents the kinds of sound problems data centers can create. It does not predict sound levels here. Obtain a local baseline study and a full-buildout model using the final equipment, terrain, property lines, and nearby residences.

Public costs and enforceable benefits

Partly answered. The development agreement conveys land agreed to be worth $469,000 for $1.00, and promises at least 150 jobs at an average wage of $80,000 within two years of final completion. Its only monetary remedy for default is reimbursement of that same $469,000, in two halves. Still missing: any tax abatement, bond, or payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, the emergency-service cost estimate, and any community-benefit commitment. A proposal is not a benefit until its cost, funding, administration, and enforcement are defined.

Cooling, wells and sewer

Partly answered. The PDA agreement bars private water wells and private sanitary sewer, requires city water and sewer service, and prohibits open-loop and once-through cooling. It does not name the cooling equipment or cap consumption, and a closed circuit can still reject heat by evaporation. The city ordinance contains no water-use provision, so §11 is not enforceable by the city as a zoning standard. Obtain the equipment schedule, water balance and a city ordinance with measurable water requirements.

Numbers that remain planning scenarios

• Evaporative water use at 25–200 MW
• Diesel and natural-gas use at 100 MW continuous generation
• Passenger-car carbon-dioxide comparisons
• Facility electricity compared with provisional county consumption
• Household solar and battery program totals

These scenarios illustrate scale. None is a Sumter County forecast without the facility's design and operating plan.

How to use this note at the meeting

For each unanswered question, ask:

1. Who has the missing document?
2. When will it be public?
3. Will commissioners delay action until residents can review it?
4. Which approval condition will make the answer enforceable?

Each record listed above sits with an identifiable custodian and can be requested in writing under the Georgia Open Records Act, which sets a three-business-day response deadline. See how to obtain the records and reach the officials, and the contact page for the same roster with each official's published e-mail address.

The public record is not complete enough to predict the project's effects. Approval should wait for the evidence needed to assess them.