What is Georgia’s ‘Project Pegasus’? Tech giant unveils $8 billion answer.

What is Georgia’s ‘Project Pegasus’? Tech giant unveils  billion answer.

By Zachary Hansen
Publication Date: 2026-04-23 11:47:00

Business

Google to develop a sprawling data center campus in LaGrange with endorsements from city leaders.

Google, which has a tower in Midtown Atlanta (pictured), announced this week that it is the previously unknown company that inked a deal with LaGrange for a new, $8 billion data center that has been called “Project Pegasus.” (Jason Getz/AJC 2025)

For two years, a mysterious magical creature has loomed over West Georgia.

An $8 billion data center proposal called “Project Pegasus” was announced in early 2024 for LaGrange, roughly 70 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. But the rider of the Pegasus wasn’t disclosed publicly — until now.

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