Quantum node facility coming to Rossville amid concerns about data centers

ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF)- Is there a data center coming to Rossville?

Fears about these facilities have been popping up all over the Tennessee Valley.

Last week, the Walker County Commission approved a 30 day moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas of the county.

This week, an announcement has caused some concern among residents about if one is coming to the Rossville area.

Chairwoman Angie Teems announced that a sale of a property located on Bulldog Drive near Peerless Mill has been sold to BridgTRK

They describe themselves on their website as a Chattanooga based technology and logistics company.

They say this property will be used to construct a quantum node facility.

This will allow their customers to eventually connect to EPB’s quantum network, effectively serving as a single connection point.

They say it is not like the sprawling server farms people think of commonly associated with data centers, but a smaller four acre facility.

Concerns have been raised over whether or not this is a data center that would affect local resources.

However, Walker County Chairwoman Angie Teems says that is not the case.

Teems said, “Their operations do not require water and will not impact customers who have EPB as their provider.”

BridgTRK adds that it will run on standard infrastructure, with “minimal demand on local infrastructure”.

Teems says this discussion over the four acre property, formerly owned by Walker County, began in February and was approved in May.

She says that last week’s moratorium does not apply to this project.

Teems said, “It is a planning tool – not a decision to approve or reject any specific project.”

EPB does say in regards to this project that: 

“EPB regularly has exploratory discussions with organizations interested in potential quantum applications. In this case, we had a very preliminary discussion with BridgTRK some months ago, but we have not received project specifications to evaluate or established an agreement with them.”

We did reach out to BridgTRK for further comment on this story but did not hear back from them as of Wednesday evening.