Jul 8, 2026 · 48 min · 11 segments
Data centers are expanding across Georgia and the country, but what does that mean for homeowners, buyers, sellers, and real estate agents? In this episode of **The Real Estate Playbook Podcast**…
Shannon WatkinsHostJames ClarkHostMadisonPanelist
So you've done some research and you're going to start with, just give us some history because you, he dug deep and found like train stations or something.
And, you know, I was thinking about it and, maybe 150 years ago i mean still 1800s if everybody remembers you know history that the expanding to the west everybody pretty much lived on the east coast and uh they started going westward taking up land um but then all of a sudden what you have coming out there that did help the expansion but was you know the railroad and so as they went out there they of course took land um from a lot of people to build it.
So, but here was my thing even about that is once the railroad, the tracks were built, the locomotives are going out there, what do you have to have for them to go out there? You got to have support.
So small towns started coming up, you know, into the train stations, especially because most of those ran by steam.
So, you know, they expanded out, and I think it's kind of, you know, I pulled a little quote off.
It says, just as railroads drove expansion in the 1800s, logistics centers, warehouses, and data centers are the infrastructure powering economic growth in the 21st century.
So as these, because, you know, one of the biggest things is Amazon, what they're coming up with.
But Amazon now, I can't remember when they started, but it was a couple, 25 years ago, maybe.
So probably there, you know, nobody ever looked at that they were going to need to expand, not just, you know, their warehouses for delivery, but just to place the store information.
So you've done some research and you're going to start with, just give us some history because you, he dug deep and found like train stations or something.
And, you know, I was thinking about it and, maybe 150 years ago i mean still 1800s if everybody remembers you know history that the expanding to the west everybody pretty much lived on the east coast and uh they started going westward taking up land um but then all of a sudden what you have coming out there that did help the expansion but was you know the railroad and so as they went out there they of course took land um from a lot of people to build it.
So, but here was my thing even about that is once the railroad, the tracks were built, the locomotives are going out there, what do you have to have for them to go out there? You got to have support.
So small towns started coming up, you know, into the train stations, especially because most of those ran by steam.
So, you know, they expanded out, and I think it's kind of, you know, I pulled a little quote off.
It says, just as railroads drove expansion in the 1800s, logistics centers, warehouses, and data centers are the infrastructure powering economic growth in the 21st century.
So as these, because, you know, one of the biggest things is Amazon, what they're coming up with.
But Amazon now, I can't remember when they started, but it was a couple, 25 years ago, maybe.
So probably there, you know, nobody ever looked at that they were going to need to expand, not just, you know, their warehouses for delivery, but just to place the store information.
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