Google has slipped into a massive south Atlanta warehouse once occupied by Procter & Gamble, and it is not for a flashy new data center. The tech giant has signed on for old-fashioned storage and distribution in Union City, in an industrial corridor near Hartsfield-Jackson, adding another big box to its growing logistics footprint in Georgia. For industrial watchers, the move into an existing, full-building logistics shell underlines how prized truly move-in-ready warehouse space has become around metro Atlanta.
According to CoStar, Google has leased Majestic Airport Center III-Phase II, Building 1, a roughly 1 million-square-foot facility at 6720 Oakley Industrial Boulevard. CoStar reports that Google is using the space for storage and distribution, not for server racks or any other data center operations.
Commercial listings describe the property as a 1,001,893-square-foot cross-dock warehouse with about 130 dock-high doors, heavy electrical capacity and deep truck courts, according to marketing materials on PropertyShark. Those listings also show Majestic Realty as the firm marketing the building and indicate it was still available to tenants late last year.
What This Means For Atlanta's Industrial Market
The deal is one of several big logistics plays across metro Atlanta as companies compete for modern, large-format warehouses to handle distribution and staging. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has recently highlighted similar large leases in the south Atlanta industrial corridor, while local coverage has tracked other big-ticket moves such as Copart’s recent purchase of a sizable Fulton Industrial facility (Copart gobbles up 228K-SF).
Market data for the first quarter of 2026 shows elevated bulk absorption that keeps pressure on newer, high-clearance warehouses, according to a Lee & Associates report. CoStar notes that with this Union City lease, Google now occupies at least four properties across Georgia, reinforcing that the state is becoming a key logistics hub for the company.
Not A Data Center - And Why That Matters
The decision to keep this building strictly warehouse-focused matters in Georgia, where the rapid expansion of data centers has sparked fights over power demand, water use and local infrastructure. Reporting has shown how proposed and under-construction data centers can strain utilities and trigger moratoriums and policy reviews. Investigations by outlets such as DeSmog and industry-press roundups have documented the resulting tension between fast-moving developers and wary communities.
One recent summary highlighted a large data center campus in the region that was found to have used millions of gallons of unmetered water during construction, a detail that helped fuel public skepticism over new data center proposals, according to Tom’s Hardware. Against that backdrop, a conventional warehouse lease, even at nearly 1 million square feet, can look like the lower-drama option.
For Union City, Google’s arrival means a marquee corporate tenant is filling a ready-built logistics shell in one of the hottest industrial submarkets in the region. It is another reminder that the Southeast’s allure for big tech now stretches beyond server farms and into the back-of-house supply chain spaces that quietly keep e-commerce and enterprise operations moving.
