Data-center buildout in Georgia, as reported

Press coverage of data center siting, power, water, and subsidies in Georgia, each story tagged with the track it covers and the jurisdictions it names. 101 stories

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Aug 27 Georgia Power gets clearance to serve OpenAI's massive AI data center in Effingham County​
CBS News
More coverage: 11Alive.com · AJC.com · RTO Insider
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Aug 27 Effingham County Chamber of Commerce hosts data center Q&A session
Savannah Morning News
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Aug 27 Americus Planning and Zoning Commission casts divided vote over data center ordinance
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 26 Midday Update: Lowndes Co. data center moratorium, remembering Dolly Parton
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 26 Columbia County advances $17 billion data center deal
WRDW ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Columbia County, GA
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Aug 26 City responds to citizen data center concerns related to attorney
The Rome News-Tribune
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Aug 26 Protect Effingham Alliance Forms Amid OpenAI Data Center Concerns
Effingham Herald
More coverage: Effingham Herald
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Aug 25 Statesboro City Council to vote on data center zoning Tuesday
AOL.com
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Aug 25 Coastal Georgia data center lockdown? Local governments impose moratoriums.
AJC.com ($)
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Aug 25 Want a data center in your community? The Georgia Chamber wants to know.
AJC.com ($)
More coverage: AJC.com · WSAV-TV · Statesboro Herald · AJC.com
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Aug 25 Data centers are a prohibited use in Richmond Hill
Savannah Morning News
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Aug 25 Bulloch County government looks again at regulating, instead of banning, data centers
Statesboro Herald
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Aug 24 Cordele City Commission announces hearing for data center ordinance
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 24 Inside Big Tech’s Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI
WSJ ($)
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Aug 24 DeKalb commissioners reject $1.6B data center plan
decaturish.com
DeKalb County, GA
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Aug 24 Effingham County Peddles Possible 6-Mill Property Tax Reduction as Benefit of 1,400-Acre Data Center Project
The Georgia Virtue
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Aug 24 LIVE: Byron City Council discuss proposed data center ordinance during public forum
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · 41NBC News · WMAZ · WGXA
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Aug 24 Bloomingdale City Council approves data center moratorium
AOL.comalso carried by 2 other outlets
More coverage: WSAV-TV · WTOC · WSAV-TV · WSAV-TV
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Aug 24 Port Wentworth residents meet downtown to discuss a data center moratorium.
Notre Dame Insider
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Aug 23 Public hearing on data center regs set for Tuesday in Floyd County
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 2 other outlets
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Aug 23 Huge solar farms in the works; Tag office employee arrested; Data center moratorium extended
97.5 Glory FM
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Aug 22 Columbus town hall addresses data center concerns
WTVM.com ($)
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Aug 20 Atlanta eyes new rules for data centers amid community concerns
FOX 5 Atlanta
More coverage: The Atlanta Voice
DeKalb County, GA
Rockdale County, GA
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Aug 18 Statesboro mayor and council approve rezoning for Burkhalter data center by 3-2 vote
Statesboro Herald
More coverage: Grice Connect
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Aug 18 Mayor breaks tie as Statesboro council approves Burkhalter Road rezoning
Grice Connect
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Aug 18 Data center task force proposal goes back to Atlanta City Council committee
11alive.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Center for Civic Innovation
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Aug 18 Fulton commission seeks to limit incentives for data centers
Fulton Neighbor
Fulton County, GA
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Aug 18 ‘These data centers, they’re coming’: Wayne County moves to tighten rules ahead of tech expansion
WTOC ($)
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Aug 18 Wayne County Commissioners address data center rumors
yahoo.com
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Aug 17 New requirements for data centers in Atlanta being discussed
95.5 WSB
More coverage: Hoodline
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Aug 17 Reader asks questions, offers observations about proposed data center ahead of city of Statesboro's Tuesday zoning hearing
Statesboro Herald
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Aug 17 Ball Ground City Council pauses data center applications
Cherokee Tribune
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Aug 17 Georgia Power deal to serve $20B OpenAI data center goes under the microscope
AJC.com ($)
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Aug 17 Statesboro officials considering zoning amendment for nearly 27-acre data center
AOL.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: WSAV-TV
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Aug 15 Community forum tackles data centers and other issues
NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
Clayton County, GA
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Aug 15 Coweta County Residents Fight 255-Acre Data Center Near Walt Sanders Road
Hoodline
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Aug 15 Prime Group Seeks to Build Data Center at Marietta, GA, Facility
Inside Self-Storage
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Aug 14 Riverkeeper questions potential water usage for Effingham data center
WSAV-TValso carried by 2 other outlets
More coverage: Yahoo
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Aug 14 Augusta forums open debate on local data center growth
WJBF
Columbia County, GA
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Aug 14 Judge sets hearing date for Columbus data center lawsuit. Read city's latest arguments
ledger-enquirer.comalso carried by 2 other outlets
More coverage: ledger-enquirer.com
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Aug 14 Rural Georgia residents say data center rules were passed with no hearing, no warning
The Cool Downalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 14 Stop Project Oak group forms to fight proposed Coweta County data center
FOX 5 Atlanta
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Aug 13 Former Fulton commissioner Natalie Hall calls for data center transparency as county opposes tax breaks
CBS News
Fulton County, GA
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Aug 13 DeKalb County sued over moratorium on new data centers
WABEalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Yahoo
DeKalb County, GA
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Aug 13 Watchdog group threatens to sue data center over Georgia water pollution
Atlanta News First ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 13 Metro Atlanta county calls for public comment before data center vote
wsbtv.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 13 Proposed data center at Battey terminated
The Rome News-Tribune
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Aug 12 Residents protest data centers as Floyd County Commission reviews draft ordinance
The Rome News-Tribunealso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee News
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Aug 12 Atlanta advances task force on data centers to shape regulations
The Business Journals ($)also carried by 2 other outlets
More coverage: The Black Chronicle · FOX 5 Atlanta · FOX 5 Atlanta · usatoday.com
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Aug 12 ‘Water done right’ for Effingham County OpenAI data center
WTOC ($)
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Aug 12 Burkhalter data center forecast, by DABC-ordered study, to bring $1.2B investment
statesboroherald.com
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Aug 11 Blakely approves agreement with QTS Data Centers related to proposed facility
WTVY ($)
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Aug 11 Kemp warns against data center moratoriums on heels of county and city ban
Morgan County Citizen
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Aug 11 Byron neighbors pack city council meeting, speak for over an hour on potential data center ordinance
13WMAZ
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Aug 11 Byron city council considers proposed ordinance to regulate possible data center expansion
13WMAZalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 10 $30M lawsuit claims DeKalb leaders approved building data center, then issued moratorium
WSB-TValso carried by 1 other outlet
DeKalb County, GA
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Aug 10 Augusta to hold 1st public meeting on data center ordinance
WRDW ($)
More coverage: The Augusta Press
Augusta, GA (named in coverage)
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Aug 10 Marietta data center fight returns to City Hall
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 3 other outlets
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Aug 10 Covington works to tighten regulations on data centers
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 8 Anatomy of a secret Coastal Georgia data center deal
thecurrentga.orgalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: thecurrentga.org · WABE
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Aug 8 Fulton County rejects data center incentives
Spectrum News
More coverage: Fulton County (.gov) · Coosa Valley News
Fulton County, GA
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Aug 8 UPDATE: Walker County extends data center moratorium for 180 days, creates study group
Local 3 Newsalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 7 In the region: Effingham County residents, officials visit Meta data centers
Bryan County News
More coverage: Statesboro Herald
Walton County, GA
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Aug 7 Board Delays Budget Vote, Enacts 180 Day Moratorium on Data Centers
Walker County, GA (.gov)
More coverage: northwestgeorgianews.com
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Aug 7 Planning Commission Data Centers
The Rome News-Tribunealso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
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Aug 7 Experts raise concerns about Marietta data center ahead of council vote
NewsBreak: Local News & Alertsalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Marietta Daily Journal
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Aug 7 Lovejoy City Council votes no on Panhandle Road data center
news-daily.com
More coverage: Atlanta News First
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Aug 6 Chamblee Councilman Furst spearheads moratorium on data centers
wabe.org
DeKalb County, GA
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Aug 6 Exclusive: Nearly 1,900 U.S. Public Schools Within a Mile of a Data Center
The Good Men Project
Henrico County, VA
Palm Beach County, FL
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Aug 6 Microsoft works to unwind tax breaks for its metro Atlanta data centers
AJC.com ($)
More coverage: Bisnow
Fulton County, GA
Douglas County, GA
Fulton County, GA (named in coverage)
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Aug 6 Hogansville does first reading of new data center ordinance
LaGrange Daily News ($)
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Aug 6 Fulton County takes aim at data center tax breaks
AJC.com ($)
More coverage: The Business Journals
Fulton County, GA
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Aug 6 Liberty’s data center plans spur concerned citizens’ meeting
americustimesrecorder.com
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Aug 6 Bulloch commissioners delay data center prohibition, deny Leefield liquor store
Grice Connectalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 5 Lowndes County leaders discuss drafting data center regulations ahead of any proposed projects
WCTV ($)
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Aug 5 West End data center committee vote expected Monday
Atlanta Community Press Collective
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Aug 5 Statesboro panel recommends data center rezoning after heated public debate
wjcl.com
More coverage: WTOC
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Aug 5 Statesboro, Bulloch County officials vote on data center measures
yahoo.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Aug 4 Proposed Statesboro Data Center on Tuesday's Planning Commission Agenda
WJCL
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Aug 4 Georgia data center activists are alarmed. EPA wants to change Clean Air Act
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
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Aug 4 Talbot County residents push for transparency on data centers, battery storage projects
wtvm.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
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Aug 3 Statesboro officials considering zoning amendment for nearly 27-acre data center
WSAV-TValso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: WTOC · Grice Connect · Statesboro Herald
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Aug 3 Developers seek to build data center on Burkhalter Rd. inside Statesboro’s edge
Statesboro Herald
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Aug 3 Mayor explains what Warner Robins is studying during its data center moratorium
41NBC News
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Aug 3 Georgia Democrats turn data center backlash into fight for utility commission control
Washington Examiner ($)
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Aug 2 Rome, Floyd moving on data center regulations
NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
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Aug 2 Port Wentworth residents meet downtown to discuss a data center moratorium.
The Columbus Dispatch ($)
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Aug 2 OpenAI in Georgia: How $20B data center plan secretly took root in Effingham
AJC.com ($)
More coverage: savannahnow.com
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Jul 31 Georgia residents packed OpenAI open house and protested 1,400-acre data center plan
The Cool Down
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Jul 31 UPDATE: What we know about Rossville land sale, Walker Co. data center moratorium
Local 3 News
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Jul 31 Council Member weighs in on data center plans
NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts
More coverage: AJC.com · WSB-TV
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Jul 30 Toccoa enacts six-month data center moratorium
Toccoa Record
More coverage: WABE
DeKalb County, GA
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Jul 30 Impact of New Data Centers on Everyday Georgians: Concerns
dailysignal.com
More coverage: AOL.com
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Jul 30 Warnock Seeks New EPA Guidance on Water Use, Transparency for Data Centers
The Georgia Virtuealso carried by 1 other outlet
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Jul 30 Ogeechee Riverkeepers ask for moratorium on data centers
AOL.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: FOX 5 Atlanta · NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · Yahoo · WTVM.com
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Jul 30 Could Effingham residents get paid by OpenAI? | Opinion
Savannah Morning News ($)
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Jul 30 Maysville residents grill data center developers on plans
mainstreetnews.com
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Jul 29 Effingham data center open house draws crowd - and questions
Coastal Courier
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Jul 29 Data centers proposed as a gateway to property tax relief
Fort Wayne Business Weekly
Bartow County, GA
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Jul 29 Data center developments paused for 12 months in Albany following commission vote
WALB ($)
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Jul 29 Kemp calls data center moratoriums ‘irresponsible’
The Rome News-Tribune
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