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. 58 stories

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Oct 12 Kingston Schedules Public Hearing on Proposed Data Center Property Annexation
Coosa Valley News
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Oct 11 Oct. 11 – Bills to STOP Data Centers or cut tax incentives being tracked by Georgia Tech
Savannah Business Journal
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Oct 9 Planning panel backs Alpharetta data center expansion
Appen Media
us/ga/fulton/city/alpharetta
Oct 8 Pembroke to review data center rules during 180-day moratorium
WTOC
More coverage: WTOC
us/ga/bryan/city/pembroke
Oct 8 State fines companies for ‘pop-up’ power plants for data center
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ($)
Newton County, GA
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Oct 8 Now it can be told: How Monroe County played poker to land Google data center
mymcr.net
us/ga/monroe
Oct 7 Project Peach zoning reversion hearing to be held Oct. 20
The Newnan Times-Herald
us/ga/coweta
Oct 7 Data Centers: Dalton Utilities details water usage, power costs, citizens repeat pause request
Dalton Daily Citizen
us/ga/whitfield/city/dalton
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Oct 7 DeKalb County considers environmental impact study on data centers
FOX 5 Atlanta
DeKalb County, GA
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Oct 7 Data center would add significantly to tax digest, but residents have concerns
Reporter Newspapers
us/ga/dekalb/city/dunwoody
Oct 7 Commission approves to approve cuurent data center ordinance without any changes
WFXGalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: WSAV-TV · Cordele Dispatch · WFXG
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us/ga/wayne/city/jesup
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Oct 6 Marietta weighs new controls on data center applications
Marietta Daily Journal
More coverage: Data Center Dynamics
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Oct 6 Data center ordinance returns to Augusta Commission
The Augusta Press
More coverage: WRDW
Augusta, GA (named in coverage)
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Oct 4 South Fulton Mayor Backs Data Centers For Economic Growth
Bisnow ($)
More coverage: hoodline.com
Fulton County, GA
us/ga/fulton/city/south-fulton
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Oct 3 Group called Protect Statesboro plans petition for election to repeal data center ordinance
Statesboro Herald
More coverage: Yahoo
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Oct 2 How one Georgia city went from considering a data center to banning them
ajc.com ($)
More coverage: The Rome News-Tribune · Marietta Daily Journal
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us/ga/cobb/city/kennesaw
Oct 2 Burkhalter Road data center project grew out of developers’ wish for alternative to apartments
Statesboro Herald
us/ga/bulloch/city/statesboro
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Oct 1 Camden County residents meet to discuss data center concerns ahead of moratorium end
Yahooalso carried by 2 other outlets
More coverage: Action News Jax · WSAV-TV · yahoo.com · AOL.com · +1 more
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us/ga/candler
Sep 30 Packed Jesup meeting raises concerns over data centers
WJCL
us/ga/wayne/city/jesup
Sep 29 Dunwoody data center construction concerns residents
Appen Media
us/ga/dekalb/city/dunwoody
Sep 25 Board of Commissioners Zoning Public Hearing 9/24/26
rockdalecitizen.com
Rockdale County, GA
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Sep 25 Rockforge data center rezoning heads to Oct. 6 vote
rockdalecitizen.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
Rockdale County, GA
us/ga/rockdale
Sep 25 Euharlee data center ordinance heads to council
The Daily Tribune News
us/ga/bartow/city/euharlee
Sep 25 Belmont Glen faces a new neighbor: an OpenAI data center
Bryan County News
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Sep 25 Americus City Council passes data center moratorium
Americus Times-Recorder
More coverage: wrganews.com
us/ga/sumter/city/americus
us/ga/floyd/city/rome
Sep 24 Wilkes County Commission chair addresses data center concerns, says no moratorium planned
WJBFalso carried by 3 other outlets
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us/ga/wilkes/city/washington
Sep 24 Port Wentworth residents meet downtown to discuss a data center moratorium.
Oakridgeralso carried by 2 other outlets
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Sep 24 Effingham County data center under fire
Spectrum News
us/ga/effingham
Sep 23 Area residents voice concerns about ‘data utility’ in Holly Springs
Cherokee Tribune
us/ga/cherokee/city/holly-springs
Sep 23 Data center talk: Developer hears concerns on Maysville project
mainstreetnews.com
us/ga/banks/town/maysville
Sep 23 Burkhalter Road data center developers intend to move forward, despite challenge to zoning
Statesboro Herald
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Sep 22 Georgia Power nuclear reactors to get huge face-lift, paid partly by Google
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ($)
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Sep 22 Candler County commissioners hear public comment on data centers
wtoc.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: WSAV-TV
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Sep 21 New lawsuit alleges unfair secrecy around Effingham data center
georgiarecorder.com
us/ga/effingham
Sep 21 OpenAI’s massive Georgia data center project faces legal challenges
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ($)
More coverage: Inside Climate News · Hilton Head Island Packet · Savannah Morning News
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Sep 21 Holly Springs storage facility seeks permit for ‘digital utility’
Cherokee Tribune
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Sep 21 Are Black Residents Being Left Out of Atlanta’s Data Center Talks?
Yahoo
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Sep 19 Americus City Council hears from attorney on data center ordinance amendment: “I hope you don’t approve it next week”
Americus Times-Recorder
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Sep 18 Eleven citizens and nonprofit group file legal challenge to Statesboro data center rezoning
Statesboro Heraldalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Rockdale Citizen · WSAV-TV · The Georgia Virtue · Yahoo · +4 more
Rockdale County, GA
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Sep 17 Hardin, Wyche propose new Columbus data center guardrails
Axios
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Sep 16 Georgia PSC comes to Savannah, faces ire over data centers
Savannah Morning News
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Sep 16 Effingham discusses stricter industrial standards
Savannah Morning News
us/ga/effingham
Sep 15 DeKalb scuttles 1 million-square-foot data center plan as another proposal arises in the state
The Business Journals ($)
More coverage: decaturish.com
DeKalb County, GA
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Sep 15 Residents press Augusta leaders to toughen data center rules before final vote
WRDWalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: WFXG · The Augusta Chronicle · The Augusta Chronicle · The Augusta Chronicle
Augusta, GA (named in coverage)
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us/ga/richmond
Sep 15 Concerns mount as OpenAI data center vote delayed
Savannah Morning News
More coverage: Yahoo
us/ga/effingham
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Sep 15 Byron city council unanimously adopts data center ordinance after months of review | Here's what that means
13WMAZ
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Sep 15 UPDATE: Rossville councilmembers hear concerns over BridgTRK project, company says it’s not a data center
local3news.comalso carried by 2 other outlets
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Sep 15 Morgan residents sue META over water quality
Morgan County Citizen
District of Columbia
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Sep 15 Metter discusses future growth and development
Yahoo
us/ga/candler/city/metter
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Sep 15 National ‘Data Center Revolt’ bus tour heading to Effingham County on Tuesday
WTOC
us/ga/effingham
Sep 13 Moratorium on data centers, R-1 zoning extended by BOC
mainstreetnews.com
More coverage: The Rome News-Tribune · The Rome News-Tribune · The Rome News-Tribune
Banks County, GA
us/ga/banks
us/ga/floyd/city/rome
Sep 12 Area residents invited to nonpartisan town hall on proposed Effingham County OpenAI Data Center
Grice Connectalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Grice Connect
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Sep 12 Keisha Lance Bottoms calls for pause on new data centers, Rick Jackson is forcing them onto communities
Atlanta Daily World
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Sep 12 Georgia county moves closer to Google data center deal, says it could lower property taxes
The Cool Downalso carried by 1 other outlet
Columbia County, GA
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Sep 12 Chatham County Commissioners approve moratorium on large-scale data centers
WSAV-TValso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: northwestgeorgianews.com · northwestgeorgianews.com · WSPA 7News · 13WMAZ · +2 more
us/ga/chatham
us/ga/walker
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Sep 11 Chatham County enacts 155-day moratorium on large data centers
thecurrentga.org
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us/ga/effingham
Sep 11 UPDATE: Walker Co. data center study group suggests limiting development to industrial parks
Local 3 News
us/ga/walker
Sep 10 LaGrange Council votes to deny special-use permit for data c...
LaGrange Daily News ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
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