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Augusta Government proposes data center ordinance revisions for commission approval
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (128+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - The Augusta, Georgia Government has released the final draft of its proposed Data Center Ordinance, along with a redline version showing all revisions made during the review process. City leaders plan to bring the ordinance before the…...
Georgia Power Wins Approval for 3.2-GW OpenAI Power Deal
2+ week, 3+ day ago (481+ words) CNOOC Posts Record Profit as China Pumps More Oil at Home Norway’s oil production is at… The Trump administration’s new campaign… Georgia Power has secured regulatory approval for a contract to supply OpenAI’s planned project in Effingham County, Georgia, adding…...
Georgia data centers face permit pushback
2+ week, 4+ day ago (474+ words) That increase has sharpened attention on a permit category that many residents previously had little reason to follow. For Georgia data centers, the permitting debate turns on whether backup power equipment should be treated as a limited operational safeguard or…...
Georgia Chamber to counter 'misinformation, disinformation' about data centers
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1175+ words) ATLANTA — Data centers are a financial boon to communities, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing back on concerns about their impact on the environment, on utility bills and on their neighbors. The pro-business organization is launching…...
Storage Star Continues 2026 Growth with Acquisition in the Greater Augusta Area
2+ week, 6+ day ago (216+ words) The transaction builds on the momentum from earlier this year, when Storage Star added more than 60 self-storage facilities across 12 new states in its largest expansion to date. The newly acquired properties are high-quality, climate-controlled facilities well-suited to the region’s residential…...
Georgia’s data center boom raises questions about power, costs
3+ week, 5+ day ago (545+ words) ATLANTA (WJBF) – A massive new data center campus is coming to Columbia County, as Georgia continues to attract major technology investments and faces growing demand for electricity. Google announced in July that it will be the sole operator of a…...
Georgia maximizes data center growth, protects consumers and freezes rates
3+ week, 6+ day ago (678+ words) The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is driving an unprecedented expansion of data centers across the United States. These facilities power everything from online banking and healthcare systems to national defense networks and the artificial intelligence technologies…...
Georgia Power deal to serve $20B OpenAI data center goes under the microscope
3+ week, 6+ day ago (982+ words) Georgia Power’s deal to provide electricity to a massive, OpenAI campus planned near Savannah is drawing regulators’ scrutiny and reviving debates about how to keep residential customers safe from the facilities’ costs. The proposed $20 billion data center complex from OpenAI,…...
Why Georgia’s data center boom is running into growing resistance
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (442+ words) Georgia's rapid emergence as a major hub for data centers is triggering resistance from local leaders who say the facilities could place increased pressure on water supplies, energy infrastructure and community resources, prompting a growing number of cities and counties…...
Data center debate in Augusta will rage on
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (44+ words) Data centers are dividing city leaders as commissioner decide to keep the moratorium on new ones in place for another sixty days... Data centers are dividing city leaders as commissioner decide to keep the moratorium on new ones in place…...