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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’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 Power bills stay high despite rate cuts
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (633+ words) This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Many Georgians are likely seeing higher electric bills as the summer weather warms up. That’s typical, and it’s still happening this year even…...
Data centers give a jolt to Georgia Power parent company’s profits
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (643+ words) Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent of Georgia Power, saw profits climb 11.5% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, the utility and energy conglomerate announced Thursday. Southern earned $1.71 billion between July and the end of September, up…...
Family fights Georgia Power substation moving onto cattle farm
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) A family-owned cattle farm says they’re fighting Georgia Power’s efforts to acquire some of their pastureland to build an electrical substation. Kyle and Emily Newberry, who own the 70-acre farm in Silver Creek, say the substation would severely impact their…...
Meet the candidates running for seats on state’s powerful utility regulator
11+ mon, 17+ hour ago (1721+ words) For the first time in almost five years, voters will get to choose who serves on the Georgia Public Service Commission, the powerful utility regulator that decides how much many Georgians pay for electricity. Early voting starts Tuesday for two…...
Data centers push Georgia Power toward natural gas, sparking cost concerns
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (855+ words) Hundreds of construction workers are on the job around the clock building Georgia’s energy future at Plant Yates, where they’re expanding a former 1950s coal power plant into a state-of-the-art natural gas powerhouse. Georgia Power says it’s part of a massive…...
Georgia lawmakers must put residents’ needs above data center and AI profits
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (769+ words) If you did not change how you use electricity last year, but your power bill still went up, you are not alone. And if you are starting to wonder whether the massive data centers popping up across Georgia have something…...