Georgia

Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff

Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Georgia’s own auditors just cut their estimate of data center economic impact to less than one-third of what they originally...

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Columbia County is weighing three zoning variances for new data centers, with growth-minded officials on one side and rural residents...

Roswell, Georgia’s data center moratorium signals tighter local AI infrastructure controls

Roswell, Georgia’s data center moratorium signals tighter local AI infrastructure controls

Melissa Palmer
January 13, 2026

Roswell, Georgia just put a 90-day emergency halt on new data center projects while it rewrites the rules. The city...

Tax breaks explain only small share of Georgia data center boom

Tax breaks explain only small share of Georgia data center boom

Melissa Palmer
January 5, 2026

Only about 30% of Georgia’s data center buildout is tied directly to the 2018 sales and use tax exemption, down...

Quiet early talks over Jones County data center reshape planning decisions

Quiet early talks over Jones County data center reshape planning decisions

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Local officials were talking with a prospective data center developer in Jones County months before any formal application surfaced. That...

Vast Augusta, Georgia data center reshapes power use, water demand, neighborhood buffer

Vast Augusta, Georgia data center reshapes power use, water demand, neighborhood buffer

Melissa Palmer
December 29, 2025

A $2 billion data center campus in Augusta is back on the radar, now expanded to six two-story buildings totaling...

Georgia’s open stance on AI data centers reshapes investment and growth

Georgia’s open stance on AI data centers reshapes investment and growth

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Georgia is emerging as an AI infrastructure hotspot even as its broader economy slows. The state is leaning into data...

Rezoning moves forward as Georgia awaits final call on massive data center

Rezoning moves forward as Georgia awaits final call on massive data center

Melissa Palmer
December 23, 2025

Forsyth County’s planning and zoning board is dealing with a proposed 12 million square foot data center, which signals a...

Georgia Data center power deal shifts long‑term costs and risks onto customers

Georgia Data center power deal shifts long‑term costs and risks onto customers

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Georgia’s PSC just approved a $16 billion, ~10 GW grid expansion largely to serve data centers, locking in a huge...

Local zoning shift lets hyperscale data centers into Port Wentworth, Georgia

Local zoning shift lets hyperscale data centers into Port Wentworth, Georgia

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Major AI players (Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon) are actively scouting Port Wentworth for new data centers, signaling real GPU...

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