3+ week, 6+ 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…...

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,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (943+ words) Most members of the Georgia Tech community rarely think about campus utilities, and that's exactly how Jermaine Clonts likes it. As associate director of Utilities Management within Infrastructure and Operations, Clonts and his team work around the clock to ensure…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (329+ words) The post President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge Secures American AI Dominance, Protects Consumers appeared first on AllOnGeorgia. Trump heralded a historic expansion of the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, bringing more than 200 additional utilities, data center developers, cooperatives, and states into this…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (196+ words) Metro Atlanta continues to emerge as one of North America's leading data center markets, driven by growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The post Atlanta emerges as a leading data center market first appeared on The Atlanta…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (204+ words) (NewsNation) — As massive data center projects continue to expand across the United States, one development in Georgia is drawing scrutiny over allegations it has contaminated a town’s drinking water. The issue caught the attention of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (444+ words) Updated on: April 14, 2026 / 3:37 PM EDT / CBS News U.S. utility companies are planning to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years to update the nation's ailing power grid as the data center boom intensifies the need for electricity. That's according to a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (459+ words) ASBN Small Business Network AI boom drives energy demand, reshaping strategy for small businesses The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is creating a parallel surge in energy demand, highlighting the critical role electricity plays in powering modern business operations....

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1109+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Public Service Commission Chairman Jason Shaw is defending a December decision to award Georgia Power nearly 10,000 megawatts of power largely designated for data centers — enough energy to power roughly nine million homes. He called…...

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…...