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Beltline gives recommendations for $3.5 billion light rail plan
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (388+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The Atlanta Beltline hosted a public meeting on Sept. 3 to present recommendations for a $3.5 billion light rail system around the 22-mile loop. Funded by the Federal Transit Administration, the three-and-a-half-year study consolidates years of prior…...
Metro Atlanta Tap Water Earthy Taste: Lake Lanier Turnover Explained
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (237+ words) Metro Atlanta residents have been complaining about tap water that suddenly smells and tastes earthy or musty this fall, and water officials say they know exactly why: Lake Lanier, the main drinking water source for the region, is going through…...
Here’s where Forsyth County’s SPLOST IX dollars are going
2+ week, 2+ day ago (17+ words) County Manager David McKee gave a quarterly update on SPLOST IX at the Aug. 25 work session....
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…...
Rail mega-merger revives proposal for new, expanded Atlanta passenger services — and there’s a trucking angle
2+ week, 4+ day ago (403+ words) A bold proposal to reduce the number of major freight railroads could open the door for a dramatic expansion of rail passenger service in fast-growing Atlanta. Proponents see the merger of Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)…...
✈️ Airport upgrade funding
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1056+ words) Wednesday, Aug. 19 — Kindergarten immunization rates are falling, and vaccine exemptions are on the rise, according to data from the CDC released this week. In Georgia, the vaccination rate sits around 89%, slightly up from last year. 🌤️ Partly sunny with a high…...
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,…...
Lightpath Enters the Atlanta Market with High-Capacity Managed Bandwidth Services
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (251+ words) High-Capacity Wavelength and IP Transit services now available across 30 Atlanta-area data centers NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lightpath, a 100% fiber infrastructure company operating 12,100 route miles of AI-grade networks across 10 U.S. metro markets, today announced its entry into Greater Atlanta metropolitan, bringing…...