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Americans living on a fixed income are particularly vulnerable when electricity costs surge, a Consumer Reports expert says.
Citizens for Rural Coweta filed its home rule petition in probate court Friday, seeking a public vote on data centers in the county.
Three Effingham County residents are asking a judge to throw out a zoning change that allows data centers on industrial property, challenging a decision tied to OpenAI's planned $20 billion Project Camellia.
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has called for a statewide moratorium on data centers in Georgia unless safeguards for the community are put in place.
District 4 candidate Natalie Hall says Fulton residents should know how much water and electricity proposed data centers would use and what taxpayers get in return.
Marietta City Council approved a data center as residents packed City Hall, urging leaders to add safeguards and ensure transparency around the project.
The AI company announced Thursday that it is developing Project Camellia, a long-term data center in Effingham County, about 45 minutes northwest of Savannah.
Georgia Power says building a new transmission line will require acquiring more than 300 parcels of land, including residential properties.
The heaviest demand on America's water supply isn't data centers or AI. It's from everyday uses such as growing food, watering lawns and flushing toilets.
Most Americans expect data centers to negatively impact the environment, local resources, although some see economic benefits
Some DeKalb County residents are making it clear they do not want data centers in their backyard.
Meta pledged to invest $115 million to train electricians, plumbers and other workers needed to operate data centers.
DeKalb County commissioners have approved a 100-day extension of a moratorium on new data center applications, keeping the pause in place through the end of September.
The rush to build thousands of U.S. data centers is driving demand for some workers, though economists project fewer permanent jobs.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned EPA officials about Morgan County water complaints near a Georgia data center, while Meta says an independent study found no link to its operations.
A group of Coweta County residents is taking their own county to court, fighting to stop a massive data center campus on nearly 830 acres of rural conservation land.
