In Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, a large-scale land use conflict was resolved when commissioners denied a controversial rezoning request for a proposed 2-million square foot data center on 233 acres along Old Elberton Road. The proposal was formally filed by attorney William Diehl on behalf of the property’s owner, FAE Clark LLC, though the identity of the end-user remains unknown.
The project was rejected due to serious concerns over its colossal power and water consumption, projected noise pollution, and the incompatibility of such an industrial facility within the agriculturally zoned area. This decisive action was quickly followed by the passage of an emergency moratorium on all new data center proposals, effectively halting future applications while the county works to establish stringent new regulations for managing these high-impact developments.
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November 04, 2026 OpenAI
OpenAI is now calling its data centers compute campuses, a change that arrived with a policy package published two days after the midterms. The company released a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint on Nov. 5. The compact covers future campuses that OpenAI owns and...
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October 26, 2026 OpenAI
OpenAI has applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands at its Project Camellia data center campus in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District is taking public comments on the application through Nov. 4, the Savannah Morning News reported. The campus is...
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October 12, 2026 Georgia
A five-building data center campus has been proposed in Georgia. Canoochee River RV Resort, LLC has filed an application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the proposed Canoochee River RV Resort Data Center Project. The development is planned for a 470-acre site at 2700 Airport...
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July 27, 2026 Georgia
A gigawatt-scale data centre campus is planned near Atlanta, Georgia. Developer Stillwater Development has filed a Development of Regional Impact application for the Stillwater Technology Park in Lovejoy, around 25 miles (40km) south of downtown Atlanta. The proposed campus at 11760 Panhandle...
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April 14, 2026 Georgia
A gigawatt-scale data center campus has been proposed in Georgia. A Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application has been filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for a project in Irwin County, in south-central Georgia. Premier Data Center Development, LLC plans to build a...
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