OpenAI is planning a massive data center campus, dubbed Project Camellia, in Effingham County, Georgia, located within the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub near Savannah.
Expected to cost between $20 billion and upwards of $30 billion, the self-developed site will feature four data center buildings spanning 4.4 million square feet. OpenAI has contracted with Georgia Power Company to deliver electricity in phases between 2028 and 2032, pledging to cover all related infrastructure and power service costs to ensure local utility rates do not rise.
To minimize environmental and grid impacts, the facility will use a closed-loop water system for cooling and provide up to 1 GW in flexible demand response during peak periods. Alongside bringing tax revenue and thousands of construction and permanent jobs to the region, OpenAI has committed $80 million to a local community fund and up to $71 million in Codex AI credits for Georgia college and technical students.
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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June 10, 2026 OpenAI
OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease a proposed 10GW data center in Ohio being developed by SB Energy on US Department of Energy land at the Portsmouth Site in Pike County. The project, backed by SoftBank Group, could be built in phases starting with an 800MW first stage expected in 2028, with...
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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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March 21, 2026 Georgia
Real estate firm Crow Holdings Development and CHI/Acquisitions have effectively withdrawn their application to build a data center in Fayetteville, Georgia. Although the project was rejected by the city’s planning and zoning commission in late January, Crow Holdings had planned to appeal the...
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March 18, 2026 OpenAI
OpenAI has reorganized its leadership as it shifts toward leasing more AI capacity from cloud providers. The company is still pursuing its global Stargate data center buildout with Oracle and SoftBank, but recent reports suggest it may scale back expansion plans in favor of rented infrastructure....
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