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Read Georgia Residents File RICO Suit Against OpenAI Over 3.2GW Project Camellia
Three residents of Effingham County, [Georgia](https://baxtel.com/regions/georgia), sued [OpenAI](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/openai) and county officials on Nov. 6 over a 3.2-gigawatt data cen...

Georgia Residents File RICO Suit Against OpenAI Over 3.2GW Project Camellia

November 12, 2026 Georgia

Three residents of Effingham County, Georgia, sued OpenAI and county officials on Nov. 6 over a 3.2-gigawatt data center project. The 44-page complaint, filed in Effingham County State Court, seeks compensatory and punitive damages and three times actual damages from the defendants named in its...

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Read Dade County Approves 90-Day Data Center Moratorium After 300MW Proposal
Dade County commissioners in Georgia approved a 90-day moratorium on new data center development after an Atlanta company explored a 300-megawatt project there. The [Chattanooga Times Free Press](h...

Dade County Approves 90-Day Data Center Moratorium After 300MW Proposal

November 10, 2026 Georgia

Dade County commissioners in Georgia approved a 90-day moratorium on new data center development after an Atlanta company explored a 300-megawatt project there. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that the board acted unanimously on Nov. 5 and that the pause gives officials time to draft...

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Read Mavria Raises $130M at $1B Valuation to Mass-Produce Modular Data Centers
Mavria launched on Nov. 9 with $130 million raised and a $1 billion valuation. The Houston-area company manufactures data centers in a factory and says its first unit is already in production. Mavr...

Mavria Raises $130M at $1B Valuation to Mass-Produce Modular Data Centers

November 09, 2026 Houston

Mavria launched on Nov. 9 with $130 million raised and a $1 billion valuation. The Houston-area company manufactures data centers in a factory and says its first unit is already in production. Mavria announced the figures in its launch post. Mavria designs and builds the physical data center. Its...

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Read Google To Invest $17B In First Wyoming Data Center Near Cheyenne
[Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google) will invest $17 billion in its first data center in Wyoming, a campus in Laramie County near Cheyenne, the company [said](https://blog.google/innova...

Google To Invest $17B In First Wyoming Data Center Near Cheyenne

November 06, 2026 Cheyenne

Google will invest $17 billion in its first data center in Wyoming, a campus in Laramie County near Cheyenne, the company said on Nov. 5. The number puts a price on a project Baxtel reported in October, when American Electric Power disclosed a 20-year power purchase agreement to build a 702MW...

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Read OpenAI Rebrands Data Centers as Compute Campuses After Midterm Rebuke
[OpenAI](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/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 rel...

OpenAI Rebrands Data Centers as Compute Campuses After Midterm Rebuke

November 04, 2026 Georgia

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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Read SpaceXAI Expands Colossus 2 With Two Southaven Sites, 420,000 More GPUs
SpaceXAI is adding two data center campuses in Southaven, Mississippi, to its Colossus 2 complex, facilities chief executive Elon Musk said will host about 420,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs and be operatin...

SpaceXAI Expands Colossus 2 With Two Southaven Sites, 420,000 More GPUs

November 03, 2026 Mississippi

SpaceXAI is adding two data center campuses in Southaven, Mississippi, to its Colossus 2 complex, facilities chief executive Elon Musk said will host about 420,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs and be operating by the end of the year. Musk announced the sites, named Gun Range and Spam after their former...

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Read OpenAI Seeks Permit To Fill 72 Acres Of Wetlands At Project Camellia
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 comm...

OpenAI Seeks Permit To Fill 72 Acres Of Wetlands At Project Camellia

October 26, 2026 Georgia

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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Read SpaceXAI Discloses $6.1M Stormwater Permit Exposure at Mississippi AI Campus
SpaceXAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, disclosed Thursday that Mississippi environmental regulators say construction started at three of its Southaven sites before required stormwat...

SpaceXAI Discloses $6.1M Stormwater Permit Exposure at Mississippi AI Campus

October 24, 2026 Mississippi

SpaceXAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, disclosed Thursday that Mississippi environmental regulators say construction started at three of its Southaven sites before required stormwater permits were in place, with potential penalties of up to $6.1 million. The admission came in...

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Read Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia
Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The [Development of Regional Impact application](https://dca....

Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia

October 22, 2026 Atlanta

Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The Development of Regional Impact application covers 349 acres at 0 Huffaker Road and 1,659,000 square feet of floor space. Microsoft owns the land, bought in...

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Read Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build
Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at u...

Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build

October 19, 2026 New York State

Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at up to $315 million. Alcoa disclosed the definitive agreement in its third-quarter 2026 results on...

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Read AEP To Invest $4B In 702MW Fuel Cell Plant For Google
American Electric Power will invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with [Google](https://baxtel.com/data-...

AEP To Invest $4B In 702MW Fuel Cell Plant For Google

October 15, 2026 Cheyenne

American Electric Power will invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Google, the utility announced. The plant is being developed through Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC, and is targeted to reach full operation...

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Read Five-Building Data Center Planned in Metter, 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...

Five-Building Data Center Planned in Metter, Georgia

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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Read Gigawatt-Scale Data Centre Campus Planned Near Atlanta, 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 L...

Gigawatt-Scale Data Centre Campus Planned Near Atlanta, Georgia

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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Read 25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville
25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville

25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville

May 27, 2026 Tennessee

A new 25MW AI data center campus is planned for McMinnville in Warren County. Known as Hixson Data Center, the facility will span 96,065 square feet (8,925 square meters) across two levels and is being purpose-built for high-density AI workloads, including support for Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72...

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Read Plans Filed for 1.2GW Data Center Campus in Irwin County, Georgia
Plans Filed for 1.2GW Data Center Campus in Irwin County, Georgia

Plans Filed for 1.2GW Data Center Campus in Irwin County, Georgia

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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Read Developer Withdraws Fayetteville, Georgia Data Center Application
Developer Withdraws Fayetteville, Georgia Data Center Application

Developer Withdraws Fayetteville, Georgia Data Center Application

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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Read 200-acre “Project Azalea” Data Center Approved Near Augusta, Georgia
200-acre “Project Azalea” Data Center Approved Near Augusta, Georgia

200-acre “Project Azalea” Data Center Approved Near Augusta, Georgia

March 18, 2026 Georgia

Local authorities have approved the 200-acre ‘Project Azalea’ data center in McDuffie County, Georgia. Commissioners backed the project in a 4–1 vote; officials estimate it will be worth $1 billion and generate about $25 million in annual local tax revenue. The project will include six data...

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Read 648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi
648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

March 17, 2026 Mississippi

A 648-acre data center has been proposed in Clarksdale, northern Mississippi. On Monday, city officials held an informational meeting on a potential project planned for agricultural land between the Sunflower River and Tallahatchie Street.The city’s board of commissioners had considered a...

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Read Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers
Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

March 11, 2026 Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has received approval to install 41 natural gas turbines at a site in Mississippi, generating up to 1.2GW to power its local data centers.The turbines, which will be installed at a former Duke Energy power plant site in Southaven, will be used to power xAI’s Colossus 2...

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Read A $5 Billion Data Center Project is in Development near Columbus, Georgia
A $5 Billion Data Center Project is in Development near Columbus, Georgia

A $5 Billion Data Center Project is in Development near Columbus, Georgia

March 03, 2026 Georgia

A new data center campus may be on the way to Columbus, Georgia. Economic development organization Choose Columbus announced that the Development Authority of Columbus is in negotiations with Habitat Partners to secure a site for the proposed project.Project Ruby would be a $5 billion+ data...

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