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Data Center Land and Powered Sites in Georgia

Powered land in Georgia: 341 power nodes, 8 sites and 28 demand rows, each with its source and check date.

29Provisional DCMI Power Readiness Score, out of 100 (DC Market Insights calculation, 55 of 100 weight points with data; final at 90). Missing: time to power, grid congestion and queue backlog, water stress.

First calculated on 4 November 2026.

Verified on 2 November 2026 · Method

139 MWPlant MW leaving service by 2030 (DCMI calculation, EIA-860M)
Not loaded yetLarge-load MW in utility filings
8Sites tracked
7,766 MWDemand MW stated
none statedMedian stated power year

Power map

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  • Site (county level unless listed by the owner)
  • Plant leaving service
  • Planned plant
  • Plant 500 MW+
  • Live data center

Substations are not drawn: we count them by county only.

Overview

Project Camellia (OpenAI, Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub) in Effingham County is the largest of the 8 Georgia sites we track, at 3,210 MW; together they state 7,910 MW across 8 counties (DC Market Insights calculation). Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs at 101 MW leads the 139 MW of plant capacity leaving service. OpenAI names the most stated demand here (3,200 MW of 7,766 MW).

Data on fileRowsMW
Power plants (EIA-860M)29652,550 MW
Substations 230 kV or more (HIFLD, counted by county)45
ISO queue (no ISO for this grid)Not loaded yet
Large-load requests (utility filings)Not loaded yet
Data center sites87,910 MW
Demand rows287,766 MW
Policy rows2

Where the power is

Leaving service in Georgia: 139 MW at 4 plants, led by Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs in Early County (101 MW, retired in July 2025), Multitrade Rabun Gap, LLC in RABUN County (22 MW, retired in April 2025) and Interstate Paper LLC Riceboro in Liberty County (15 MW, retired in September 2025).

Coming: 6,872 MW at 21 planned plants, led by Pepper Hammock Solar and Storage (2,500 MW, planned, in service September 2029), Yates (1,448 MW, planned, in service February 2027) and Smarr Combined Cycle Energy Facility (804 MW, planned, in service June 2029).

Of 45 substations, 19 at 500 kV or more and 26 at 230 kV; Effingham County (7), Fulton County (5) and Chatham County (3) hold the most.

Power nodeKindCountyMWDateSource
Pepper Hammock Solar and StoragePlanned plantWayne County2,500 MWplanned, in service September 2029EIA Form 860M, September 2026
YatesPlanned plantCoweta County1,448 MWplanned, in service February 2027EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Smarr Combined Cycle Energy FacilityPlanned plantMonroe County804 MWplanned, in service June 2029EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Talbot County EnergyPlanned plantTalbot County262 MWplanned, in service January 2029EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Peach Wood SolarPlanned plantMitchell County261 MWplanned, in service December 2030EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Rock House SolarPlanned plantMcDuffie County250 MWplanned, in service November 2027EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Conez Solar, LLCPlanned plantEmanuel County150 MWplanned, in service June 2027EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Laurens SolarPlanned plantLaurens County150 MWplanned, in service June 2028EIA Form 860M, September 2026
Crossroads Solar – GAPlanned plantLiberty County150 MWplanned, in service July 2029EIA Form 860M, September 2026
SR Bacon IIPlanned plantBacon County115 MWplanned, in service December 2027EIA Form 860M, September 2026

Sites tracked

1 of the 8 Georgia sites state no MW and no power date yet, so they have no page of their own.

  • Project Camellia (OpenAI, Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub) in Effingham County: 3,210 MW. Status idea, from a state source dated 29 July 2026.
  • White Oak Technology Park (Project JGK, Columbia County Data Center): 2,862 acres, 1,400 MW. Status idea, from a state source dated 16 June 2026.
  • Project Arrowhead in Irwin County: 1,066 acres, 1,250 MW. Status idea, from a state source dated 10 April 2026.
  • Pine Ridge Technology Park in Twiggs County: 291.5 acres, 900 MW (County site plan: 9 buildings, 100 MW each. Total 900 MW is a DC Market Insights calculation). Zoning: Agriculture to Commercial. Status zoned, from a county source dated 18 September 2025.
  • Nixon Technology Center in Richmond County: 388 acres, 600 MW. Status idea, from a state source dated 19 October 2026.
  • Project Azalea in McDuffie County: 200 acres, 400 MW. Zoning: Residential (R-1), special exemption request. Status idea, from a county source dated 13 February 2026.
  • Kingston Technology Hub in Bartow County: 559 acres, 150 MW. Status idea, from a state source dated 4 September 2026.
  • Project Sail in Coweta County. Status idea, from a state source dated 31 December 2024.
SiteCountyAcresMW (source words)Time to power (source words)StatusSource
Project Camellia (OpenAI, Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub)Effingham County3,210 MWideaState, 29 July 2026
White Oak Technology Park (Project JGK, Columbia County Data Center)Columbia County2,8621,400 MWideaState, 16 June 2026
Project ArrowheadIrwin County1,0661,250 MWideaState, 10 April 2026
Pine Ridge Technology ParkTwiggs County291.5900 MW (County site plan: 9 buildings, 100 MW each. Total 900 MW is a DC Market Insights calculation)zonedCounty, 18 September 2025
Nixon Technology CenterRichmond County388600 MWideaState, 19 October 2026
Project AzaleaMcDuffie County200400 MWideaCounty, 13 February 2026
Kingston Technology HubBartow County559150 MWideaState, 4 September 2026
Project SailCoweta CountyideaState, 31 December 2024

Who is looking

22 buyers, 28 rows; evidence: 18 from company, 9 from press and 1 from state filing.

  • OpenAI: Project Camelia, 3,200 MW (total MW), Savannah (company)
  • QTS: QTS Blakely, potential gross capacity of 1,400 MW, Blakely (press)
  • Premier Data Center Development: Project Arrowhead, could total 1.25GW of capacity (press)
  • Bolingbroke Technology Center: Bolingbroke Technology Campus, A 900MW data center campus, Macon (press)
  • EdgeConneX: EdgeConneX Union City (ATL11-ATL13), 202 MW of capacity in Union City once complete, Union City, Atlanta (company)
  • Undisclosed buyer: Sandersville, Georgia data center campus (175 MW critical IT), 175 MW, Sandersville, Georgia (company)
  • CleanSpark: CleanSpark Sandersville AI Data Center, 175 MW (IT MW), Sandersville (company)
  • Thor Equities (Thor Acquisition WC LLC): Kingston Technology Hub, Kingston, Bartow County, Georgia, 150 MW, Kingston, Georgia (state filing)
  • 4AM Development: 4AM Development Statesboro data center (6539 Burkhalter Road), 99 MW (total MW), Statesboro (press)
  • DC BLOX: Atlanta West Hyperscale Data Center Campus, One remaining 80MW building, Lithia Springs, Atlanta (company)

Policy

Our Power and Policy tracker holds 2 rules for Georgia.

  • 19 December 2025: Georgia PSC certification of 9,985 MW of new Georgia Power generation (large-load certification) (plan, in force)
  • 1 January 2025: Georgia PSC rule on minimum billing and contract terms for new large-load customers (Georgia Power) (tariff, in force)

Score breakdown

Georgia: 29 out of 100, provisional, from 55 weight points.

FactorPointsBasis
Time to powerNot loaded yetno stated power date
Available or freeing MW0.6 of 20139 MW freeing (full points at 5,000 MW, DC Market Insights calculation)
Grid congestion and queue backlogNot loaded yetno ISO queue covers this grid; utility queues not loaded yet
Policy6 of 15in force: 1 plan, 1 tariff
Land and permitting7 of 10best site by status and acres; opposition events not tracked yet
Fiber and latency to the nearest hub2.4 of 1024 live data centers tracked in the state (full points at 100)
Water stressNot loaded yetwater stress index not loaded yet

Questions

Where is data center land with power in Georgia?

Effingham County (Project Camellia (OpenAI, Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub)), Coweta County and Richmond County and 5 more counties.

Which Georgia county has the most plant capacity leaving service?

Early County, with 101 MW of the 139 MW state total.

Who is looking for data center sites in Georgia?

22 buyers; by stated MW, OpenAI leads. Each row is on the Georgia demand page.

Is there data center land for sale in Georgia?

We list 8 Georgia sites and do not sell land; each site names its source.

Which rules apply to large loads in Georgia?

"Georgia PSC certification of 9,985 MW of new Georgia Power generation (large-load certification)" (19 December 2025) is the newest.

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