A state regulator, a unanimous denial, and an $11bn filing in one day

What happened

Georgia PSC staff hit their deadline to refer or object to Georgia Power's 3.2 GW Project Camellia contract with OpenAI, having signalled they would object absent changes. The Effingham County campus is to be delivered in phases 2028-2032. This is the first of this thread's siting fights to reach a state utility regulator rather than a county zoning board — a materially higher bar. (The Current GA)
Pataskala, Ohio's city council voted unanimously to deny Aligned Data Centers' site plan for the Pataskala Corporate Park. A separate resident-driven ballot measure on a broader data-center ban still goes to voters in November. The unanimity is the signal — this thread has logged many contested votes, but a zero-dissent denial with a ballot measure still queued behind it is a different political fact. (NBC4 WCMH)
Backers of "Project River" filed rezoning and annexation applications for an $11.3bn Bradley County, Tennessee campus pairing a large data center with on-site natural-gas and biomass generation. Public forums are set for 09-01 and 09-12 before any vote. The bring-your-own- generation pattern routes around the interconnection queue that has been the binding constraint at most of this thread's other sites. (Chattanoogan)

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The Current GA thecurrentga.org unrated
NBC4 WCMH nbc4i.com unrated
Chattanoogan chattanoogan.com unrated

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