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Savannah Morning News
savannahnow.com > story > news > 09/07/2026 > residents-fear-noise-from-massive-openai-project > 91548498007

Residents question noise impacts of OpenAI data center I Exclusive

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1159+ words) Megan Burchette Newton was on vacation visiting friends in Americus when she learned residents who live there were fighting a planned data center. She wondered how she would handle the news should a data center be built near her home…...

@TimesFreePress
timesfreepress.com > news > 09/06/2026 > warnock-calls-for-georgia-data-center-moratorium

Warnock calls for Georgia data center moratorium

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (424+ words) U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is calling for a statewide moratorium on data centers after visiting the site where OpenAI is planning a massive data center in coastal Georgia. The OpenAI data center in Effingham County has drawn widespread opposition from locals…...

WJCL
wjcl.com > article > openais-data-center-power-bills-effingham-county > 73599707

OpenAI’s data center will need unprecedented power. What it means for Effingham County

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (456+ words) Effingham County residents will not see higher Georgia Power bills because of the electricity and grid upgrades needed for OpenAI’s proposed $20 billion data center, according to a Georgia Public Service Commissioner. In an exclusive one-on-one interview with WJCL 22, District 2 Commissioner…...

FOX 5 Atlanta
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Warnock, Kemp clash over Georgia data center boom

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (42+ words) FOX 5 Atlanta A growing debate over Georgia's booming data center industry is putting some of the state's most prominent political leaders -- Gov. Kemp and Sen. Raphael Warnock -- on opposite sides of the issue....

Savannah Morning News
savannahnow.com > story > news > local > 09/01/2026 > savannah-hits-pause-on-data-centers-after-openais-effingham-proposal > 91508236007

Savannah hits pause on data centers after OpenAI's Effingham proposal

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (615+ words) Georgia's artificial intelligence infrastructure boom won't be coming to Savannah anytime soon. Savannah City Council approved Thursday a 155-day moratorium on large scale data centers, a move intended to give the city time to craft local policy regulating the use....

AllOnGeorgia
allongeorgia.com > chattooga-local-government > senator-warnock-visits-future-openai-data-center-site-calls-for-statewide-moratorium

Senator Warnock Visits Future OpenAI Data Center Site, Calls for Statewide Moratorium

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (224+ words) Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock met with residents in Effingham County to discuss the impact of OpenAI’s proposed data center on their community In July, OpenAI announced it would construct a 3.2-gigawatt data center in Effingham County, Georgia Senator Warnock called for…...

The Current
thecurrentga.org > 08/29/2026 > openai-data-center-sparks-intense-debate-at-effingham-county-meeting

OpenAI data center sparks intense debate at Effingham County meeting

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (130+ words) Effingham County commissioners met with concerned residents on Saturday to discuss the proposed $20 billion OpenAI data center project, promising to further investigate issues such as noise pollution, radiation, and fire safety....

Savannah Morning News
savannahnow.com > story > news > local > 08/29/2026 > openai-data-center-in-effingham-county-continues-to-draw-resident-ire > 91531008007

Residents continue pushback on OpenAI data center at latest meeting

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (668+ words) The Effingham County Board of Commissioners chambers were at overflow level Saturday morning. More than 100 residents flocked to the county administrative offices to air grievances, ask questions and hear a comprehensive presentation on the recently announced OpenAI data center proposal…...

Reverend Raphael Warnock
warnock.senate.gov > newsroom > press-releases > warnock-visits-future-openai-data-center-site-calls-for-statewide-moratorium

Warnock Visits Future OpenAI Data Center Site, Calls for Statewide Moratorium » Reverend Raphael Warnock

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (225+ words) Today, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock met with residents in Effingham County to discuss the impact of OpenAI’s proposed data center on their community In July, OpenAI announced it would construct a 3.2-gigawatt data center in Effingham County, Georgia Senator Warnock called…...

Morris Multimedia
statesboroherald.com > local > georgia-power-openai-contract-approved-for-effingham-center

Georgia Power, OpenAI contract approved for Effingham center

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1025+ words) Both Georgia Power’s contract with OpenAI was approved and the final Development of Regional Impact report for the Effingham County data center was released, Wednesday. The following updates mark separate steps in the process for the 1,400-acre data center project....