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Georgia Power rolls out new long-term plan, red carpet for more data centers

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A panel of Georgia Power representatives testified for eight hours at Tuesday’s Public Service Commission hearing about its controversial roadmap for meeting large-scale, data center-driven energy demands over the next decade. The executives testified that the investor-owned utility’s 2025 Integrated…

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What’s Really Holding Back New Data Centers

If you care about decarbonizing the power grid anytime soon, you have to care about data centers. The AI boom and the ongoing growth of the internet have driven a big new cycle of data center construction in the United States, with tech companies trying to buy electricity on the scale of large cities’ energy demands. Peter Freed has seen this up close. As Meta’s former director of energy strategy, he worked on clean energy procurement and data …

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Georgia Power rolls out new long-term plan, red carpet for more data centers • Georgia Recorder

Sierra Club of Georgia community activist Keyanna Jones Moore leads a group of demonstrators outside Tuesday's Georgia Public Service Commission meeting about Georgia Power's controversial energy roadmap. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder. A panel of Georgia Power representatives testified for eight hours at Tuesday’s Public Service Commission about its controversial roadmap for meeting large-scale, data center-driven energy demands over the next …

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Georgia Power rolls out new long-term plan, red carpet for more data centers

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Georgia Power's 2025 plan faces scrutiny over data centers' energy consumption - The Current

Georgia Power has proposed a 10-year plan to meet the growing energy demands of a booming Georgia, including a resource mix of renewable solar storage facilities, natural gas, coal, and hydropower plants, while also addressing concerns about the financial and environmental impact of large data facilities. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’…

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Large Number Of Citizens Testify Tuesday Night On Bill To Regulate Data Centers In Frederick County

The Council could vote on it in early May Frederick, Md (KM) It was a full house Tuesday night at the first floor hearing room of Winchester Hall as the Frederick County Council held a hearing on legislation regulating data centers. Darryl Boffman spoke in favor of data centers. “Data centers represent more than just large buildings with servers,” he said. “They are engines of growth. These facilities bring substantial capital investment, long …

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