OpenAI’s rapid expansion of ChatGPT is creating a growing energy challenge for the company and the communities hosting its data centers. That challenge is now playing out in Georgia, where OpenAI plans to build a $20 billion data center campus in Effingham County. The project, called Project Camellia, is planned for 3.2 gigawatts (GW) of power. OpenAI says Georgia Power would deliver the electricity in phases from 2028 through 2032. The project …
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