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Recent Georgia data center news

• Sep 2, 2026

  ONE Nuclear Energy executes LOI for 2.88GWh BESS and gas plant co-located with Louisiana data centre

  ONE Nuclear Energy has announced a binding letter of intent to develop Project Cayman, a 2.88GW natural gas plant and 700MW/2.88GWh battery energy storage system co-located with a high-capacity data centre campus in Louisiana.

  • The LOI was executed on 31 August with an unnamed prominent Louisiana landowner group for the Project Cayman site near RiverPlex MegaPark and northeast of SpaceX’s recently announced infrastructure development.
  • ONE Nuclear said the project supports Entergy’s transmission expansion, and that community outreach will run from September through December with public information meetings involving local parishes, agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Sep 1, 2026

  Mississippi Wealth          

  This article is an analysis and commentary piece about Mississippi’s wealth geography and investment patterns; it does not announce a new first-time corporate deal, but references ongoing regional investment trends.

  • Central Mississippi is said to be drawing billions into data centers and energy, while North Mississippi is building on advanced manufacturing, technology and logistics, and the Gulf Coast is growing in shipbuilding, defense, aerospace and maritime technology.
  • The piece highlights that Mississippi’s reported millionaire density may understate wealth held in farmland, timberland, mineral and royalty interests, and privately held family businesses; it also cites Oxford/Lafayette County as a growing magnet for affluent families and notes Tunica County now has five operating casinos after recent closures.
• Aug 31, 2026

  ChatAEC Aims to Revolutionize the Development Lifecycle

  AIAEC has announced that its ChatAEC platform is being used to embed AI into the architecture, engineering and construction lifecycle for zoning, land use and regulatory research.

  • ChatAEC has been adopted by the Town of Gilbert for pilot programs to improve internal workflows and planning, and by Butler Design Group to support feasibility assessment and site analysis in early project stages.
  • The platform is currently available in Arizona, with planned expansion to Georgia, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Idaho; it retrieves jurisdiction-level information and generates due diligence reports in minutes.

  This is a company announcement describing product adoption and rollout plans, not a report of a completed financing or acquisition.

• Aug 27, 2026

  Data Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box

  Data Center Knowledge reports that at least 18 incumbent officeholders lost elections between August 2025 and August 2026 after actions tied to data center projects or controversies.

  • Utah saw the clearest cases: J. Stuart Adams, Lee Perry, and Boyd Bingham all lost GOP primaries after involvement with the proposed Stratos project in Box Elder County.
  • In Missouri, four incumbent Festus city council members lost after a fight over a proposed $6 billion data center project; other losses and campaign attacks appeared in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Oregon, and Georgia.
  • The article is a news analysis/review, not a primary announcement; it aggregates election results, government records, campaign materials, and local reporting, and includes industry and policy responses from Tigercomm, Data Center Coalition, and state leaders.
• Aug 27, 2026

  QumulusAI Scales GPUs, but Powered Capacity Sets the Pace

  QumulusAI reported its second-quarter results and said it signed $169.7 million in new customer agreements while more than tripling its deployed GPU fleet.

  • Deployed GPUs rose to 3,088 at the end of June from 952 three months earlier; the company signed 21 new direct AI compute contracts and brought cumulative signed customer contract value to $282.5 million across 40 multiyear agreements.
  • QumulusAI ended the quarter with 8 MW of HPC capacity under executed lease and colocation agreements, all committed to customers, and has contracted for up to 3.75 MW in metropolitan Atlanta for expected service in the fourth quarter; it also purchased 1,632 Nvidia Blackwell B300 GPUs during the quarter.
• Aug 27, 2026

  The Janus Five: 20+ Commercial Nuclear Microreactors, Starting in 2028

  The U.S. Army has announced the Janus Program selections for more than 20 commercial nuclear microreactors across five military installations.

  • The Army selected BWXT Advanced Technologies for Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Radiant Industries for Fort Benning, Georgia; General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems for Fort Hood, Texas; Antares Nuclear for Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Westinghouse Government Services for Fort Drum, New York.
  • The five vendors may draw on up to $2.2 billion in Army investment through fiscal year 2031 under fixed-price, milestone-based OTA agreements negotiated through DIU; first project service is targeted for September 2028.
  • The article is a news report/commentary summarizing a first-time announcement and includes background on related Pentagon microreactor programs, including the Air Force’s ANPI and Project Pele.
  • Several vendor-specific details are provided, including Radiant’s up to $750 million award for 15 Kaleidos units, and Antares’ combined book of around $1 billion across programs.
• Aug 27, 2026

  Microsoft taps solar company Qcells to power AI infrastructure

  Microsoft and Qcells have announced an expanded partnership to develop new power capacity alongside Microsoft’s data center growth.

  • Microsoft would fund the power needed for its data center operations, while Qcells would develop and build new capacity to supply either Microsoft or the local utility serving communities near new data centers.
  • The companies are also exploring virtual power plants using “thousands of residential and commercial batteries”; Qcells said it will prioritize income-qualified households. Microsoft separately told the FERC that current agreements for its Wisconsin data center expansion would fail to protect utility customers.
• Aug 27, 2026

  US Army to spend $2B to build nuclear microreactors at 5 bases as US seeks to ramp up nuclear power

  The U.S. Army has announced plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases under its Janus program, selecting five companies to own, construct and operate the reactors if milestones are met.

  • The selected sites are Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Fort Campbell (Kentucky), Fort Hood (Texas), Fort Benning (Georgia), and Fort Drum (New York); each reactor is expected to produce 1 MW to 20 MW.
  • The Army said the companies could receive up to $2.2 billion total over five years; Radiant said its award is $750 million. The Army also said it is working with the Energy Department on radioactive waste removal and expects billions of dollars in private capital investment.
• Aug 26, 2026

  How Data Center Controversies Have Transformed the Midterm Elections

  The Associated Press has published an analysis of the growing political opposition to U.S. data centers and how it is reshaping policy debates. It is commentary and reporting on a broader trend, not a first-time corporate announcement.

  • The article says Oracle, Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft expect to spend more than $700 billion on U.S. data centers this year, while OpenAI and Oracle are building Project Jupiter, a $165 billion complex near the Mexican border in New Mexico.
  • It also notes opposition over water use, electricity costs, and climate impacts; examples include a challenge to well drilling permits in New Mexico, a one-year ban on large data centers in New York, and tougher regulatory steps in Texas under Greg Abbott.
• Aug 20, 2026

  Building the Critical Infrastructure Behind the Internet

  DataBank has highlighted its Lithia Springs campus in Atlanta and its partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie in a video about building data center infrastructure.

  • The video showcases engineering, construction, and collaboration behind DataBank’s Lithia Springs campus in Atlanta.
  • It specifically mentions chilled-water cooling systems and says the partnership between DataBank and Brasfield & Gorrie has been built over years of successful projects.
  • This appears to be a promotional video/commentary, not a formal first-time project announcement, and it includes a 3-minute runtime with a link to DataBank’s YouTube channel.