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Recent Georgia data center news

• Dec 1, 2026

  [Industry Event] Advancing Data Center Construction East 2026

  Advancing Data Center Construction East 2026 has been announced as an industry event in Atlanta from Dec. 1–3, 2026.

  • The event will bring together 1,200+ owners, hyperscalers, colocation providers, contractors, engineers, designers, and utilities.
  • The agenda focuses on power availability, permitting, preconstruction, workforce development, and project delivery; a discount code: DCKnowledge10 is provided.
• Oct 14, 2026

  Vertically Integrated, Regionally Connected: IRPs and Transmission Planning in the Southeast

  Troutman Pepper Locke published a recorded speaking segment on transmission planning and integrated resource planning in the Southeast. - Josh Combs and Andy Flavin discuss how vertically integrated utilities coordinate regional transmission planning through SERTP, which covers 11 states, even though many southeastern states are outside RTO/ISO markets.

  • The speakers also describe how state commissions use the IRP process to review capital plans, evaluate who benefits from investments, and address costs tied to new large loads such as manufacturers and data centers.
• Oct 13, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The 2026 US-India Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index

  ITIF and the Institute for Competitiveness, India have released a new subnational innovation competitiveness report comparing 87 regions in India and the United States.

  • The report benchmarks 36 Indian states and territories and 51 U.S. regions across 12 indicators in three pillars: knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.
  • It finds the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and California top the U.S. list, while Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Delhi lead India; it also discusses AI policy, FDI concentration, renewable energy, Internet access, R&D, business creation, and patenting.
  • The article is a report summary/analysis and appears to be the first public release of this index, with a downloadable report PDF; it includes multiple monetary figures such as $57.2 billion in India FDI equity and $1 billion for New Hampshire’s biofabrication cluster.
  • The piece is substantively about innovation, infrastructure, digital connectivity, AI, and clean energy, and is relevant to data centres because it discusses AI infrastructure, GPUs, digital infrastructure, and power/renewables.
• Oct 12, 2026

  Virginia Tops AI Data Center Readiness Ranking as Smaller Markets Advance

  TRG DataCenters has published a new August 2026 survey ranking US states for AI data center growth readiness. - The report compares 24 states using infrastructure scale, environmental exposure, mapped AI site capacity, estimated emissions, and water-stress exposure; Virginia ranked first with a score of 100, followed by Ohio (88.2), Tennessee (83.7), Georgia (81.8), and Texas (80.8). - The analysis highlights that South Carolina ranked sixth with only one large AI site and 142 MW of capacity, while Texas had 13 sites and 1,301 MW but faced high water-stress exposure at 58.8% of mapped facilities; the piece also notes Mississippi exceeds 500 MW of AI capacity in the dataset.

  • The article is a commentary/reporting piece based on TRG’s survey rather than a new project announcement; it emphasizes that grid connections, transmission, fiber, build-ready sites, and long-term power availability will shape where AI infrastructure is built.
  • TRG says its dataset mapped 7 large AI sites in Virginia totaling 1,085 MW, 1,410 MW in Ohio, and 1,373 MW in Tennessee, with estimated annual CO2 emissions of about 2.3 million tons in Virginia versus 4.5 million tons in Ohio and 4.3 million tons in Tennessee.
• Oct 7, 2026

  Beyond the Demand Forecast: Six Questions About Powering Data Centers From DPX 2026

  POWER magazine has published a conference-based analysis of DPX 2026, highlighting the main questions discussed about building power infrastructure for data centers and AI load growth.

  • The article summarizes remarks from Peter Lake, Jehmal T. Hudson, Alexander Hubbard, Matthew Gardner, Nelli Babayan, and Jason Reagan rather than announcing a single new project.
  • It includes concrete policy and market details such as Virginia’s GS-5 rate class effective Jan. 1, 2027, Berkeley Lab’s 192 TWh to 649 TWh U.S. data center electricity forecast, and GE Vernova’s planned turbine output ramp to 20 GW in Q4 2026, 24 GW by 2028, and 30 GW by 2030.
• Oct 7, 2026

  Speed to Power: The Vertically Integrated Advantage in the Southeast

  Troutman Pepper Locke has published a podcast transcript episode on vertically integrated utilities and speed to power in the Southeast.

  • Josh Combs and Andy Flavin discuss how vertically integrated utilities in the Southeast differ from RTO/deregulated markets, with generation, transmission, and distribution handled under one utility structure.
  • The conversation explains how IRP and state commission oversight connect load growth, resource planning, and grid build-out over 10-25 years, with examples including Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
• Oct 6, 2026 · Google

  Why we're backing America's existing nuclear plants

  Google has announced a new long-term energy collaboration with Constellation Energy to add 890 MW of nuclear capacity to the PJM grid and deploy Gemini Enterprise across Constellation operations.

  • The agreement covers physical and digital upgrades at six operating nuclear plants across Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; the uprates are expected to be completed before the end of 2032 and add 890 MW of firm clean power.
  • Google says the deal is tied to its data center growth, supports roughly 4,400 existing jobs and 7,200 new construction jobs, and brings Google’s total enabled nuclear capacity to over 1.5 GW in the U.S.; it also references related nuclear efforts in Georgia, Iowa, and Tennessee.
• Oct 5, 2026

  Vistra in Line for $4.2B DOE Loan Package to Uprate Nuclear Plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania

  The Department of Energy has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion for Vistra’s nuclear uprate and modernization program in Pennsylvania and Ohio, with an option to finance potential future uprates at Comanche Peak in Texas.

  • The commitment would help finance uprates and modernization at Beaver Valley (Pennsylvania), Davis-Besse and Perry (Ohio), potentially adding 433 MW of new nuclear capacity and preserving nearly 4 GW of baseload output.
  • DOE said the support is conditional on Vistra meeting technical, legal, environmental, and financial conditions before definitive financing documents are signed; the agency also said the work could extend plant operations by 20 years beyond existing licenses and construction related to Perry is anticipated to begin in October 2026.
• Oct 1, 2026

  4.5-foot-thick walls needed to absorb data center noise: researcher

  The article reports a commentary and technical guidance from biology professor Kasey Fowler-Finn on data center noise mitigation, rather than a new company announcement.

  • Fowler-Finn says data centers emit low-frequency hum from large HVAC and cooling systems that can travel farther than high-frequency noise and may require 4.5-foot-thick walls at 63 Hz or 14-foot-thick walls at 20 Hz to mitigate.
  • Her guidance recommends third-octave band sound pressure testing and setback distances of at least 1,500 feet; it also references lawsuits in Vineland, New Jersey; Dowagiac, Michigan; North Tonawanda, New York; and Hood County, Texas and a September survey by Science for Georgia and Quiet Communities.
• Sep 30, 2026

  Responsible infrastructure at hyperscale: Managing the full lifecycle of Azure hardware

  Microsoft has announced the expansion of its Circular Centers network to support reuse, refurbishment, and recycling of decommissioned cloud hardware alongside Azure growth.

  • New Circular Centers have launched in Newport, Wales and Sydney, Australia, bringing the network to eight centers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific; a new center is planned for San Antonio, Texas.
  • Microsoft says its circular operations achieved a 92% reuse and recycling rate for decommissioned servers and components last year, and it is adding AI-powered automation such as robotic disassembly and autonomous material handling to speed recovery.
  • The piece is a company blog / announcement about infrastructure operations and sustainability, not a third-party report.