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Recent Georgia data center news

• Jul 14, 2026

  New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium

  New York has announced a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers.

  • Governor Kathy Hochul signed the order into law, immediately pausing environmental permits for projects of 50MW or more while a regulatory framework is developed.
  • The framework will include a Generic Environmental Impact Statement on energy demand, water use and quality, and air quality, and local entities will receive guidance within 60 days on community benefits negotiations; the order also directs consideration of a New York Grid Acceleration Fund.
  • The article also references earlier and proposed legislation, including S.9144 introduced by Elizabeth Krueger and a proposed national moratorium, the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in March 2026.
• Jul 13, 2026

  TA Realty buys data center-zoned land in Sterling, Virginia

  TA Realty’s data center arm has acquired a 9.82-acre, data center-zoned land parcel at 45564 Thayer Road, Sterling, Virginia for $60 million.

  • The off-market deal closed on June 8; TA paid $6.1 million per acre for the site, which has approval for a two-story data center building.
  • JK Land Holdings sold the property after TA Digital Group made an unsolicited offer; KUHN said the price reflects market value for fully entitled, site plan-approved data center ground in the area. TA Realty’s data center platform reportedly includes more than 12 projects and nearly 3GW of power capacity.
• Jul 10, 2026

  How Louisiana is preparing to capitalize on a nuclear energy boom

  Louisiana is signaling a broader strategy to build out its nuclear-energy ecosystem, with Turner Industries dedicating fabrication capacity to nuclear-grade work and state institutions supporting workforce and infrastructure development.

  • Turner Industries has dedicated its Port Allen and New Iberia fabrication facilities to produce nuclear-grade piping and precision modules for advanced reactors, with the move expected to create 1,000 new jobs while preserving its existing industrial business.
  • Louisiana Economic Development, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, the governor’s office, and industrial groups are backing local nuclear infrastructure; LSU is seeking federal funding for nuclear engineering education and plans to work with Baton Rouge Community College to certify nuclear welders.
  • The article frames this as a future-oriented strategy, not a completed deal or project announcement; it emphasizes rising demand from data centers and manufacturing, the potential role of SMRs, and workforce shortages highlighted by the Vogtle expansion.
• Jul 10, 2026

  FLOPS vs Megawatts: Who’s Winning in 2026 Supercomputing?

  The article provides analysis and commentary on 2026 supercomputing buildouts, contrasting public exascale systems with hyperscaler AI campuses. It is not a first-time announcement by one entity, but a roundup of recent developments and milestones.

  • The piece compares public TOP500 systems and private hyperscaler AI campuses, highlighting that private builds are measured in hundreds of megawatts to gigawatts rather than HPL scores.
  • It cites several recent milestones, including Microsoft’s Wisconsin Fairwater campus, xAI’s Colossus 2, OpenAI and Oracle’s Stargate, and Meta’s Prometheus nuclear power agreements.
  • It also notes Alice Recoque installation in France under a €354.8 million EuroHPC JU contract with Eviden and mentions the next TOP500 list at SC26 in November.
• Jul 9, 2026

  DOE Closes $3.26 Billion Transmission Loan to AEP Texas

  The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that its Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a loan of up to $3.26 billion to AEP Texas for transmission upgrades.

  • The financing will support nearly 100 transmission projects across south and west Texas, including rebuilding, reconductoring, and new construction of roughly 2,800 miles of transmission lines.
  • DOE said the projects are intended to help meet demand from data centers, advanced manufacturing, and Permian Basin oil and gas development, and it estimated $685 million in savings over 30 years for more than 1 million Texas households and businesses.
  • AEP Texas said it has signed letters of agreement supporting up to 41 GW of potential new load additions through 2030.
  • The article also places this loan in the context of other recent DOE financing actions, including a $26.54 billion package for Southern Co. subsidiaries and a prior $1.6 billion DOE transmission loan guarantee for AEP.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Can Growing Community Backlash Quiet the AI Data Center Boom?

  The article reports that organized opposition to US data center development is growing rapidly as AI infrastructure buildouts accelerate, with new survey and tracking data suggesting community acceptance is becoming a major site-selection factor.

  • DataCenterOpposition.com says it now tracks 430 local groups opposing data center projects in more than 40 states, up from 268 in April and about 76 at end-2025; the groups are estimated to represent more than 525,000 members.
  • The piece also cites Data Center Watch reporting opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects representing roughly $130 billion in Q1 2026; in Virginia, QTS ended its Prince William Digital Gateway pursuit and the Dulles South Innovation Center proposal collapsed after permitting, political, and community opposition.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Prologis files to build 99MW data center in San Jose, California

  Prologis has announced plans to develop a new data center at 5977 Silver Creek Valley Road in San Jose, California.

  • The proposed project is a three-story, 516,000 sq ft facility on about 15 acres, with 99MW of capacity and an on-site substation.
  • Prologis said construction would take around two years and that it will cover the costs of transmission upgrades; the site was previously acquired by Duke Realty for $40.2 million in 2021 and later transferred to Prologis through the $23 billion Duke Realty acquisition in 2022.
• Jul 9, 2026

  County officials deny data center zoning request in Georgia

  Douglas County, Georgia officials have denied a rezoning application for a large data center campus outside Villa Rica.

  • The Douglas County commissioners voted 4-1 against the rezoning request for a five-building campus on around 700 acres south of Interstate 20 Liberty Road.
  • The project, filed by East Village Dothan LLC and reported as developed by EdgeConneX, would have totaled about 4.4 million sq ft; the county planning commission had also recommended denial. The campus was previously described in a Development of Regional Impact filing as 11 buildings totaling 6.2 million sq ft plus four warehouses totaling 66,000 sq ft.
• Jul 8, 2026

  Edged eyes 725MW data center campus in Pennsylvania

  Edged has announced updated plans for Project Atlas, a data center campus in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, scaling back from six buildings to three. - The revised proposal covers three buildings totaling about 1.5 million sq ft and 725MW, down from the original plan for six data centers and more than 5.1 million sq ft.

  • Edged says it will fund all power and infrastructure upgrades for the campus and plans to dedicate 160 acres to the Jordan Creek Greenway; the site spans about 410 acres at 2493 N. Cedar Crest Boulevard.
  • The article says up to $9 billion was originally set to be invested according to city documents, and notes the township planning commission is expected to discuss the project this week.
• Jul 7, 2026

  Self-storage facility in Marietta, Georgia, targeted for 18MW data center

  Prime Storage Powers Ferry Place, LLC has announced a proposal to convert part of an existing self-storage property in Marietta, Georgia into an 18MW data center.

  • The project would reuse the site at 1155 Powers Ferry Place, converting about 40% of the existing building into 21,570 sq ft of white space and 15,365 sq ft of grey space for data center operations.
  • The plan includes demolition of most exterior self-storage rows for an infrastructure support area, with closed-loop air-cooled mechanical systems, and the city zoning commission recommended approval; Prime Group says a possible RFS as soon as Q3 2026 is listed for the site.
  • Prime Group Holdings said the proposal is an adaptive reuse of an existing developed property and that the approval would allow the commercial use to continue under new zoning conditions.