To stream 13WMAZ on your phone, you need the 13WMAZ app. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video FORSYTH, Ga. — Data centers are moving into Central Georgia at a rapid pace, and they are bringing massive electricity demands with them. Now, state lawmakers are fighting over a simple but consequential question: who pays for all that power? The Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 410 on March 6, sending it to the House for consideration before the legislative session ends in April. The bill would repeal the state sales and use tax exemption that data centers currently receive on equipment and lock into state law that data centers — not everyday Georgia Power customers — must cover the full cost of any new generation and transmission infrastructure their operations require. Sen. Larry Walker III, R-Perry, said the bill is designed to protect residential and retail customers from absorbing costs driven by some of the largest power consumers in the state. “We’re going to make it in the state law that those large load customers cannot put upward pressure on the residential and retail consumer power rates — they’ve got to take on all th
