ATLANTA – Georgia Power’s contract with OpenAI was approved and the final Development of Regional Impact report for the Effingham County data center was released Aug. 26. So, what’s next? These updates mark separate steps in the process for the 1,400-acre data center project. The Georgia Power contract, approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), secures delivery of 3,200 megawatts of electricity to the data center campus. The Coastal Regional Commission (CRC) of Georgia’s final DRI report analyzes the project’s potential impacts on traffic, the environment and public services and offers recommendations to mitigate them. “The Georgia Power contract, that process with the PSC happens independent of the county’s process,” Effingham County Manager Tim Callanan said. “The thing that the county has been waiting on … was the final report on the DRI application.” He said the report was the county’s final requirement before it can approve Project Camellia’s preliminary site plan. The county will discuss the project this weekend. The Effingham County Board of Commissioners will hold a three-hour public work session on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the county’s administrative complex, 804 S. Laurel St. in Springfield. Callanan said the next step is a preliminary site plan review, which will give commissioners an initial look at the proposed layout and whether it meets requirements such as buffers and setbacks. A more detailed development plan review will…
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