OpenAI data center in Effingham

Georgia state legislation

• Georgia PSC Docket #56310 - Certification of Supplemental Resources for 2028-2031 CapacityApprovalpsc.ga.govCompanion certification docket to #56298, part of the same Dec 2025 generation-capacity approval package tied to data-center demand growth.Download
• Georgia PSC Docket #56002 - Georgia Power 2025 Integrated Resource PlanApprovalpsc.ga.govFiled Jan 2025, projecting ~8,200-8,500MW of load growth through 2030 overwhelmingly attributed to data centers. Approved July 2025.Download
• Georgia PSC Docket #44280 - Large-Load Tariff Rule + Rate FreezeApprovalpsc.ga.govPSC adopted a rule (Jan 2025) requiring large-load customers ≥100MW to sign customized contracts with financial guarantees, plus a July 2025 stipulated agreement freezing Georgia Power base rates through 2028 to shield residential ratepayers from data-center cost-shifting.Download
• Georgia PSC Docket #56298 - Certification of Capacity from 2029-2031 All-Source RFPApprovalpsc.ga.govUnanimously approved Dec 2025 -- ~9,885MW combined (with companion docket #56310) of new generation capacity, explicitly to meet data-center-driven demand.Download
• HB6984 - Data Center Transparency Act (environmental reporting)Legislationdatacenterbans.comRequires reports on data center effects on air/water quality and electricity consumption.Download
• SB408 - Advances sunset date for data center tax exemptionLegislationdatacenterbans.comAdvances the sunset date for the data center equipment sales and use tax exemption.Download
• HB4319 - Property Owner Protection from Data Center Impacts ActLegislationdatacenterbans.comProvides compensation to property owners for harm caused by data center construction or operation within 1,000 feet.Download
• SB232 - One-year moratorium on hyperscale data centersMoratoriumdatacenterbans.comImposes a one-year moratorium on construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.Download
• HB1059 - Data Center Impact Assessment and Development Moratorium Act of 2026Moratoriumdatacenterbans.comProhibits construction or development of new data centers for a specified time pending impact assessment.Download
• Nine-Month MoratoriumMoratoriumdatacenterbans.comCamden County, Georgia enacted a nine-month moratorium on data center development, May 5, 2026.Download
• Resolution 2025-193 (Moratorium)Moratoriumclaytoncountyga.govClayton County moratorium on new data centers, approved September 2, 2025, expired December 31, 2025.Download
• Ordinance 25-O-1063Ordinanceatlantacityga.iqm2.comSecond Atlanta zoning ordinance on data centers, adopted June 2, 2025.Download
• Data Center Text Amendment (lifted moratorium ordinance)Ordinanceengagedekalb.dekalbcountyga.govDeKalb County, Georgia ordinance lifting its data center moratorium and replacing it with zoning text amendments, January 22, 2026.Download
• Data Center Ban Lifted / Replacement OrdinanceOrdinancewuga.orgAthens-Clarke County lifted its data center ban and replaced it with a regulatory ordinance on April 9, 2026.Download
• Ordinances 24-O-1218 & 24-O-1222Ordinancecitycouncil.atlantaga.govAtlanta zoning ordinances enacted September 3, 2024 regulating data center siting.Download
• Georgia PSC Docket #55378 - Large Load Economic Development ReportingDocumentpsc.ga.govHome of Georgia Power's recurring quarterly large-load/data-center pipeline reports (GW of prospective customers, materialization/attrition rates). Named customers referenced across filings: QTS, Meta, Microsoft, Google, X, Walmart.Download
• SB34 - Public Service Commission; costs incurred by an electric utility as a result of providing electric services to commercial data centers from being included in any rates; prohibitLegislationlegiscan.comIn committee Feb 25, 2026Description comingDownload