Anatomy of a secret Coastal Georgia data center deal

Anatomy of a secret Coastal Georgia data center deal

Georgia Power brokered it. OpenAI and Effingham County officials negotiated in secret. Here’s how they kept the $20 billion data center deal out of the public eye.

The Current Georgia: Anatomy of a secret Coastal Georgia data center deal

The Current Georgia: Anatomy of a secret Coastal Georgia data center deal. “Last fall, representatives of Georgia’s largest utility company assumed the role of matchmaker. They contacted Effingham County officials with a proposal: One of the largest tech companies in the world was looking for a location to build a data center. The ensuing courtship, brokered by Georgia Power and conducted in secret, culminated some nine months later, when OpenAI…