Effingham County, Georgia
Effingham County, Georgia has 3.2 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 3 GW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 16.5% of Georgia's data center MW.
Effingham County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Effingham County's own plants cover 92.4% of the load on record, and nothing is in the queue.
Data centers by status
4 records, 3.2 GW
The data center pipeline
4 records list a year online or expected, from 2028 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 800 MW listed for 2028 and 800 MW for 2029.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 | 800 |
| 2029 | 1 | 800 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 1 | 800 |
| 2032 | 1 | 800 |
Who is building in Effingham
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 4 | 3,200 |
Power generation in the county
24 plants operate inside Effingham County, 3 GW. Nothing is in the queue for the county.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Effingham County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 19 | 2,834 |
| Petroleum Coke | Operating | 2 | 90 |
| Solar | Operating | 3 | 32 |
Effingham County against its neighbors
None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Chatham County has the most operating generation among them, 166 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effingham County this page | 4 | 0 | 1.1x | ||
| Chatham County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Bulloch County | 0 | 0 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
3 counties shownEvery record in Effingham County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 28 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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