A 959 million dollar, 180 megawatt data center on about 35 acres at 4350 Tanners Church Road in Ellenwood, Clayton County. The Board of Commissioners approved the site plan 3-1 in October 2024 despite opposition from eight residents over traffic, noise, water and school impacts, and the Development Authority of Clayton County approved a 10-year property tax abatement package in June 2025. The project is expected to be operational by the end of 2026 and create about 700 temporary construction jobs and roughly 60 permanent positions.
A reported 400 acre data center campus proposal near Lovejoy in Clayton County, described by public radio station WABE as looming while county officials hold more talks with residents. No applicant, operator, megawatt figure, or formal rezoning filing has been publicly confirmed for this specific project, so key details remain unknown.
Most of the county is served by Georgia Power, with parts on Coweta-Fayette EMC or Central Georgia EMC.
Base rate freeze through 2028 (docket 44280) holds base rates flat from July 2025. Fuel and storm riders are separate and can still move. Real-time pricing revenue credit and cost allocation review (docket 57171) is pending before the commission without a published residential figure yet. 2026 fuel and storm cost settlement (docket 44280, 56765) takes about $4.04 a month off a typical bill from June 2026.
Georgia Power and the Georgia PSC Public Interest Advocacy Staff reached a stipulated agreement extending the alternate rate plan first approved in the 2022 rate case, keeping Georgia Power base electricity rates flat through at least 2028. The Georgia Public Service Commission approved the stipulation by vote on July 1, 2025, with a formal order issued July 31, 2025. The freeze applies only to base rates and does not limit separate fuel cost recovery or storm cost recovery charges, both of which can still change a residential bill during the freeze period. Georgia Power has said growth in large load customers such as data centers helped make the freeze possible by spreading fixed costs across a larger customer base.
Every Georgia rate case in dollars a month, with hearing dates: willmybillgoup.com, our rate case tracker.
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