Georgia
Data centers in Columbia County
We track 3 projects inside Columbia County and 1 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.
In Columbia County
Approved
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Appling
Columbia County commissioners approved the Pumpkin Technology Campus, a 420 acre site along Appling-Harlem Road near Highway 221 planned for four data center buildings, two warehouses, and a substation, by a 4-1 vote on February 3-4, 2026 despite strong pushback from the nearby Greenpoint neighborhood. Approval conditions increased required buffers from 250 to 500 feet, raised screening berms from 6 to 12 feet, and barred new residential construction on the east side of Highway 221. No end user, operator, or power figures have been publicly disclosed.
Approved
MW not reported
Appling
Columbia County commissioners unanimously approved the White Oak Technology Park data center project near Appling on February 3-4, 2026, with a condition lowering the allowed noise limit at the property line from 70 to 65 decibels. Developer Trammell Crow Company, a CBRE subsidiary, plans an 8 million plus square foot campus with six substations to handle its power needs, and a local TV report said Google would be the sole operator, though that has not been independently confirmed in follow up coverage. Full build out could take up to ten years with a target of 2028 for initial operation.
Denied
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Appling
A roughly 944 acre data center proposal called Byrd Farms Technology Campus, east of Louisville Road in Columbia County, was denied 4-1 by county commissioners on February 3-4, 2026. Commission chairman Doug Duncan said the board could not identify a confirmed end user for the project, which was the largest and most heavily opposed of three data center proposals decided that night. As of the most recent reporting there is no indication the applicant has resubmitted or appealed.
Within 25 miles of Columbia County
12 mi SEUnder constructionRichmond County, GA
Power bills in Columbia County
Most of the county is served by Georgia Power, with parts on Jefferson Energy Cooperative.
Base rate freeze through 2028 (docket 44280) holds base rates flat from July 2025. Fuel and storm riders are separate and can still move. 2026 fuel and storm cost settlement (docket 44280, 56765) takes about $4.04 a month off a typical bill from June 2026. The December 2025 certification of about 9,885 MW of new generation for data center load came with a promise of at least $8.50 a month of downward pressure on a typical bill in 2029 through 2031, because large customers are meant to carry more of the cost. Consumer groups warned it could instead add around $20 a month if the projected data center demand does not show up.
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.
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