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Data centers in Lowndes County
We track 1 project inside Lowndes County and 0 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.
In Lowndes County
Approved
MW not reported
Valdosta
Lowndes County commissioners voted on July 8, 2025 to rezone about 719 acres on Coleman Road near the Foxborough subdivision from commercial and conservation zoning to light manufacturing and conservation, a change that would allow a data center though it is not an automatic approval. Atlanta based DC BLOX has been named in connection with the site but has released few details. The rezoning has drawn sustained opposition from a group called Lowndes Citizens Against Data Centers, with a county information session held July 28, 2026 and no site plan, power figures, or building permit yet on record.
Power bills in Lowndes County
Most of the county is served by Georgia Power, with parts on Colquitt EMC or Slash Pine EMC. Georgia Power reportedly has more residential customers in Valdosta than all other suppliers combined.
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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