OpenAI Project Camellia
AI data center project · Effingham County, GA
Status Proposed · early development VERIFIED · MODERATE
Last checked against its sources Oct 3, 2026
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Profile
OpenAI announced Project Camellia in Effingham County's Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub and says it is contracting with Georgia Power for 3.2 GW of power delivered in phases from 2028 to 2032. OpenAI describes a planned closed-loop cooling system and says design, infrastructure, and phasing work remains. Plaintiffs filed a September 2026 complaint challenging the county development authority's public process; the allegations remain unadjudicated. The power figure is future contracted delivery, not current load or generation. VERIFIED · MODERATE
Key facts
- Planned power supply (being contracted)
- 3.2 GW in phases, 2028–2032
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
- Intended cooling approach
- Closed-loop water system
- VERIFIED · MODERATE
- Public litigation
- Open-meetings and records complaint filed September 21, 2026
- VERIFIED · HIGH
- Campus acreage
- UNKNOWN
- UNKNOWN · UNKNOWN
VERIFIED values are stated by a cited source; DERIVED values are calculated from them; ESTIMATED values are approximations; UNKNOWN means no reliable public information, not absence. The map point is approximate and is not a parcel boundary.
Open questions
- UNKNOWN Exact parcel and campus acreage are not stated in the cited company announcement.
- UNKNOWN Current measured load, generator equipment, and water demand are unknown.
- UNKNOWN No MISO or PJM relationship is assigned to Georgia Power.
Changes (3)
- 2026-10-03 New information OpenAI Project Camellia: Plaintiffs filed an open-meetings and records complaint concerning Project Camellia; the allegations are not adjudicated. Source: Superior Court of Effingham County (copy published by Southern Environmental Law Center).
- 2026-09-30 Correction OpenAI Project Camellia: Power supply relabeled as being contracted: OpenAI says it is contracting for 3.2 GW, not that a contract is signed. Previously: Contracted phased power delivery. Source: OpenAI.
- 2026-09-29 Added to the atlas OpenAI Project Camellia: Added to the atlas.