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Timothy Pratt in Atlanta

Fears over higher rates as Georgia moves to provide more electricity for AI datacenters

A Georgia Power electricity generation facility in Euharlee, Georgia, in 2020.
A Georgia Power electricity generation facility in Euharlee, Georgia, in 2020. Photograph: Mike Stewart/AP

Georgia is facing the largest demand for electricity in its history, driven by nation-leading datacenter construction.

The Georgia Power company has made an unprecedented bid to the agency that oversees the utility for about 10 additional gigawatts of energy in the coming years – enough to power 8.3m homes, at an estimated cost of nearly $16bn, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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