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Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition
A proposed data center campus in Muscogee County has become a flashpoint in Georgia’s expanding AI infrastructure boom. Residents say development is beginning to outpace public understanding—and some fear the land itself may bear the cost.
COLUMBUS, Ga.—At the corner of McKee and Macon Road, a rock has long carried the language of a community—birthdays, graduations, small celebrations left in paint, shared between neighbors.
Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition