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Utilities Plan Excess Power Capacity for Data Centers
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A recent report from Greenlink Analytics and Science for Georgia, prepared for the Southern Environmental Law Center, finds Georgia utilities' 10 gigawatt expansion has only about a 0.2 percent likelihood of occurring. It projects data center load growth between 2.2 and 8.7 GW by 2031 and warns utilities may overbuild gas-fired infrastructure and shift costs to residential ratepayers.
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