Why Mississippi coal is powering Georgia’s data centers

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By Emily JonesAug 27, 2024, 4:45 am247 pts
Last October, Georgia Power approached regulators with what it said was a crisis. Unless they did something soon, they discovered, the growing demand for electricity would outpace production sometime in the winter of 2025. Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp and other state leaders had been courting data centers…

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