OpenAI plans to spend $30B+ on a massive new data center in Georgia, securing 3.2GW of total energy; several hundred MW are set to come online starting in 2028 (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

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OpenAI plans a $30B Georgia data center with 3.2GW of secured energy, expanding its long-term compute footprint.

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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/openai-plans-to-spend-over-30-billion-on-georgia-data-center"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260722/i21.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260722/p21#a260722p21" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Dina Bass / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/openai-plans-to-spend-over-30-billion-on-georgia-data-center">OpenAI plans to spend $30B+ on a massive new data center in Georgia, securing 3.2GW of total energy; several hundred MW are set to come online starting in 2028</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; OpenAI plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a massive new data center near Savannah, Georgia as part of the ChatGPT maker's push &hellip; </p>