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Data centers in Chatham County, Georgia

No data center in Chatham County is on the record. The nearest one planned is OpenAI Effingham County Data Center Campus (Project Camellia) in Rincon, 21 miles away, waiting on permits. The nearest running is Google Berkeley County data center in South Carolina, about 105 miles away.

Chatham County limits new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Chatham County Commissioners passed a moratorium on large scale data centers of at least 10 megawatts lasting approximately five months, reported September 14, 2026.

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The closest data centers to Chatham County

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Georgia and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Waiting on permits Waiting on permits

    OpenAI Effingham County Data Center Campus (Project Camellia)

    Rincon, Effingham County · OpenAI

    Latest, September 4, 2026: OpenAI is planning a large data center in Effingham County, Georgia, for which Georgia Power received approval for a 3.2 GW power deal, and which faces a citizen led zoning lawsuit and questions about water and electric bill impacts.

    21 miles from the center of Chatham County to the site.

    psc.ga.gov query feed
  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    Google Berkeley County data center

    Berkeley County · Google

    Latest, reported October 13, 2025: Google is investing $9 billion in three South Carolina AI data centre campuses through 2027

    About 105 miles from the center of Chatham County to Moncks Corner, the seat of Berkeley County.

    techbuzz.ai news outlet

What Chatham County has decided 2 bodies, 2 decisions on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Chatham Countycountyrestrictive until February 14, 20272027-02-14Chatham County Commissioners passed a moratorium on large scale data centers of at least 10 megawatts lasting approximately five months. wgtjradio.com local outlet Sep 14, 20261 act on this row
Every act on the Chatham County row
  1. moratorium adopted

    Chatham County Commissioners passed a moratorium on large scale data centers of at least 10 megawatts lasting approximately five months

    wgtjradio.com local outlet

Last verified September 14, 2026.

12026-09-14
Savannahcityrestrictive until February 3, 20272027-02-03Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers. savannahnow.com local outlet Sep 1, 20261 act on this row
Every act on the Savannah row
  1. moratorium adopted

    Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers

    savannahnow.com local outlet

Last verified September 8, 2026.

12026-09-08

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.

The rules across Georgia

What happened

  1. wgtjradio.com local outlet

  2. Moratorium adoptedSavannah

    Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers

    savannahnow.com local outlet

Georgia, year by year

Nearby places with records

30 miles away Effingham County: 1 data center on the record.
35 miles away, South Carolina Beaufort County: 1 data center on the record.
86 miles away, South Carolina Dorchester County: 1 data center on the record.
107 miles away, South Carolina Berkeley County: 1 data center on the record.
111 miles away Richmond County: 1 data center on the record.
112 miles away Augusta: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Georgia county.

Questions about Chatham County

Is there a data center near Chatham County?

No data center in Chatham County is on the record. The nearest one planned is OpenAI Effingham County Data Center Campus (Project Camellia) in Rincon, 21 miles from the center of Chatham County to the site, waiting on permits. The nearest running is Google Berkeley County data center in South Carolina, about 105 miles from the center of Chatham County to Moncks Corner, the seat of Berkeley County.

answered from the rows above

Is Chatham County allowing new data centers?

Chatham County limits new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The rating on the record holds until February 14, 2027, the day the act it rests on ends. The pause on the record: Chatham County Commissioners passed a moratorium on large scale data centers of at least 10 megawatts lasting approximately five months, reported September 14, 2026.

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County, Chatham County
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Researcher view · Chatham County, Georgia · 0 records, 2 rule rows · Census GEOID 13051 · basis and source tier on every row · verified September 14, 2026

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