Data centers in Savannah, Georgia

No data center in Savannah is on the record. The nearest one planned is OpenAI Effingham County Data Center Campus (Project Camellia) in Rincon, 19 miles away, waiting on permits. The nearest running is Google Berkeley County data center in South Carolina, about 106 miles away.

Savannah limits new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers, reported September 1, 2026. Chatham County's own decisions are on the Chatham County page.

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The closest data centers to Savannah

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.

Nearest one planned

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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.

19 miles from the center of Savannah to the site.

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Nearest one running

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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 106 miles from the center of Savannah to Moncks Corner, the seat of Berkeley County.

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What Savannah has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the city has 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.

Body	Level	Rating	In force until	Latest act	Acts	Verified
Savannah	city	restrictive until February 3, 2027	2027-02-03	Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers. savannahnow.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Sep 1, 20261 act on this row Every act on the Savannah row Reported Sep 1 moratorium adopted Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers savannahnow.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Last verified September 8, 2026.	1	2026-09-08

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The rules across Georgia

What happened

Reported September 1, 2026Moratorium adoptedSavannah

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

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Georgia, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Chatham County: No data center on the record yet. A pause is on the record.

27 miles away Effingham County: 1 data center on the record.

37 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.

108 miles away Richmond County: 1 data center on the record.

108 miles away Augusta: 1 data center on the record.

109 miles away, South Carolina Berkeley County: 1 data center on the record.

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

Questions about Savannah

Is there a data center near Savannah?

No data center in Savannah is on the record. The nearest one planned is OpenAI Effingham County Data Center Campus (Project Camellia) in Rincon, 19 miles from the center of Savannah to the site, waiting on permits. The nearest running is Google Berkeley County data center in South Carolina, about 106 miles from the center of Savannah to Moncks Corner, the seat of Berkeley County.

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Is Savannah allowing new data centers?

Savannah limits new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The rating on the record holds until February 3, 2027, the day the act it rests on ends. The pause on the record: Savannah City Council approved a 155 day moratorium on large scale data centers, reported September 1, 2026.

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About this data

Last verified September 8, 2026

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ga/chatham-county/savannah, updated September 8, 2026.

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Level: city
Census GEOID: 1369000
Census geography: Incorporated place, Savannah city
Rating: Restrictive