FACILITY PROFILE · GA

Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)

OpenAI · Rincon · GA

PROJECT FACTS

Facility overview

Proposed

Operator: OpenAI
Location: Rincon, Effingham, GA
Operating power capacity: Not publicly reported
Planned power capacity: 3,200.0 MW
AI classification: Confirmed
Source confidence: Confirmed
Reported energy source: grid
Reported utility: Georgia Power
Cooling system: closed_loop
Location accuracy: approximate
Original announcement: 2026-07-22
Source record updated: 2026-10-14

Operating MW and planned MW are separate disclosures, not automatically additive. Blank values mean no established source figure; they do not mean zero. Geolocation may be approximate or represent multiple sites.

SOURCE DOCUMENTATION

Original source links

Project Camellia (OpenAI Data Center) — official county project page ↗2026-09-10

$20 billion OpenAI data center to open in Effingham County ↗2026-09-10

As Effingham County data center plan advances, next step is state evaluation process ↗2026-08-28

OpenAI plans to build its own 3.2 GW data center campus in Georgia ↗2026-08-28

Effingham County residents sue county over data center zoning ordinance, demand transparency ↗2026-09-10

State reveals full DRI report on OpenAI's Effingham County data center project ↗2026-10-14

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