Effingham CountyFriday, November 6
Effingham County delays its OpenAI data center vote a second time, until Nov. 17
The Daily Savannah team
If you've been following Project Camellia, the wait goes on. Effingham County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone a decision on the site plan for the proposed OpenAI data center. It's the second delay, and the developer asked for the first one in September. County planning staff had recommended approval.
The proposed data center would cover 1,347 acres
Area of the proposed data center, beside places you know
1,019 football fields would fit inside the proposed data center
Source: WJCL
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| Area | |
|---|---|
| The proposed data center | 1,347 acres |
| A football field | 1.3 acres (end zones included) |
Commissioners raised questions about noise protections, and WSAV reports they also pressed developers on wetland impacts and discussed a 20-foot berm to shield nearby homes from noise and light. The application came from Octans GA LLC, an OpenAI affiliate.
“I expected tonight to have somebody with the capabilities of coming here and telling people about this project and we haven't had that.”
- Next vote: Nov. 17, alongside a possible moratorium discussion
- Building height: about 42 feet each
- Also planned: 100,000-square-foot warehouse, 75,000-square-foot operations building
- Location: along Effingham Parkway and Gateway Parkway
- Status: postponed, not rejected
Project Camellia has shrunk and stalled
- 6
- data center buildings now planned
- 30
- buildings in the original plan
- 20 feet
- berm discussed to shield nearby homes
- 2
- delays of the site-plan decision so far