Lucille Lannigan

Effingham County sees data center interest as officials weigh growth, water use, and infrastructure concerns.

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA – Across southeast Georgia’s coastal plains and fast-growing industrial corridors, local leaders are bracing for an industry that hasn’t fully arrived but is already driving policy debates: data centers.

Mayor Pro-Tem Cindy Hatala asked for the council’s support on a resolution for the city of Richmond Hill to retract political and financial support for the proposed Richmond Hill-Bryan County Airport project during a city council work session on Tuesday.

RICHMOND HILL – The Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization is asking residents across the Savannah metropolitan area to help shape the future of walking and biking infrastructure through the CORE MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Study.

The Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization is asking residents across the Savannah metropolitan area to help shape the future of walking and biking infrastructure through the CORE MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Study.

MIDWAY – The Liberty County Development Authority is reviving a decades-old wastewater treatment plant project to meet growth demands in the county’s eastern half.

RICHMOND HILL – The Richmond Hill City Council voted against a resolution last week that would have withdrawn both political and potential financial support for a proposed Richmond Hill–Bryan County airport, a decision shaped in part by the absence of a key council member who had previously opposed the project.

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. – Coastal Georgia communities that spent years debating warehouses may soon face a new industrial question: Are data centers a better alternative — or an even bigger threat?

A growing debate examines the trade-offs between warehouses and data centers.

RICHMOND HILL – As state regulators prepare for a major round of coastal water withdrawal permit renewals next year, members of Georgia’s Coastal Permitting Advisory Committee spent hours debating how to balance future growth with long-term protection of the Floridan aquifer, one of the most productive groundwater systems in the world.