Baymare / Morning Hornet data center (Stanton Springs, second campus)

Georgia state legislation

• ApprovalGeorgia PSC Docket #56310 - Certification of Supplemental Resources for 2028-2031 Capacitypsc.ga.govDownloadCompanion certification docket to #56298, part of the same Dec 2025 generation-capacity approval package tied to data-center demand growth.
• ApprovalGeorgia PSC Docket #56002 - Georgia Power 2025 Integrated Resource Planpsc.ga.govDownloadFiled Jan 2025, projecting ~8,200-8,500MW of load growth through 2030 overwhelmingly attributed to data centers. Approved July 2025.
• ApprovalGeorgia PSC Docket #44280 - Large-Load Tariff Rule + Rate Freezepsc.ga.govDownloadPSC adopted a rule (Jan 2025) requiring large-load customers ≥100MW to sign customized contracts with financial guarantees, plus a July 2025 stipulated agreement freezing Georgia Power base rates through 2028 to shield residential ratepayers from data-center cost-shifting.
• ApprovalGeorgia PSC Docket #56298 - Certification of Capacity from 2029-2031 All-Source RFPpsc.ga.govDownloadUnanimously approved Dec 2025 -- ~9,885MW combined (with companion docket #56310) of new generation capacity, explicitly to meet data-center-driven demand.
• LegislationHB6984 - Data Center Transparency Act (environmental reporting)datacenterbans.comDownloadRequires reports on data center effects on air/water quality and electricity consumption.
• LegislationSB408 - Advances sunset date for data center tax exemptiondatacenterbans.comDownloadAdvances the sunset date for the data center equipment sales and use tax exemption.
• LegislationHB4319 - Property Owner Protection from Data Center Impacts Actdatacenterbans.comDownloadProvides compensation to property owners for harm caused by data center construction or operation within 1,000 feet.
• MoratoriumSB232 - One-year moratorium on hyperscale data centersdatacenterbans.comDownloadImposes a one-year moratorium on construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.
• MoratoriumHB1059 - Data Center Impact Assessment and Development Moratorium Act of 2026datacenterbans.comDownloadProhibits construction or development of new data centers for a specified time pending impact assessment.
• MoratoriumNine-Month Moratoriumdatacenterbans.comDownloadCamden County, Georgia enacted a nine-month moratorium on data center development, May 5, 2026.
• MoratoriumResolution 2025-193 (Moratorium)claytoncountyga.govDownloadClayton County moratorium on new data centers, approved September 2, 2025, expired December 31, 2025.
• OrdinanceOrdinance 25-O-1063atlantacityga.iqm2.comDownloadSecond Atlanta zoning ordinance on data centers, adopted June 2, 2025.
• OrdinanceData Center Text Amendment (lifted moratorium ordinance)engagedekalb.dekalbcountyga.govDownloadDeKalb County, Georgia ordinance lifting its data center moratorium and replacing it with zoning text amendments, January 22, 2026.
• OrdinanceData Center Ban Lifted / Replacement Ordinancewuga.orgDownloadAthens-Clarke County lifted its data center ban and replaced it with a regulatory ordinance on April 9, 2026.
• OrdinanceOrdinances 24-O-1218 & 24-O-1222citycouncil.atlantaga.govDownloadAtlanta zoning ordinances enacted September 3, 2024 regulating data center siting.
• DocumentGeorgia PSC Docket #55378 - Large Load Economic Development Reportingpsc.ga.govDownloadHome of Georgia Power's recurring quarterly large-load/data-center pipeline reports (GW of prospective customers, materialization/attrition rates). Named customers referenced across filings: QTS, Meta, Microsoft, Google, X, Walmart.
• LegislationSB34 - Public Service Commission; costs incurred by an electric utility as a result of providing electric services to commercial data centers from being included in any rates; prohibitlegiscan.comIn committee Feb 25, 2026DownloadDescription coming