# Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)

> Proposed: a 3200 MW data center in Effingham County, Georgia, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-camellia-openai-effingham-county-campus-ga-dc_8c6de6a79038  
Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-camellia-openai-effingham-county-campus-ga-dc_8c6de6a79038.md  
Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

OpenAI has proposed a 3200 MW data center in Effingham County, Georgia (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** OpenAI (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 3200 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **Site area:** 1,400 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $20.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported jobs:** 400 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Jul 22, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **City:** Rincon (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **County:** Effingham (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **State:** Georgia (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** Georgia Power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 10, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Incentives reported:** Property tax abatement (50% for 15 years) (Effingham County, GA) (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus) | Proposed | 3200 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 10, 2026) reports it as proposed.

### Who is building Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)?

OpenAI is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- **Jul 22, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://www.effinghamcounty.org/902/Project-Camellia-OpenAI-Data-Center)

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## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.effinghamcounty.org/902/Project-Camellia-OpenAI-Data-Center) · as of Sep 10, 2026 · record openai-project-camellia-effingham-ga
- [Effingham County, Georgia (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.effinghamcounty.org/902/Project-Camellia-OpenAI-Data-Center) · as of Sep 10, 2026
- [The Current (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://thecurrentga.org/2026/07/22/20-billion-openai-data-center-to-open-in-effingham-county/) · as of Sep 10, 2026
- [The Current (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://thecurrentga.org/2026/07/25/as-effingham-county-data-center-plan-advances-next-step-is-state-evaluation-process/) · as of Aug 28, 2026
- [W.Media (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://w.media/openai-plans-to-build-its-own-3-2-gw-data-center-campus-in-georgia/) · as of Aug 28, 2026
- [WTOC (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.wtoc.com/2026/09/03/effingham-county-residents-sue-county-over-data-center-zoning-ordinance-demand-transparency/) · as of Sep 10, 2026
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/project-camellia-openai-effingham-county-campus-ga) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 154403649065016

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-camellia-openai-effingham-county-campus-ga-dc_8c6de6a79038, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.