Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus)
OpenAI has proposed a 3200 MW data center in Effingham County, Georgia (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 3200 MW
- Investment
- $20B
- Site
- 1,400 acres
- Reported jobs
- 400
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other OpenAI builds
Operator
OpenAI
Utility
Georgia Power
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 2 mo ago
Announced
- 2 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- OpenAI
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 3200 MW
- Reported investment
- $20B
- Site area
- 1,400 acres
- Reported jobs
- 400
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2026-07-22Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Site
- City
- Rincon
- County
- Effingham
- State
- Georgia
- Location precision
- Street address reported
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Georgia Power
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Property tax abatement (50% for 15 years) (Effingham County, GA)
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus) | Proposed | 3200 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 10, 2026 · Record: openai-project-camellia-effingham-ga
- CAEffingham County, Georgia (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAThe Current (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CAThe Current (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 28, 2026
- CAW.Media (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 28, 2026
- CAWTOC (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 154403649065016
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. 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.
Cite or correct this record
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 Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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