OpenAI plans a $30bn Georgia data centre, and a charm offensive to match
THE SO WHAT
A $30B data center in Georgia with a built-in charm offensive shows that the hard part of hyperscale AI buildout is now local politics — water, power, and community consent. If you’re planning large deployments, you need stakeholder strategy — regulators, utilities, neighbors — on the same footing as your architecture diagrams.
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