Cybersecurity systems, routers, servers, switches: All of these whirring gadgets are storing and managing mass amounts of crucial information in data centers popping up across Georgia.
The centers are already using millions of square feet right here in metro Atlanta. That’s as companies rely more on AI and digital interactions with customers. With that need comes a now-explosive industry. The Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Kristi Brigman says that brings many incentives to Atlanta, like infrastructure improvements and job creation.
But as we’ve heard and read with WABE’s “Server South” series, many lawmakers and residents with data centers forming in their backyards are concerned about power, water and land usage, and the costs to Georgians.
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