OpenAI Project Camellia
A hyperscale AI campus by OpenAI in Effingham County, GA, on the Southeast utilities grid. Status: approved.
Grid and gas impact
At full buildout this campus is announced at 3,210 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 626 MW running by 2030.
At that level it would use about 4,113 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 381,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 61.2 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.
Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 3 of 4 bolts. Outlined bolts mean the campus is approved, announced or proposed and may not be built as planned.
Latest update. Nov 3, 2026: Georgia Power signed a 3.2 GW, 25-year contract; service from 2028, 1 GW flexible. Status raised from Announced.
Research note. dcmap: 3,210 MW peak connected load (estimated).
Fact sheet
- Index ID
- DC-033
- Campus
- OpenAI Project Camellia
- Developer / tenant
- OpenAI
- Segment
- Hyperscale AI
- Location
- Effingham County, GA
- State / province
- Georgia
- Country
- United States
- Metro
- Savannah
- Grid region
- Southeast utilities
- Electric utility
- Georgia Power
- Status
- Approved (counts 65% toward 2030)
- Online / target
- 2028
- Announced capacity
- 3,210 MW (Facility / utility service)
- Expected load by 2030
- 626 MW (index estimate)
- Annual energy at expected load
- about 4,113 GWh
- Power supply
- Grid (Georgia Power)
- Added gas burn, average day
- 61.2 MMcf/d (index estimate)
- Impact rating
- (3 of 4; scale)
- Confidence
- B (Several consistent sources)
- Last reviewed
- November 3, 2026
Sources
- Largest US data centers by reported powerdcmap.us · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- Upcoming largest data center projects in the United StatesBlackridge Research · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- Southern Co. contracted large load reaches 17 GWUtility Dive · Aug 4, 2026
Every source used across the index is listed in the source log. Spotted an error? Email [email protected] with "Correction: DC-033" in the subject.
How to cite
Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "OpenAI Project Camellia" (DC-033), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-033-openai-project-camellia/, updated November 3, 2026.