AWS’ Georgia investment is the latest in a series of 10-figure data center expansion initiatives the company has announced over the past two years. Last April, it detailed a $11 billion plan to build new data centers in Illinois. It’s also investing $35 billion to expand its cloud infrastructure footprint in Virginia.

A new rule from state regulators highlights the growing angst from politicians as data centers pop up all over Georgia.

Georgia energy regulators voted Thursday to put some guardrails around the proliferation of power-hungry data centers cropping up across the state. The state Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously approved a rule that allows new large-load Georgia Power customers using more than 100 megawatts of electricity to be billed based on the risks associated

The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a new rule for data centers in an effort to protect Georgia Power ratepayers from cost-shifting, officials said.

As Georgia quickly becomes one of large companies' favorite states to build data centers in, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) is changing how those centers will pay for power.