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Georgia Regulators Investigating Who Pays Data Center Costs
Georgia regulators voted to investigate whether data centres using Georgia Power's Real Time Pricing rate are avoiding approximately $1 billion in fuel costs, shifting the burden to residential and small business customers.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're building data centres in Georgia, your electricity cost structure just became a political target and a cost liability. Regulators are investigating whether you've been underpaying fuel surcharges; the outcome could reset your unit economics or force you to negotiate a new rate contract before the investigation closes.
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Topics: Cloud Infrastructure · data-center-costs · utility-regulation · rate-design · georgia-power · infrastructure-pricing