Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County Campus) — licensed source row

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Operator as published: OpenAI
Address and locality: Rincon · Effingham County · Georgia
Lifecycle status: reported proposed
Facility type: data center
Reported capacity: Planned: 3,200 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified)
Source freshness: 10 September 2026
Location precision: approximate
Source confidence: confirmed
Stable directory ID: dcd-dir-001089

What the source record says

Four data center buildings on roughly 1,400 acres inside the 2,600-acre Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub near Rincon. Effingham County values the project at $20B; OpenAI's VP of Compute Strategy has said full build-out will exceed $30B. Permanent staffing is described as ~400 at the 2028 opening rising to about 1,000 by 2032. Part of OpenAI's Stargate program.

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Status history supplied by the source

2026-07-22 · reported proposed
OpenAI and Effingham County announced a four-building campus at the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub; a Development of Regional Impact application followed on 2026-07-24.
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Sources and attribution

Project Camellia (OpenAI Data Center) — official county project page · Effingham County, Georgia
$20 billion OpenAI data center to open in Effingham County · The Current
As Effingham County data center plan advances, next step is state evaluation process · The Current
OpenAI plans to build its own 3.2 GW data center campus in Georgia · W.Media
Effingham County residents sue county over data center zoning ordinance, demand transparency · WTOC

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