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Data centers and electrification of transportation driving energy demand in Georgia

Georgia is expecting more data centers to be built that will require huge amounts of energy to operate. State lawmakers heard about the future energy needs at a hearing Monday in Atlanta. (SPECIAL)

data centers in Georgia — Georgia is expecting more data centers to be built that will require huge amounts of energy to operate. State lawmakers heard about the future energy needs at a hearing Monday in Atlanta. (SPECIAL)

ATLANTA — Data centers gulp massive amounts of power, and that insatiable thirst is driving new production and distribution of natural gas supply, experts said at a legislative hearing Monday.

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