Axios: "OpenAI plans 3.2-gigawatt data center in Georgia"

Axios (leftists) ran this POS story:

OpenAI has announced plans to build a data center near Savannah, Georgia, with 3.2 gigawatts of power.

"With" is an interesting choice of words.  What it actually means is that the proposed project will USE 3.2 gigawatts.  Hmmm...
  The entire story is one big press release pushing the supposed fabulous benefits of this project.  Seriously, every word of this reads like a paid press release.

OpenAI says guarantees are in place that residential electricity prices won't increase, and also that OpenAI will reduce its power consumption during periods of high demand before others are impacted.

The "we guarantee the price of residential electricity won't increase" is utter horseshit.  If the state utility commission raises the rates, the company will claim their use had nothing at all to do with that.  And no one can prove otherwise.

OpenAI says it will provide $80 million in benefits to local priorities such as schools, public safety, health care, workforce training and housing.

Locals: "Wow!  $80 million!  Faabulous!"  But read more carefully: benefits "such as" "workforce training."  There's no breakdown, so the company could spend $78 mill on training its own workforce, eh?

The company says it expects to also pay hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes and become the county's largest taxpayer.
    It will also provide up to $71 million in Codex credits for use by every student at a college in Georgia and pay for an independent auditor to verify it is following through on all of its commitments.

Effingham County Commissioner Jamie DeLoach issued a statement saying he and his colleagues posed tough questions about environmental impact and other issues.
    "What we found is a project that uses minimal water, won't increase energy costs for county residents, will generate new tax revenue to support our schools, and create new opportunities for local businesses," DeLoach said.

"What we *found*..."?  No.  What the county commissioner says "we found" is only what the company told 'em.  Nothing more than that.  And it gets WAY better:

The county says it estimates the average homeowner will see a 40% reduction in property taxes due to proceeds generated by OpenAI's data center."

WOW, a 40% cut in your property taxes, eh?  Sound like obozo's bullshit lie to get Obamacare passed: "The average family will SAVE $2,500 a year on health insurance!"  How'd THAT work out, eh?

I'm certain "the county" didn't say jack-shit.  No county worker would put their name on that.  Instead county commissioner DeLoach is claiming "the county" said this, so no one can be held responsible later.
   This isn't "reporting."  What it is is a press release by the company.  Not a single word of caution by the "reporter, nor any question about the impossible-to-guarantee claims by the company.  In other words, hogwash, designed to make local residents support the proposal cuz they believe they'll be getting millions in tax revenue, a 40% drop in their property taxes, and that their electricity bills won't go up.
    If this sounds WAY too good to be true, guess we'll find out.  And if it's not, there won't be any way to hold corrupt pols accountable for supporting the bullshit.

Source: Axios

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/22/openai-savannah-georgia-data-center-project