OpenAI’s 3.2 GW Georgia Bet Meets PJM’s Cost Alarm — July 23, 2026

OpenAI plans a 3.2 GW Georgia data center campus as PJM’s market monitor tags data centers with $6.3 billion in capacity-auction charges, while water fights in Texas and California show the AI buildout’s local constraints are tightening. In this episode: Top stories: 1. OpenAI plans $20 billion data center campus near Savannah, Georgia — Quartz https://qz.com/openai-data-center-georgia-savannah-project-camellia-072226 2. AIP, MGX & GIP buy Aligned Data Centres for USD $40bn — DataCenterNews US https://datacenter.news/story/aip-mgx-gip-buy-aligned-data-centres-for-usd-40bn 3. PJM monitor attributes US$6.3bn auction charges to data centres — BTW https://btw.media/en/pjm-monitor-attributes-us-6-3bn-auction-charges-to-data-centres 4. Developer scraps plan for data center near Cedar Creek Lake | Fort Worth Star-Telegram — Fort Worth Star-Telegram https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article316617093.html 5. Lawsuit Tests Water Strategy Behind California’s Lithium Valley — Data Center Knowledge https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/regulations/lawsuit-tests-water-strategy-behind-california-s-lithium-valley Follow and rate The Data Center Daily on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email [email protected]