2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (445+ words) Dunwoody is certainly not Orwell's Oceania, and our elected officials and police officers are not Big Brother, but technology has advanced to the point where capabilities Orwell could only imagine are becoming possible....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1180+ words) In late July, a new website popped online carrying local news stories from Georgia. There was an article about a disgraced former Atlanta City Council member, another about President Donald Trump’s visit to Cobb County, and one about Georgia coach…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1174+ words) Data centers are a financial boon to communities, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing back on concerns about their impact on the environment, on utility bills and on their neighbors. The pro-business organization is launching a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (474+ words) That increase has sharpened attention on a permit category that many residents previously had little reason to follow. For Georgia data centers, the permitting debate turns on whether backup power equipment should be treated as a limited operational safeguard or…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (301+ words) Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative (SnapCo.), a Black trans-led organization building safety and political power for Black and brown trans people in Atlanta, is raising money to build a permanent home for the organization. SnapCo. celebrated 13 years with the Forever Paradise…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1726+ words) For a nation so utterly divided in its politics, there’s one issue bringing Americans together: A mistrust of data centers. Data centers are facilities filled with computers and networking equipment that keep the internet, cloud services, apps and AI running....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (393+ words) Protesters gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday to demand community consent and an end to tax breaks for data center development. The Data Center Coalition stated the industry supported more than 187,000 jobs and generated $2.1 billion in state and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (621+ words) Milton, Ga. — Milton enacted a moratorium on data center applications June 15 to allow city staff time to draft possible amendments to the Unified Development Code addressing the developments. The 30-day moratorium will allow the City Council to host a public…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (819+ words) Now with election season upon them, lawmakers are returning home to find local communities up in arms against the warehouses full of computers that power artificial intelligence. “I think they failed us, that’s what I think” said Judy Mullis, an…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (504+ words) Georgia lawmakers are taking small steps to limit the vast reach of artificial intelligence, treading lightly on a topic the White House has warned could prompt a fierce response if states go too far. The legislative session ends Thursday. But…...