Datacenters Meeting, Lowndes County, GA 2026-02-17

[Outline]

[What is coming for Valdosta?]

[Map of datacenters, hospitals, etc., 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[FAQs: Taxes eliminate Property Taxes? — MAYBE? This brings high tech jobs? — NO!, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[False: They represent long-term capital investment., 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[According to who?, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[CEOs agree: It’s out with the white-collar jobs, in with the blue-collar, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[What are Data Centers?, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Data Centers: What they make possible, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Data Centers: Like nothing we

[What is a Data Center?, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Data Centers, not McDonalds but automation, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Horrific Pictures of Fayette Co, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[And they are expanding the gas pipeline, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Winter 2031 Capacity - Georgia Power

[Pie chart: 14 GW expansion in next 5 years; 17 GW current capacity took 100 years to build, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Duplicate of slide 17, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[What about my power bill?, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Environmental Impacts, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[We Can Make More Energy. We Can’t Make More Water., 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[You can fight back. They can be good neighbors, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Steps to ensure that data centers are good neighbors!, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Good points from Gary Wisenbaker VDT editorial, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[This guy wasn

[Hold developers accountable for infrastructure and impacts. Missing - long term contracts and end-of-life planning, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Georgia datacenter bills, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Local ordinances and moratoriums, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[But what can I do?, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Attend Public Meetings on Data Centers; Check out our Data Center Community Organizing toolkit, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Engage in constituent lobbying efforts with your legislators, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]

[Call on your county commissioners to ensure data centers are GOOD NEIGHBORS! Call on your state legislators to vote YES on SB 34!, 2026-02-17 --Amy Sharma, Science for Georgia]