New lawsuit alleges unfair secrecy around Effingham data center

A group of plaintiffs is asking a judge to declare that the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority unfairly did public business in private and to throw out the agency’s deals with OpenAI affiliate Octans Georgia for a data center near Rincon. Five county residents plus the nonprofit environmental group One Hundred Miles allege that the [

By: Maggie Lee, The Current

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: September 21, 2026

Words: 420

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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A group of plaintiffs is asking a judge to declare that the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority unfairly did public business in private and to throw out the agency’s deals with OpenAI affiliate Octans Georgia for a data center near Rincon.

Five county residents plus the nonprofit environmental group One Hundred Miles allege that the county development authority didn’t provide proper notice or a meaningful agenda for the key July board vote that …

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