Officials say the amount of energy Georgia's booming data center industry needs is "staggering" and are hoping a new rule will help keep the cost away from normal ratepayers.

According to USA Today's Power Outage Tracker, there are a total of 48,997 outages in over 60 counties as of 8:16 a.m., with the most outages being in Glynn County, a coastal region in southeastern Georgia.

Georgia energy regulators voted Thursday to put some guardrails around the proliferation of power-hungry data centers cropping up across the state. The state Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously approved a rule that allows new large-load Georgia Power customers using more than 100 megawatts of electricity to be billed based on the risks associated with their

After several days of extreme cold that brought rare snow to South and Middle Georgia, the state is starting its recovery process Thursday.

WAYCROSS, Ga. – The rare winter wonderland in Southeast Georgia continued Wednesday morning after snow began to fall Tuesday night in Waycross. The conditions made traveling on roads hazardous and icy patches forced authorities to close all lanes of I-95 southbound at St. Marys Road (County Road 61).

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Ice remains a problem for many roads, bridges and overpasses across the state after Tuesday’s winter storm. On Thursday, an accident caused standstill traffic in Perry along I-75 in central Georgia.

Georgia Power has restored power to more than 230,000 customers since the start of the storm. As of Saturday morning, less than 60,000 customers remain impacted, according to Georgia Power.

Trump returns to the nation’s most powerful office with a tight grip on his party’s reins after decisive victories in Georgia and other battleground states.

As a historic winter storm hit Florida and Georgia on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, thousands were left without power.

ATLANTA — Following a recent winter storm that brought snow, freezing rain, and ice to parts of metro Atlanta last week, Georgia Power is issuing safety tips to keep residents safe. And it's good timing as well.

Winter storm Cora has brought Georgia some snow... and power outages. Here's where, and how to track for future outages.

ATLANTA — A new rule from the Georgia Public Service Commission, who regulates the state’s utility companies like Georgia Power, will make it so data centers are charged a different rate than other customers.