<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2uXDkd_1Fb7ahy900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2uXDkd_1Fb7ahy900" width="416" height="234" ><figcaption>According to CBRE, a global commercial real estate firm, Atlanta has a bigger percentage increase in data center construction than anywhere else in the country. Data centers can resemble an office building like Coda at Tech Square, shown here in May 2025. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)</figcaption></figure>A new educational guide could help Georgia communities navigate one of the state’s fastest-growing businesses: data centers.Members of the statewide climate initiative, Drawdown GA, have released a data center toolkit to help citizens understand the facilities and their impact as more come to the state.Commercial real estate services company CBRE reported Metro Atlanta is now the top place for data center development in the U.S. Science For Georgia reports at least 100 completed facilities in the region so far.“That is my hope for it is that it gets used and helps to take the conversation around data centers a little bit away from fear-based toward fact-based,” said John Lanier, a founding member of Drawdown GA and executive director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.“These things aren’t going away, and we need to be as informed as possible in our communities…When it comes down to it, these are decisions that need to be made as locally as possible.”</div></body>

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A new educational guide could help Georgia communities navigate one of the state’s fastest-growing businesses: data centers. Members of the statewide climate initiative, Drawdown GA, have released a data center toolkit to help citizens understand the facilities and their impact as more come to the state. Commercial real estate...

Drawdown GA drops educational toolkit for communities navigating Georgia's data center boom

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A new educational guide could help Georgia communities navigate one of the state’s fastest-growing businesses: data centers. Members of the statewide clima

Drawdown GA drops educational toolkit for communities navigating Georgia's data center boom

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