Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition

COLUMBUS, Ga.—At the corner of McKee and Macon Road, a rock has long carried the language of a community—birthdays, graduations, small celebrations left in paint, shared between neighbors. This time, the message was different: “No Data Center.” Kim Hicks stood for hours beneath the Georgia sun, filling in each letter by hand. Cars slowed as […]