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title: "Project Camellia (OpenAI), Effingham County, Georgia, US — campus ledger — The AI Compute Race — DRYBURGH · The Compute Economy"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/project-camellia
description: "Project Camellia: not yet due. 0 MW evidenced, end of August 2026 reading; first power promised by 31 December 2028."
---

# Project Camellia (OpenAI), Effingham County, Georgia, US

OpenAI (developer structure not disclosed)

Project Camellia (OpenAI; Effingham County, Georgia, US) was promised first power by 31 December 2028; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load. The book’s verdict: not yet due.

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Announced or estimated (IT load) not on file

Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026 0 MW

The book’s verdict Not yet due

The ledger’s reading is the end of August 2026: the promises and the states as they stood then. Each row’s evidence carries its own date, printed on it.

The promise and the record, on one line. The book’s verdict: **Not yet due**.

- Evidence read 29 August 2026
- Today Nov 2026
- Promised 31 December 2028

## The announcement

**Announced or estimated capacity (IT load):** not on file

**Where the announcement was read:** [openai.com](https://openai.com/index/building-ai-infrastructure-with-the-effingham-county-community/)

**When it was read:** 22 July 2026

## The promise

**Promised by:** 31 December 2028

**What was promised:** first power

**Where the promise was read:** [openai.com](https://openai.com/index/building-ai-infrastructure-with-the-effingham-county-community/)

## At the close of the record

**Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026:** 0 MW

**Where the evidence was read:** not on file

**When it was read:** 29 August 2026

**The book’s verdict:** Not yet due

## The book’s note

3,200 MW is utility supply ‘delivered in phases between 2028 and 2032’, not IT. Slippage matrix row 12. The August 2026 compilation records 0 publicly verified and names no source for the zero.

## Also

**Who is involved:**

- partner [OpenAI](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/parties/openai)

## Campuses near it in the ledger

- [Fairwater Atlanta](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/fairwater-atlanta) Georgia, US
- [PORTS-Pike](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/ports-pike) shares a party
- [Stargate Doña Ana / Project Jupiter](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-dona-ana-project-jupiter) shares a party
- [Stargate Shackelford / Frontier](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-shackelford-frontier) shares a party
- [Stargate UAE](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-uae) shares a party
- [Stargate Michigan / The Barn](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/stargate-michigan-the-barn) shares a party

## Questions about this campus

**Is Project Camellia energized?:** Project Camellia (OpenAI; Effingham County, Georgia, US) was promised first power by 31 December 2028; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load. The book’s verdict: not yet due.

**When was Project Camellia promised to be energized?:** Project Camellia was promised first power by 31 December 2028.

**Who is building Project Camellia?:** OpenAI (partner).

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