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Dougherty County
Coverage of Dougherty County in the Nexus archive.
- In partisan times, are data centers the one thing to unite people?
Albany, Georgia, held public sessions to address community concerns about potential data centers and a planned natural gas-fired power plant. Residents from majority-Black Dougherty County and majority-white Mitchell County are collaborating over shared environmental concerns, particularly the impact on the shared aquifer. A sociologist highlighted the intersection of utilities and civil rights in discussions about data center development.