Supercomputers/Systems/OpenAI Project Camellia
USA · planned · ai training
OpenAI Project Camellia
Also known as Effingham County Georgia campus
Operated by OpenAI at Project Camellia Site (Effingham) .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1263 of 1345 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 56 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
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Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - OpenAI designs and develops the campus itself; a build and operate partner is still to be selected | OpenAI | - | Reported | news.constructconnect.comeweek.com |
| Power | - Georgia Power supplies 3.2 GW under a 25-year agreement with up to 1,000 MW of flexible demand response | Georgia Power | - | Reported | eweek.com |
AI datacenter metrics
Figures beyond an accelerator count, each with who stated it. What can and cannot be compared across AI datacenters.
| Metric | Value | As of | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stated investment | 20 USD bn | 2026-07-23 | Design target | Effingham County valuation of the project in a joint county announcement; Bloomberg quotes an OpenAI executive at more than 30 billion at full build-out. The 20 billion is the county figure, not an OpenAI-audited spend. | news.constructconnect.comeweek.com |
| Facility power | 3,200 MW | 2026-07-23 | Design target | OpenAI: 3.2 GW contracted with Georgia Power, phased 2028 to 2032, with up to 1,000 MW of flexible demand response. | news.constructconnect.comeweek.com |
How it is powered
| Source | Provider | MW | Status | As of | Basis | Note | Source link |
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| Grid | Georgia Power | 3,200 | contracted | 2026-07 | Operator stated | OpenAI: 3.2 GW from Georgia Power under a 25-year agreement, phased 2028 to 2032, plus up to 1,000 MW of flexible demand response. | eweek.comnews.constructconnect.com |
How AI campuses are powered: capacities are what the operator, utility or filing states, not what has been delivered.
The read
OpenAI's first campus that it designs and develops itself, announced on 23 July 2026: four buildings on about 1,400 acres inside the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub in Effingham County, Georgia. OpenAI says it is contracting 3.2 GW from Georgia Power under a 25-year agreement, delivered in phases from 2028 to 2032, with up to 1,000 MW of flexible demand response and a closed-loop water system. Effingham County officials value the project at 20 billion dollars; Bloomberg quotes an OpenAI executive at more than 30 billion at full build-out. A build and operate partner had not yet been selected and no accelerator type or count is stated, so the status is planned and the tier is reported (both pages relay OpenAI's release).
Timeline
- 2026-07-23 Announced source
Site & facility
Project Camellia Site (Effingham)
- Location
- Effingham County, GA, USA
- Utility
- Georgia Power
- Cooling
- Closed-loop water system
Change history
- 2026-10-09 Added OpenAI Project Camellia
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| news.constructconnect.com | names system only | - |
| eweek.com | names system only | - |
Checked 2026-10-13 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.