Atlanta

The Atlanta region emerged as the country’s top data center market for leasing activity in 2024, dethroning Northern Virginia for the first time since the Internet altered nearly every aspect of modern life.

Atlanta is one of the hottest places in the country for tech companies to build data centers, hulking warehouses filled with servers that power web services, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.

Allen Media, owner of the Weather Channel, has created a new hub for its 28 local TV stations nationwide, centralizing weather forecasting from its Atlanta headquarters.

The lab is part of city officials’ push to engage students across Atlanta through esports programming as competitive video gaming has exploded in popularity.

Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of severe winter weather expected to arrive overnight into Friday in metropolitan Atlanta. Agencies are mindful of 2014’s epic snowfall.

Metro Atlanta faced an onslaught of data center development projects in 2024, but it seems the busy year for high-tech computer storage facilities saved its largest proposal for last.

The Georgia city is the latest local government to set up an AI study group, which could lead to municipal improvements. But before that happens, the commission might have to make it through several hurdles.

The university is working with the nonprofit Operation HOPE and Sam Altman, who leads OpenAI, to start training people from kindergarten all the way through college on AI, focusing on south-side students.

A proposal for a data center was tabled by its sponsor on the Atlanta City Council after widespread pushback from the community. The new facility would have run counter to a recent ban on the businesses.

Plus, Hawaii has launched a broadband mapping initiative, Boston has announced more than $1 million for digital equity, and more.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens urged residents to take precautions and limit outdoor activities until Thursday, saying a plume from an extinguished chemical plant fire in Rockdale County could drift west.

Professors are harnessing generative artificial intelligence as a patient simulator at Emory, as a teaching assistant at Morehouse and for chatbots at Georgia State. But they don't expect it will replace them any time soon.

Atlanta City Council passed two pieces of legislation limiting where data centers can be built. Lawmakers say it’s a broader effort to make Atlanta more pedestrian-friendly in areas with activity.

Denver-based Vantage Data Centers plans to construct two large warehouses stuffed with computer servers near Atlanta in the city of South Fulton, according to recently filed state paperwork.

A new business intelligence dashboard at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport that aggregates 11 critical areas of operations data has increased problem-solving. Deemed a success, it will be expanded.

An Atlanta cybersecurity executive who hacked the Gwinnett Medical Center’s computer system in an alleged attempt to boost business for his company has been sentenced to two years of home detention.

The Atlanta Department of Transportation has found that the city had more than 2.1 million shared micro-mobility rides in 2023 — the highest ridership levels for shared bikes and scooters since the pandemic.

A multiyear plan to build up computer science learning and teaching in the Atlanta area has enlisted the participation of school districts, universities, nonprofits and industry partners.