OpenAI's planned $20B data center campus in Effingham County, Georgia, is located in an unlikely location due to the growing population of the Savannah area, which is rapidly increasing and straining resources such as water, electricity, labor and land. Effingham resident Mike Melton questioned why OpenAI chose this location given the high profile nature of the company's planned 4.4 million-square-foot campus. He and his neighbors are confused as to why the company chose this site given the challenges of resources such a growing region.