In May, as Georgians rallied against power- and water-guzzling data centers, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp met with representatives of OpenAI, along with Georgia Power representatives, about the AI company’s business plans for the state. Neither the governor’s office, OpenAI, nor Georgia Power would elaborate on the topics discussed. A one-page briefing memo prepared for May 20 by Kemp’s scheduling director stated the meeting’s purpose was to brief the governor on OpenAI’s activity in Georgia, including an overview of why Georgia and specific sites are of interest, jobs and investment commitments, and OpenAI’s current strategy and timeline. The Current GA obtained the document through an open records request. Records of Georgia’s state AI Advisory Council show state staff are using ChatGPT for thousands of chats. In 2025, Georgia opened a state Office of Artificial Intelligence, which includes 500 ChatGPT enterprise licenses for state employee use. OpenAI has been developing classified chatbot technology sold to the Pentagon and leads the “Stargate” national AI data center project, which plans $500 billion in data centers across the country.