Georgia Power is advancing a major grid expansion plan to support AI data center load, while residents along a 35-mile corridor say the project is displacing homes via eminent domain. The Ashley Park–Wansley Transmission Project, Georgia Power says, will involve building transmission line infrastructure and adding generating capacity over the next five years, following approval through the state’s Integrated Resource Plan process. Residents including Ansley Brown described the impact as demolition of the family property, while the utility positioned the work as essential infrastructure for reliable service. The report also ties the state’s planning to growing energy needs attributed to AI investment and existing grid capacity evaluation steps overseen by the Georgia Public Service Commission. For the higher education sector, the development matters because universities often rely on local grid reliability for facilities operations, construction timelines, and sustainability planning. It also signals heightened community resistance risks around power projects that can delay institutional partnerships and large research or computing expansions.