# Clarke County, Georgia: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Athens and Winterville Clarke County sits inside the data center build-out. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Clarke County. Clarke County and the city of Athens share the same boundaries; Winterville, Bogart also lie inside it. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “Local moratorium on data centers until a condition is met”. Employers here counted 73,999 jobs in 2025, up 5.0% from 2019. Its power plants have 8 MW of capacity, 54% of it petroleum. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map +5.0% total jobs since 2019, now 73,999 8 MW of operating power plants, mostly petroleum ## Cities and towns in Clarke County Clarke County and the city of Athens share the same boundaries; Winterville, Bogart also lie inside it. Athens128,612 residents Winterville1,203 residents Bogart106 residents · 8% of the city - Bogart also extends into [Oconee County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/oconee-county). Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Clarke County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Georgia | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 128,595 | 129,921 | ▲ 1.0% | 20th of 159 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 70,493 | 73,999 | ▲ 5.0% | 85th of 159 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $47,532 | $59,548 | ▲ 25.3% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.5% | 3.2% | ▼ 0.3pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Georgia Power Co is the largest utility serving Clarke County, one of 4 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 15.49¢/kWh in 2024, above the 13.61¢ median for Georgia utilities. Unemployment was 3.2% in August 2026, against 3.5% in 2019. 129,921 people live here, up 1.0% since 2020. ## Who powers Clarke County ### Utilities with service territory in Clarke County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Georgia Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 2,452,488 | 15.49¢ | 39% | | Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA) | Cooperative | Bundled | 239,558 | 11.38¢ | 28% | | Walton Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | Bundled | 131,915 | 12.99¢ | 47% | | Rayle Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | Bundled | 16,369 | 14.42¢ | 22% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Petroleum | 5 MW | 54% | | Hydro | 2 MW | 27% | | Other technologies | 2 MW | 19% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Athens Regional Medical Center | Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | Petroleum | 5 MW | 1994 | | Tallassee Hydro Project | Tallassee Shoals LLC | Hydro | 2 MW | 1986 | | CII Methane Management III LFG Plant | Frontier Operation Services | Other technologies | 2 MW | 2014 | ## The Clarke County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 73,999 | $59,548 | 1.00 | | Data processing and hosting | 44 | $98,671 | 0.19 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Clarke County 1 data center in Clarke County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | Local moratorium on data centers until a condition is met | In force | 2026-03 | ## Clarke County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Clarke County, Jackson County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Clarke County | 129,921 | ▲ 5.0% | 8 MW | — | 1 | 1 | | Barrow County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/barrow-county) | 99,773 | ▲ 23.1% | 9 MW | — | — | — | | Jackson County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/jackson-county) | 99,265 | ▲ 51.4% | 919 MW | — | 1 | — | | Madison County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/madison-county) | 32,919 | ▲ 22.3% | 60 MW | — | — | 1 | | Oconee County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/oconee-county) | 44,893 | ▲ 26.4% | — | — | — | — | | Oglethorpe County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/oglethorpe-county) | 16,415 | ▲ 12.6% | 178 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Georgia [All Georgia countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia)[Barrow County99,773 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/barrow-county)[Jackson County99,265 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/jackson-county)[Oconee County44,893 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/oconee-county)[Madison County32,919 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/madison-county)[Oglethorpe County16,415 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/oglethorpe-county) ## Clarke County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Clarke County, Georgia? 4 utilities have service territory in Clarke County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Georgia Power Co, Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA), Walton Electric Member Corp, Rayle Electric Membership Corp. The largest, Georgia Power Co, charged residential customers 15.49¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Athens, GA in? Athens is in Clarke County, Georgia. About 128,612 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Clarke County? 3 operating plants with 8 MW of capacity. The largest is Athens Regional Medical Center (5 MW, petroleum). ### Are there data centers in Clarke County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Clarke County. ### Is Clarke County adding jobs? Employers counted 73,999 jobs in 2025 against 70,493 in 2019 (+5.0%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Clarke County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Clarke County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/georgia/clarke-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).