Tech and Innovation News from The AJC in Atlanta GA

Google, which has a tower in Midtown Atlanta (pictured), announced this week that it is the previously unknown company that inked a deal with LaGrange for a new, $8 billion data center that has been called "Project Pegasus." (Jason Getz/AJC 2025)

What is Georgia’s ‘Project Pegasus’? Tech giant unveils $8 billion answer.

Google unveiled itself Tuesday as the prospective owner and operator of the large data center campus, which is the tech giant’s largest investment in the Peach State.

Maker of military drone boats expands in Georgia, plans more than 200 jobs

Blue Ops has leased a former Regal Boats facility in Valdosta for a new manufacturing campus where it will build “uncrewed surface vessels” or USVs.

School children use their smartphones near the Barangaroo Ferry Terminal in Sydney, Feb. 24, 2021. (Matthew Abbot/The New York Times)

Parenting was hard enough. Then came social media.

Parenting digital natives comes with distinct hurdles.

This metro Atlanta medical company agrees to be sold in $1.3 billion deal

Avanos Medical, a publicly traded company based in Alpharetta, is being taken private as a result of the deal.

The tiny RFID chip has revolutionized how UPS ships packages

UPS says it is the first logistics provider to roll out this technology across its U.S. network. RFID technology is not new, but it's now cheap enough to deploy at scale.

Members of NPU-V vote to recommend against a City of Atlanta change that would allow a data center to be built in Adair Park during a long and contentious meeting Monday, April 13, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

Data center pitch highlights divide in changing SW Atlanta neighborhoods

A collection of Atlanta neighborhoods voted Monday night to formally oppose a controversial data center proposal near the West End MARTA station and Beltline.

Data centers in space? This Georgia startup says it’s not science fiction.

Atomic-6, a metro Atlanta aerospace and defense startup, launched an online storefront Monday called “ODC.space“ where it advertises orbital data centers.

Battery recycler with major Georgia presence files for bankruptcy

Battery recycler with plant east of Atlanta files for bankruptcy

The company filed for Chapter 11 protection Thursday in the Southern District of Texas’ bankruptcy court.

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Prominent Georgians make Forbes list of 250 self-made Americans

Among those recognized are Georgians and people with ties to Georgia whose lives represent inspiring stories of surmounting adversity to reach the heights of their fields.

Does loving an AI companion sound crazy? You might be closer than you think.

While loving AI may seem foreign to many, AI could have a profound impact on how we relate to one another.

Coweta votes to turn this 800-acre forest into $17B data center campus

It took 15 months, a prolonged moratorium and a zoning code revamp, but one of Georgia’s largest — and most high-profile — data center projects will move forward.