Earlier this year, state legislators took aim at the data centers flooding Georgia with a bill that would require them to pick up their energy tab, sparking passionate debates about whether putting that in state law was necessary.

Driving the debate is what’s outside the window of Kecia Scott’s Fayetteville home: a gigantic nearby data center campus under construction.

“I find myself looking out the window right now, and these massive power lines are just hanging right in front of my window,” said Scott, 62.

Scott’s experience reflects growing frustrations with the rapid expansion of the facilities packed with rows upon rows of computer equipment powering artificial intelligence, cloud services and the internet.

State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler’s proposal requiring data centers to pay

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