Tech and Innovation News from The AJC in Atlanta GA

A motorist sits in a Tesla Model 3 at a Tesla charging station Friday, March 13, 2026, in Lakewood, Colo., in Denver. (David Zalubowski/AP)

THE STEERING COLUMN

Georgia’s high gas prices make used EVs worth a look

New electric vehicles still cost noticeably more than comparable gas models, but the used EV market holds some of the best deals around.

Georgia Power’s quest to build tranmission lines to serve Data Center

DATA SURGE

The data center boom is transforming Georgia. Some residents could lose their land.

Georgia’s data center surge is forcing new power lines, sparking homeowner backlash and eminent domain concerns in Fayette, Coweta and beyond.

In a hidden lab in Atlanta, Coca-Cola tests new beverage technology

Coca-Cola, born at an Atlanta soda fountain, continues to reinvent how it dispenses drinks 140 years later.

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.