GeoReferencingSystem not working on dedicated server but seems to work fine in the editor

specifically, the error i’m getting in my packaged build is:

[2023.10.22-19.05.38:263][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Display: Setting search path in ../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:263][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Display: Setting search path in ../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:263][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.ini'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:263][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.ini'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:264][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.ini'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:264][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.ini'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:264][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:264][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:264][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:264][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: FUFSProj::open '../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/GeoReferencing/Resources/PROJ/proj.db'
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Error: proj_create: no database context specified
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Error: proj_create: no database context specified
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Error: AGeoReferencingSystem::BuildProjection failed in proj_create_crs_to_crs : Unknown error (code 2) 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Error: AGeoReferencingSystem::BuildProjection failed in proj_create_crs_to_crs : Unknown error (code 2) 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Display: SourceCRS was : EPSG:3857 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Display: SourceCRS was : EPSG:3857 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Display: DestinationCRS was : EPSG:4326 
[2023.10.22-19.05.38:265][  0]LogGeoReferencing: Display: DestinationCRS was : EPSG:4326 

& lat/lon/alts are resolving with values like: lon: -2908, lat: -9193…

I’m building to target: Linux and running via ./MyApp.sh -Windowed