Alabama index · last changed 13 September 2026
Alabama data centers: what the public record shows.
Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of Alabama data centers.
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Map, listings and checked facts.
Start with 23 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.
Alabama map
Reported locations in Alabama
23 licensed rows · 16 source localities · 5 map targets
Browse 5 mapped areas as links
- Huntsville area2 source localities · 6 licensed rowsHuntsville, Stevenson
- Montgomery area4 source localities · 6 licensed rowsAuburn, Montgomery, Project Red Clay, Tallassee
- Birmingham area7 source localities · 8 licensed rowsBessemer, Birmingham, Childersburg, Columbiana, Fairfield, Tuscaloosa, Westover
- Calvert area2 source localities · 2 licensed rowsCalvert, Prichard
- Dothan1 licensed row · approximate
Map sources and method
The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.33.0, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record.
Browse all 23 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.
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Alabama Supercomputer Center
Alabama Supercomputer Authority
686 Discovery Drive NW · Huntsville · Madison County · Alabama · 35806
source-reported operationalCapacity not statedSource updated 15 September 2026exact locationView facility →dcd-dir-000029 -
source-reported proposedCapacity not statedSource updated 15 September 2026approximate locationView facility →
dcd-dir-000172
Alabama evidence at a glance
A few checked sites
Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.
- Published project / campus
- 1
- Published facility / building
- 0
- Attributed or unresolved rows
- 0
- Licensed directory leads
- 23 not independently verified
- Capacity boundary stated
- 0 of 1 published DataCenterData rows
- Review timing
- Audit through 11 September 2026 · next 12 March 2027
No statewide register of Chapter 9B data processing center abatements or Alabama Jobs Act awards was found; local grants by county and city boards were not systematically searched.
Browse all 23 Alabama licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →
Projects
1 project record. Names are as they appear on each record page.
| AL Bessemer Land Data Center Project | approvedproject · zoning approval only | UnknownNo independently supported figureNo data-center MW figure appears in the opened City record. Reported campus-design or utility figures from non-qualifying sources are excluded. | City of Bessemer City Clerk — AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance →Gov. record |
Where the records were checked
Statewide audit pending
A few checked sites
This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.
Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.
State research audit window ended 11 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.
Next scheduled review: 12 March 2027.
1 independently source-linked project/campus record; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.
Source families checked, selected records and remaining gaps
These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.
- economic development incentives — Partly checked
- No statewide register of Chapter 9B data processing center abatements or Alabama Jobs Act awards was found; local grants by county and city boards were not systematically searched.
- The Department of Commerce news archive was not paged for every data center announcement; no government announcement of Google's 2026 expansion was located.
Selected records
- Chapter 9B Abatements (data processing center abatement provisions) · Alabama Department of Revenue
- Google kicks off construction on $600M Alabama data center · Alabama Department of Commerce (Made in Alabama)
- Governor Ivey Announces Meta Plans to Build $800 Million, Next-Generation Data Center in Montgomery · Office of the Governor of Alabama
- utility commission large load — Partly checked
- Docket 33709 document list pages 2-3 need ASP.NET postbacks and were not read, so the Dotier, Alabama ADC Holdings and Woostor contract filings were not retrieved.
- Alabama Power's IRP load forecast and any certificate or acquisition dockets tied to data center load (e.g., Lindsay Hill) were not reviewed beyond a keyword scan of one summary report.
Selected records
- Docket Number: 33709 - docket details · Alabama Public Service Commission
- Docket 33709 Public Comment and Reply Info · Alabama Public Service Commission
- Docket 33709 - Docket Documents list (page 1 of 3) · Alabama Public Service Commission
- environmental construction permits — Partly checked
- ADEM eFile (air and water permit documents by facility) was not searched.
- Jefferson County Department of Health air permit notices, the air authority for Birmingham, Bessemer and Fairfield sites, were not browsed directly.
- Applications older than the 30-day window and local building or grading permits (e.g., Birmingham permits for the Nebius site) were not reached.
Selected records
- Permit Applications Received (applications received in the last 30 days) · Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- ADEM eFile document search · Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- municipal planning assessor gis — Partly checked
- Bessemer's November 2025 rezoning ordinance was not retrieved.
- Birmingham zoning, Zoning Board of Adjustment and City Council records for the Nebius site were not retrieved.
- Jefferson County assessor and GIS parcel records were not queried.
- Westover, Fairfield, Prichard, Columbiana, Childersburg, Calvert and Lowndes County minutes were not searched.
Selected records
- Ordinance No. 3698 (AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance) · City of Bessemer
- City Clerk · City of Bessemer
- Planning and Zoning Commission Agendas and Minutes · City of Bessemer
- tax abatement development agreements — Partly checked
- No IDB, county or city abatement agreement was opened for any Alabama data center.
- Lowndes County (Project Red Clay), Jefferson County, Montgomery, Madison County and Jackson County abatement records were not searched.
Selected records
- operator disclosures — Partly checked
- Colocation and enterprise operators other than DC BLOX in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery were not enumerated.
- Nebius's Birmingham project page and QTS disclosures were not yet reviewed directly.
Selected records
- High Performance Computing and Data Center Construction Ready to Begin · The University of Alabama (UA News)
- open datasets directories — Checked
- Directory listings (Data Center Map, Baxtel, datacenters.com) were not used as cross-references.
- Compute Atlas coordinates were not copied because its precision flags were not reconciled with its notes.
Selected records
- Compute Atlas facilities snapshot, Alabama extract (18 records) · Compute Atlas (Edward Kubiak)
- historical closures withdrawals names — Partly checked
- Moratorium ordinances and any withdrawn applications were not retrieved from the municipalities or counties.
- Meta Huntsville's paused expansion was not confirmed from a retrieved source.
Selected records
- Morgan County, Alabama, passes data center moratorium, blocking cryptomine proposal · DatacenterDynamics
- news and other discovery — Partly checked
- No county-by-county news sweep; Bessemer, Birmingham, Lowndes and Morgan County coverage was seen mostly as search snippets.
Selected records
- Alabama Power promises data center protections, but its proposed rate structure redacts them · Energy and Policy Institute
- Proposed data centers could use more electricity than all Alabama homes combined. Who will pay? · WBHM (Inside Climate News)
- Proposed data center in Prichard draws mixed reactions · FOX10 News (WALA)