George C. Wallace Alabama Supercomputer Center
686 Discovery Drive Northwest · Huntsville, Madison County, AL
Source: OpenStreetMap
George C. Wallace Alabama Supercomputer Center is a mapped data center in Madison County, AL. DataCentersExposed has documented a 14,919 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkThe George C. Wallace Alabama Supercomputer Center is a mapped data center in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, tied to the Alabama Supercomputer Authority. Records put its footprint at 14,919 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Huntsville within the TVA balancing authority.
In the news
source: Google News- Data center gets $1.5B boostAxios· Jun 16, 2026
- Google investing $1.5 billion to expand data center campus in north AlabamaAL.com· Jun 15, 2026
- Walker County’s grid not immune from ERCOT’s data center woesitemonline.com· Jun 10, 2026
- TVA grappling with data center costs as load expected to double by 2030AL.com· Jun 1, 2026
- Huntsville addresses viral rumors regarding recent power outage: ‘Absolutely false’AL.com· May 29, 2026
- Orbit: TVA's data center plansAxios· May 28, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Huntsville), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Columbia High School in Huntsville, is 1.7 mi from this site (954 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.