SimpleHelix
165 West Park Loop Northwest · Huntsville, Madison County, AL
Source: OpenStreetMap
SimpleHelix is an operating data center in Madison County, AL. DataCentersExposed has documented a 16,411 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: linkdata center
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, Providence Elementary in Huntsville, is 1.1 mi from this site (848 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.