Alabama
DataCentersExposed tracks 8 AI data centers in Alabama — 3 operating and 0 in the pipeline — across 5 counties, drawing 0 MW of reported power demand from 3 tracked corporate operators.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
DataCentersExposed tracks 8 data centers in Alabama — 3 operating. Capacity figures are still being sourced for Alabama; where a facility's megawattage is on the public record, it appears on that facility's page.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
Alabama at a glance
The largest footprint in Alabama belongs to Meta Platforms, Inc., behind 4 tracked facilities. Alphabet Inc. and Prime Data Centers round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.
Geographically, the buildout clusters: Madison County leads Alabama with 5 facilities and a composite risk score of 10/100. Jefferson County and Jackson County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.
Most of the Alabama fleet we track is already operating, which shifts the public conversation from "should this be built" to scrutiny of the deals already struck — the tax abatements granted, the water permits issued, and the rate impacts now showing up on bills.
We also surface the accountability trail: 1 state bill mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for Alabama below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.
Top operators in Alabama
County risk leaderboard
| County | Facilities | Pipeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County | 5 | — | 10 |
| Jefferson County | 3 | — | 7 |
| Jackson County | 2 | — | 7 |
| Houston County | 1 | — | 4 |
| Montgomery County | 1 | — | — |
All tracked facilities
| Facility | Operator | Status | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AngelTrax Data Center | Prime Data Centers | Mapped (unverified) | Houston | — |
| Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Alabama Data Center | — | JEFFERSON | — | |
| CDC Birmingham | — | JEFFERSON | — | |
| George C. Wallace Alabama Supercomputer Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Madison | — |
| Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Jackson | — | |
| Google Jackson County Data Center | Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Jackson | — |
| Meta Huntsville Data center | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Madison | — |
| Meta Huntsville Data center | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Madison | — |
| Meta Huntsville Data center | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Madison | — |
| Meta Montgomery | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Montgomery | — |
| SimpleHelix | — | Madison | — | |
| Sungard Systems International | — | Mapped (unverified) | Jefferson | — |