Applied Digital Corporation donated $25,000 to Tommy Tuberville's gubernatorial campaign in August 2026.
Brookwood Proposed Data Center
Brookwood residents voiced concerns over a potential data center project in their area, and a town hall on the topic was held. It is reported, as reported August 25, 2026.
How much power it needs and how much water it would use have not been disclosed.
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What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Not disclosed
- Who would use it
- Kayvens LLC (affiliated with Meta)
- as the source names them [10]
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What happened
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Brookwood has a possible data center project near Brookwood Middle School [9]
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Applied Digital owns 1,300 acres in Brookwood [6]
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Brookwood data center proposal is 2 million square foot facility on Brookwood Parkway near Brookwood Middle School [5]
The full Brookwood Proposed Data Center timeline, in order
3 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Doug Jones accused Tuberville of ethical malpractice for accepting campaign funds from large tech companies currently building data centers in west Alabama.
No signed project agreement yet according to Brookwood officials
Every statement about data centers in Alabama, by speaker
13 more statements on this page
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
Doug Jones proposed a one year moratorium on data centers and higher property tax brackets for data centers.
Applied Digital Corporation also donated $100,000 to Republican Forward, a conservative Alabama super PAC.
Brookwood Mayor Joe Barger said city leaders become involved once a developer seeks approvals
Global Head of Data Centers, Panattoni Development Company
Adam Kramer, Global Head of Data Centers at Panattoni Development Company, stated developers identify power access before purchasing land
Mayor, Brookwood
Mayor Joe Barger confirmed proposed development is an AI data center
Chelsea City Council President Scott Weygand said Chelsea needs to develop zoning standards for data centers
Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Senator and Republican gubernatorial nominee, supports data center development
Tuberville campaign finance disclosure
Applied Digital Corporation contributed $25,000 to Tuberville campaign
Doug Jones, Tuberville's Democratic opponent, called for a one year moratorium on new data centers
progressive grass-roots organization
Indivisible West Alabama hosting public forum on data centers and surveillance August 27 at Grace Presbyterian Church
Indivisible West Alabama and community groups
Concerns about proposed data centers include pollution of air, noise and water, excess power consumption leading to rising energy costs
Indivisible West Alabama
Forum will address Flock Safety cameras and concerns about mass surveillance
The site
Where in Tuscaloosa County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 9 other published records in Alabama
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
Who is building Brookwood Proposed Data Center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
Who will use Brookwood Proposed Data Center?
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The named tenant is Kayvens LLC (affiliated with Meta). No promise to the community is on the record.
How much power and water does Brookwood Proposed Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Brookwood Proposed Data Center stand today?
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It is reported, as reported August 25, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 8, 2026: Brookwood has a possible data center project near Brookwood Middle School [9].
What has Brookwood or Tuscaloosa County decided about it?
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No decision by Brookwood or Tuscaloosa County about data centers is on the record. The Tuscaloosa County page and the Alabama scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.
Sources
Reporting
- TCEDA: $3.2B Brookwood Data Center To Generate $131.5M For Area Schools - Patch, Patch, September 24, 2026, query feed
- Applied Digital confirms $3.2 billion data center campus in Brookwood - WBRC, WBRC, September 24, 2026, query feed
- Tuscaloosa County lands $3.2 billion data center , first in Alabama to pay 'community benefits,' $270 million over 20 years - Yellowhammer News, Yellowhammer News, September 24, 2026, query feed
- Applied Digital holds town hall on AI data center campus in Brookwood - WBRC 6 News, WBRC 6 News, October 2, 2026, query feed
- Tuscaloosa group plans public forum on data centers, surveillance tech - The Tuscaloosa News, The Tuscaloosa News, August 25, 2026, local outlet
- Tuberville Gets $25,000 from Data Center Developer With Land in Brookwood - Tuscaloosa Thread, Tuscaloosa Thread, August 28, 2026, local outlet
- Brookwood residents continue to voice concerns over potential data center - cbs42.com, cbs42.com, August 18, 2026, local outlet
- Trump Pushes Data Centers Amid National Debate, Brookwood Town Hall Tonight - tuscaloosathread.com, tuscaloosathread.com, September 1, 2026, local outlet
- From land purchase to power: How data center projects move forward in central Alabama - WBMA, WBMA, September 8, 2026, local outlet
- Tuscaloosa County approves controversial $3 billion AI hub - tuscaloosanews.com, tuscaloosanews.com, September 25, 2026, local outlet
- Brookwood Council Vote Clears Last Zoning Hurdle for One of Major 3 Data Center Projects - Tuscaloosa Thread, Tuscaloosa Thread, September 16, 2026, local outlet
11 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Brookwood Proposed Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/brookwood-proposed-data-center-al, last verified October 6, 2026.
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For researchers
- Slug
- brookwood-proposed-data-center-al
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/al/tuscaloosa-county/brookwood
- Coordinates
- 33.20667, -87.53472
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Tuscaloosa), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-10-06