Data Center Record.

Reported Built from one source

Google Bridgeport data center

Google's data center campus in Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama, operating since 2019 on a site of more than 600 acres. It is reported, since January 1, 2019.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 3 sources, 2 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

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
Google
as stated by the source
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
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

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Google as stated by the source October 4, 2026
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.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What happened

  1. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The data center began operating in 2019 [3]

  2. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Less than a quarter of the campus property has been developed so far [3]

  3. · Status: rumored (content date)

    Google's Bridgeport, Alabama data center began operating in 2019 (the video names the year only); corrects the entry dated 2026-06-19, which carried the video's upload date [3]

The full Google Bridgeport data center timeline, in order

13 corrections to this record

Every correction, with its reason

  1. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  2. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: video is tier 5 (the editor, 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  3. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: video is tier 5 (the editor, 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  4. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: video is tier 5 (the editor, 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  5. · the summary of a status history row

    The note "(Entry dated by the video's upload date; see the correction.)" appended by the date correction of 2026-09-08 belongs in this log, not in the event sentence; the date basis of the row already says the date is the source's. The sentence is restored to the event only (2026-09-13). The old and new text.

  6. · the summary of a status history row

    The note "(Entry dated by the video's upload date; see the correction.)" appended by the date correction of 2026-09-08 belongs in this log, not in the event sentence; the date basis of the row already says the date is the source's. The sentence is restored to the event only (2026-09-13). The old and new text.

  7. · the date basis of a reference figures row

    Date basis recorded (2026-09-08, /methodology#dates): the row's date is the video's upload date, the source's own date, because the content gives no date of its own. The old and new text.

  8. · the date basis of a reference figures row

    Date basis recorded (2026-09-08, /methodology#dates): the row's date is the video's upload date, the source's own date, because the content gives no date of its own. The old and new text.

  9. · the date basis of a reference figures row

    Date basis recorded (2026-09-08, /methodology#dates): the row's date is the video's upload date, the source's own date, because the content gives no date of its own. The old and new text.

  10. · the date basis of a status history row

    Date basis recorded (2026-09-08, /methodology#dates): the row's date is the video's upload date, the source's own date, because the content gives no date of its own. The old and new text.

  11. · the date basis of a status history row

    Date basis recorded (2026-09-08, /methodology#dates): the row's date is the video's upload date, the source's own date, because the content gives no date of its own. The old and new text.

  12. · the summary of a status history row

    Dated by the video's upload date (ABC News, 2026-06-19), which is the source date; the corrected entry dated 2019-01-01 carries the year the video gives. The old and new text.

  13. · the summary of a status history row

    Dated by the video's upload date (ABC News, 2026-06-19), which is the source date; the content says so far, no other date. The old and new text.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

The site

The pin is the site, as the EPA's facility record places it. Location from an EPA hazardous waste record.

  • This record: Proposed, ringed
  • data center
  • 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
48809 Alabama Hwy 277, Bridgeport, AL 35740, Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama [source]
How exactly it is located
Exact, the point of the EPA's facility record
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
By the straight line between two exact points.

Keep going

The county Jackson County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in Alabama Every Alabama project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

4 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

Who is building Google Bridgeport data center?

Google is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does Google Bridgeport data center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Google Bridgeport data center stand today?

It is reported, since January 1, 2019. The newest entry, reported June 19, 2026: The data center began operating in 2019 [3].

What has Bridgeport or Jackson County decided about it?

No decision by Bridgeport or Jackson County about data centers is on the record. The Jackson County page and the Alabama scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Primary documents

  1. EPA ECHO detailed facility report: Google LLC, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  2. Google: Data center locations, Google, September 14, 2026

Reporting

  1. Inside Google's AI data centers, YouTube, June 19, 2026, video

3 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Google Bridgeport data center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/google-bridgeport-data-center-al, last verified October 4, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug
google-bridgeport-data-center-al
Status value
rumored
Stage
Proposed
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/al/jackson-county/bridgeport
Coordinates
34.930645, -85.731149
Location precision
permit_point
Location source
https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110070571480
Coordinate source
https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110070571480
Location source number
[1]
Location last verified
October 4, 2026
EPA registry id
110070571480
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
2026-09-08
Last verified
2026-10-04