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Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus)
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama · All 8 Applied Digital sites
Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) is a proposed data center in Brookwood, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County), operated by Applied Digital. The public record puts it at announced June 8, 2026, 210 MW planned, 1,300 acres, a reported $3.2 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Applied Digital
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, AL
- Coordinates
- 33.2557, -87.3208 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 210 MW planned
- Land
- 1,300 acres
- Investment
- $3.2 billion
- Announced
- June 8, 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 101 permanent; 1,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- 20-year property (ad valorem) and construction-period sales/use tax abatements; $270M community benefit agreement is separate, Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority, 2026
- Community reception
- Mixed reception
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- September 24, 2026ProposedTuscaloosa County EDA approved incentives. Construction is scheduled to start Oct 1, 2026 and finish by Dec 31, 2028. Source: ABC 33/40
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Brookwood's mayor backs the project.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.
Brookwood's mayor backs the project. Some Brookwood-area residents have raised concerns about public disclosure and about construction runoff into Hurricane Creek, which feeds the Black Warrior River.
Power and water
The operator says the campus uses its proprietary 'waterless cooling'. The cooling method is not otherwise specified.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20-year property (ad valorem) and construction-period sales/use tax abatements; $270M community benefit agreement is separate | $315 million | Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority | 2026 |
Notes on the record
The site is about 160 acres within a 1,300-acre tract north of the 17,000 block of Brookwood Parkway. The tenant is an unnamed U.S. hyperscaler. This is separate from the tracked Youngwoo & Associates 'Project Brookwood', which lies west of the Applied Digital tract. Lat/lon is the Brookwood town centroid (OSM Nominatim), not the parcel.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Project Brookwood Data Center Campus · Brookwood · Youngwoo & Associates4 mi · Permitted
- University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center · Tuscaloosa · University of Alabama13 mi · Under construction · 14.6 MW
- QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel) · Bessemer · QTS Data Centers24 mi · Proposed · 1.2 GW · Contested
- Patmos Fairfield Colocation Data Center · Fairfield · Patmos29 mi · Proposed · 45 MW · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) in Brookwood?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Brookwood's mayor backs the project.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus)?
No lawsuit over Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) appears in the record we track as of September 28, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus), and how big is it?
Applied Digital is the operator on record. We hold 8 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 210 MW. The site is recorded at 1300 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 (Brookwood AI Factory Campus)," updated September 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/applied-digital-delta-forge-2-brookwood-al.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/applied-digital-delta-forge-2-brookwood-al, retrieved October 1, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Applied Digital Signs 210 MW Lease at Delta Forge 2 · Applied Digital · retrieved September 28, 2026
- 2.County Board Unanimously OKs Incentives for $3.2 Billion Applied Digital Data Center in Brookwood · Tuscaloosa Thread · retrieved September 28, 2026
- 3.$3.2 Billion AI Data Center Campus Announced in Brookwood · ABC 33/40 · retrieved September 28, 2026
- 4.Tuscaloosa County Approves Incentives for $3.2 Billion AI Data Center Near Brookwood · Birmingham Free Press · retrieved September 28, 2026
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