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Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway)

Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama · All 3 Edged US sites

ProposedMixed receptionAI mixed useRecord updated October 18, 2026

Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway) is a proposed data center in Prichard, Alabama (Mobile County), operated by Edged US. The public record puts it at 8 MW planned, a reported $93 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Edged US
Facility type: Data center, AI use mixed
Location: Prichard, Mobile County, AL
Coordinates: 30.7388, -88.0789 (approximate)
Power capacity: 8 MW planned
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: $93 million
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 20 permanent; 150 construction
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Mixed reception
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway) in Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama appear in the record, with no clear majority position. FOX10 (1 June 2026) records residents skeptical mainly about water: "I haven't heard the most glowing reviews...I'm skeptical" (Mark Nager) and "I know using all the water is bad i don't support it" (Magda DeHeart), with "largely negative online reactions", Prichard has a documented history of water-system problems.

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.

FOX10 (1 June 2026) records residents skeptical mainly about water: "I haven't heard the most glowing reviews...I'm skeptical" (Mark Nager) and "I know using all the water is bad i don't support it" (Magda DeHeart), with "largely negative online reactions", Prichard has a documented history of water-system problems. Ramsey Sprague of the Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition said the proposal "stands apart from others that have drawn criticism." Mayor Carletta Davis committed to "transparency and open communication with residents." A public meeting was set for 11 June 2026 at Prichard City Hall. Community reception is recorded as mixed rather than opposed: the friction is documented but so is qualified support, and no vote or organized opposition group is reported in the sources consulted.

Source: FOX10 News (WALA)

Power and water

Developer's project site describes a closed-loop waterless cooling system that "consumes zero water for daily cooling operations" and is "projected to save approximately 23 million gallons of water annually" versus conventional cooling. FOX10 quotes the developer describing a closed-loop system using "virtually no municipal water once fully operating." The cooling is recorded as closed-loop on the developer's own description of a closed-loop system. No withdrawal figure is stated.

Notes on the record

Developer site states verbatim: "8MW, 57,000 SF building, roughly the size of a football field", "$93 million investment in the local community", "150 to 200 construction jobs supported during an approximately 18-month construction period", "20 permanent full-time positions upon completion", and "Approximately $16.7 million in projected annual economic impact, including $8.3 million supporting local schools". The recorded construction jobs figure is the low end (150) of the stated 150-200 range rather than a midpoint. FOX10 adds the ~20 jobs pay "over $70,000 annually". Subsidy: no incentive or abatement is mentioned on the developer's project site or in FOX10's coverage; Prichard and Mobile County records had not been checked as of September 2026, so that is an unchecked gap, not an audited negative. The $16.7M annual economic impact and $8.3M schools figure are developer projections, not incentives, and are not recorded as subsidies. Status: the developer's own site calls the project "proposed" and "being evaluated"; no construction start is reported. Coordinates are the Prichard municipal centroid. WKRG reports that the developer wants to build on Telegraph Road, but no street address or parcel appeared in any source retrieved as of October 2026.

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.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Land area
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway) in Prichard?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway)?

No lawsuit over Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway) appears in the record we track as of October 18, 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 Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway), and how big is it?

Edged US is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 8 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway)," updated October 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/edged-gateway-prichard-al.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/edged-gateway-prichard-al, retrieved October 29, 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.Project Gateway | Sustainable Data Center Development in Prichard, AL (developer's project site) · Edged US · retrieved October 18, 2026
2.Proposed data center in Prichard draws mixed reactions (1 June 2026) · FOX10 News (WALA) · retrieved September 9, 2026
3.Nominatim geocode of Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama (municipal centroid) · OpenStreetMap / Nominatim · retrieved September 9, 2026
4.$93M proposed data center to bring 20 jobs to Prichard · WKRG · retrieved October 18, 2026

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