Edged Prichard Data Center (Project Gateway)

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. 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 fetched.

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." A recirculating circuit with no daily makeup water ⇒ closed_loop under the cooling decision rule; it is NOT classified as `air` because a water circuit exists (it takes a fill). 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". jobs.construction records the LOW end (150) of the stated 150-200 range rather than inventing 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; this run did NOT check Prichard or Mobile County records, 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 deliberately 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, no street address appears in any fetched source.

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.

• Calvert Infrastructure Hub · Calvert · Beacon Data Centers29 mi · Proposed

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