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Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building)

Vidalia, Concordia County, Louisiana

ProposedMixed receptionRecord updated October 17, 2026

Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building) is a proposed data center in Vidalia, Louisiana (Concordia County), operated by Fortalis Vidalia, LLC. The public record puts it at announced September 22, 2026, 50 MW planned. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Fortalis Vidalia, LLC
Facility type: Data center
Location: Vidalia, Concordia County, LA
Coordinates: 31.5654, -91.4259 (approximate)
Power capacity: 50 MW planned
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: September 22, 2026
Utility: Town of Vidalia municipal electric system
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Mixed reception
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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 22, 2026
Proposed
After a public hearing, the Vidalia Board of Aldermen approved an occupational license for data center operations plus water/sewer and electrical service agreements. It also approved an option on about 208 acres of town industrial-park land. The building purchase was still pending. Source: Listen Up Y'all

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building) in Vidalia, Concordia County, Louisiana appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Residents raised concerns about power, water, noise, rates and transparency.

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.

Residents raised concerns about power, water, noise, rates and transparency. The aldermen approved the license and agreements, and the mayor says rates will not rise.

Source: Listen Up Y'all

Power and water

The service agreement allows a maximum of 50,000 gallons/day, with expected normal use of about 15,000 to 20,000 gal/day. KNOE reports cooling water would come from the municipal sewer system when needed.

Notes on the record

Fortalis plans to buy the roughly 900,000 sq ft former Fruit of the Loom building and use about one-third of it for data center operations. The initial phase needs about 50 MW from Vidalia's municipal electric system (about 104 MW available against about 22 MW used). The company indicated about 65 to 70 permanent jobs, which the mayor said are not yet in a written agreement. Coordinates are the town centroid from an OSM geocode; the building's exact point was not sourced.

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
Permanent jobs promised
Land area

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.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building) in Vidalia?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building)?

No lawsuit over Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building) appears in the record we track as of October 17, 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 Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building) 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 Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building), and how big is it?

Fortalis Vidalia, LLC is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 50 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Vidalia Data Center (former Fruit of the Loom building)," updated October 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/fortalis-vidalia-data-center-concordia-parish-la.

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/fortalis-vidalia-data-center-concordia-parish-la, 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.Vidalia Approves Occupational License for Proposed Data Center · Listen Up Y'all · retrieved October 17, 2026
2.Vidalia approves new data center at former Fruit of the Loom site · KNOE · retrieved October 17, 2026

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