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Google Jackson County Campus
Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker
Google Jackson County Campus is an operating data center in Stevenson, Alabama (Jackson County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced June 24, 2015, 360 acres, a reported $1.5 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Stevenson, Jackson County, AL
- Coordinates
- 34.8842, -85.7550
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 360 acres
- Investment
- $1.5 billion
- Announced
- June 24, 2015
- Utility
- North Alabama Electric Co-op
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 1,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Supported
- 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.
- June 15, 2026Under construction$1.5B expansion announced; construction planned for 2026-2027; 1,000+ contract workers expected
- January 2019OperatingOriginal campus operational with two buildings (~135,000 sq ft each)
- April 2018Under constructionGroundbreaking on the original $600M campus; 360-acre site off County Road 96
- June 24, 2015ProposedGoogle announced a $600M data center at the former TVA Widows Creek coal-plant site in Jackson County
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Jackson County Campus in Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 9, 2026. $2M Energy Impact Fund (with TVA/CAANEAL) for weatherization; $550,000 STEM-kit donation to Jackson County schools; Google reports training 130,000+ Alabamians in digital skills; watershed stewardship in the Paint Rock River watershed.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
$2M Energy Impact Fund (with TVA/CAANEAL) for weatherization; $550,000 STEM-kit donation to Jackson County schools; Google reports training 130,000+ Alabamians in digital skills; watershed stewardship in the Paint Rock River watershed.
Power and water
Powered by TVA (federal utility). Google covers 100% of its power and infrastructure costs. Kairos Power advanced-nuclear partnership (up to 50 MW for the AL/TN region) expected ~2035.
Site sits on Guntersville Reservoir (Tennessee River), which historically cooled the coal plant; data-center cooling type not publicly confirmed.
Notes on the record
Campus operational since 2019 at the former TVA Widows Creek coal-plant site (~4.8 mi east of Stevenson). Recorded status is 'operational' (the campus is built and running); a $1.5B expansion announced June 15 2026 is under construction for 2026-2027 (captured in statusHistory). CAPACITY OMITTED: the widely cited 300 MW is Google's contracted new generation across the Tennessee Valley REGION, not a campus-specific figure. TVA partnership also includes a 2025 Kairos Power agreement for up to 50 MW of advanced nuclear for Google's AL/TN data centers (~2035). Construction workforce of 1,000+ is a projection (in notes, not jobs). Baxtel labels this 'Google Bridgeport'; TVA/Wikipedia/postal (35772) place Widows Creek near Stevenson - Stevenson used. 360-acre site; coordinates from the Widows Creek plant.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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.
- Jailhouse Studios (former Hamilton County Jail) · Chattanooga · Urban Story Ventures28 mi · Proposed · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Google Jackson County Campus in Stevenson?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Google Jackson County Campus in Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 9, 2026. $2M Energy Impact Fund (with TVA/CAANEAL) for weatherization; $550,000 STEM-kit donation to Jackson County schools; Google reports training 130,000+ Alabamians in digital skills; watershed stewardship in the Paint Rock River watershed.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google Jackson County Campus?
No lawsuit over Google Jackson County Campus appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Google Jackson County Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Google Jackson County Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as unknown, 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 Google Jackson County Campus, and how big is it?
Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 360 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Jackson County Campus," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-jackson-county-stevenson-al.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/google-jackson-county-stevenson-al, retrieved September 14, 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.Google Blog: Alabama Investment - Jackson County Campus Expansion (June 2026) · Google · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 2.Google to spend $1.5bn expanding Jackson County campus · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 3.Google plans $1.5B Jackson County data center expansion · Alabama Reporter · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 4.Google announces $1.5B Alabama data center expansion · 9to5Google · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 5.Widows Creek Fossil Plant - coordinates and site history · Wikipedia · retrieved July 7, 2026
- 6.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
- 7.Google's Alabama investment, June 2026 · Google · retrieved September 9, 2026
- 8.Google's Jackson County expansion shows how data centers can work for Alabama · Yellowhammer News · retrieved September 9, 2026
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