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Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt)

St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont

CancelledNo reception on recordRecord updated October 28, 2026

Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) is a cancelled data center in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County), operated by Unnamed developer.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Unnamed developer
Facility type
Data center
Location
St. Albans, Franklin County, VT
Coordinates
44.8108, -73.0834 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
20 permanent; 1,000 construction
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
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.

  1. February 2026
    Cancelled
    "It was going to cost just too much money to build a substation that would have allowed the project to move forward" -- Sean Adkins, then St. Albans town manager, on why the developer withdrew: connecting to the grid would have required a new substation costing roughly $30 million. Source: VTDigger
  2. 2025
    Proposed
    First known attempt to bring a large-scale data center to Vermont. Two capacity scenarios were discussed: 8-12MW or 50MW; the larger option was projected at approximately 1,000 temporary construction jobs and 20 permanent jobs. Source: VTDigger

Opposition and litigation at this site

The record carries no reception finding for Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, but it does carry this note as of October 28, 2026: No opposition or support documented in coverage found -- the project failed on grid-interconnection economics before reaching a public siting fight.

A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

As of September 2026, no developer name, specific parcel, or exact site address was named in any source found, so the location is a St. Albans city-boundary centroid (OSM relation 199108, 'Saint Albans City, Franklin County, Vermont'), not a parcel-level pin; no street address exists to pair it with. Capacity and jobs appear only in the status history notes, not as structured single-value fields, because the two capacity scenarios (8-12MW vs 50MW) were alternatives under discussion, not a single settled plan, and the job estimates applied only to the larger, never-selected option. Sean Adkins subsequently became executive director of the Rutland Development Authority and has expressed continued interest in attracting a similar project to Rutland -- not independently verified as an active proposal as of September 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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
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.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in 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 Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) in St. Albans?

The record carries no reception finding for Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, but it does carry this note as of October 28, 2026: No opposition or support documented in coverage found -- the project failed on grid-interconnection economics before reaching a public siting fight.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt)?

No lawsuit over Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) appears in the record we track as of October 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 Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt) 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 Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt), and how big is it?

Unnamed developer is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Proposed St. Albans, VT Data Center (Unbuilt)," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/st-albans-data-center-vt.

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/st-albans-data-center-vt, 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. 1.Vermont plugs into the data center conversation · VTDigger · retrieved September 12, 2026
  2. 2.Vermont's Data Center Bill Is Dead. Developers Weren't Lining Up to Build One Here Anyway · Compass Vermont · retrieved October 28, 2026

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