Data Center Registry

Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal

Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama

CancelledNo reception on recordRecord updated September 15, 2026

Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal is a cancelled data center in Tallassee, Alabama (Elmore County), operated by Undisclosed private developers. The public record puts it at 10 MW planned.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Undisclosed private developers
Facility type: Data center
Location: Tallassee, Elmore County, AL
Coordinates: 32.5333, -85.8902 (approximate)
Power capacity: 10 MW planned
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: Not established from a public source
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.

May 18, 2026
Cancelled
Mayor Joey Wiginton and the Tallassee City Council took the data center off the table, with the mayor saying "we don't understand enough about it to make a good decision on it"; he added that developer interest had also diminished. Source: WSFA
April 2026
Proposed
Two businessmen expressed interest in buying the 1852 mill property from the Tallassee Redevelopment Authority and converting the mill shell into a data center; the proposal surfaced publicly about two weeks before April 29, 2026. Source: WSFA

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal in Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Site is the shell of the historic 1852 textile mill on the west side of the Tallapoosa River, adjacent to Alabama Power's Thurlow Dam; the property is owned by the Tallassee Redevelopment Authority. Capacity reporting differs: WSFA described a 10 MW project that could grow to 20 MW, while the Tallassee Times reported the developers described a 20 MW facility - the conservative 10 MW figure is recorded. The developers, described as entrepreneurs based in South Carolina and Florida, were not named in either account, so the operator field is a placeholder rather than a verified entity. Developers claimed 15-30 permanent positions. Coordinate is the OpenStreetMap "Tallassee Mills" feature.

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.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Land area
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

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.
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.
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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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 Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal in Tallassee?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal?

No lawsuit over Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal appears in the record we track as of September 15, 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 Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal use?

No water withdrawal figure for Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal 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 Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal, and how big is it?

Undisclosed private developers is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 10 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/tallassee-mill-data-center-al.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/tallassee-mill-data-center-al, retrieved October 1, 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.Historic Tallassee mill could become data center; residents urge caution · WSFA · retrieved September 15, 2026
2.Tallassee pulls plug on data center plan for now · WSFA · retrieved September 15, 2026
3.Wiginton Elaborates on Mill Property, Data Center · Tallassee Times · retrieved September 15, 2026

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