Google Jackson County Campus
Google · Stevenson, AL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 34.8842, -85.755
- Serving utility, source-reported
- North Alabama Electric Co-op
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Google announced a $600M data center at the former TVA Widows Creek coal-plant site in Jackson County
- Under construction
Groundbreaking on the original $600M campus; 360-acre site off County Road 96
- Operational
Original campus operational with two buildings (~135,000 sq ft each)
- Under construction
$1.5B expansion announced; construction planned for 2026-2027; 1,000+ contract workers expected
Source notes
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 the status history). Capacity is 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). The construction workforce of 1,000+ is a projection for the expansion (Alabama Reporter: "More than 1,000 contract workers are expected to participate during various phases of the expansion.") and is recorded as 1,000 construction jobs. Baxtel labels this 'Google Bridgeport'; TVA, Wikipedia and the postal code (35772) place Widows Creek near Stevenson, so Stevenson is used. 360-acre site; coordinates from the Widows Creek plant.
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.
Sources and provenance
- Google Blog: Alabama Investment - Jackson County Campus Expansion (June 2026) · source retrieved 2026-09-09
- Google to spend $1.5bn expanding Jackson County campus · source retrieved 2026-07-07
- Google plans $1.5B Jackson County data center expansion · source retrieved 2026-07-07
- Google announces $1.5B Alabama data center expansion · source retrieved 2026-07-07
- Widows Creek Fossil Plant - coordinates and site history · source retrieved 2026-07-07
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · source retrieved 2026-07-23
- Google's Jackson County expansion shows how data centers can work for Alabama · source retrieved 2026-09-09
- Are More Data Centers Coming To North Alabama? What Local Leaders Are Saying · source retrieved 2026-09-28
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.