Tallassee 1852 Mill Data Center Proposal
Undisclosed private developers · Tallassee, AL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 32.5333016, -85.8901615
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 10 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-15
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
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.
Underlying source - 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.
Underlying source
Source notes
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.
Sources and provenance
- Historic Tallassee mill could become data center; residents urge caution · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- Tallassee pulls plug on data center plan for now · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- Wiginton Elaborates on Mill Property, Data Center · source retrieved 2026-09-15
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.