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University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center

University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · United States

Facility record

Lifecycle
Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
Location precision
approximate
Address as listed
709 Johnny Stallings Drive
Coordinates
33.2120822, -87.5396735
Serving utility, source-reported
Alabama Power
Operational capacity, source-reported
Not published
Planned capacity, source-reported
14.6 MW
Source record updated
2026-10-18

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

  1. Under construction

    UA Board of Trustees gave Stage IV approval on 12 November 2024; "Construction can begin" with completion projected for "late 2026".

    Underlying source

Source notes

University research computing facility on the eastern edge of the Tuscaloosa campus, not a commercial colocation or hyperscale site. UA states verbatim: "The facility's 40,000 square feet will allow for a substantial increase in UA's computing power" and "an estimated $25 million of computing power"; it will host a "petascale computing system, meaning it will be capable of performing quadrillions of calculations per second" and be the "only system in Alabama to meet the benchmarks for the Top500 list". The University of Alabama News article names a U.S. Department of Commerce NIST disbursement plus an Alabama Education Trust Fund appropriation approved by the legislature and Gov. Ivey in 2023, but states no dollar totals for either. The university's Building Bama project page lists a "BOT Budget $96,000,000" with funding sources "Federal NIST Grant (2023-NIST-CICGP-01) : $44,550,000", "State Appropriation (Act #2023-378/SB-87) : $46,000,000" and "UA Central Reserves : $5,450,000"; the $96 million budget is recorded as the investment figure. The $25M is computing equipment, not construction investment, and is not used as the investment figure. No MW figure appears in the University of Alabama News article. The planned capacity is from the university's HPC center About page, which states "The building is master-planned for 14.6 MW of computing power" and lists "5 mW+ of HPC power available, scalable to 16 mW+". Status is recorded as under construction: the university's Building Bama project page lists the project as active construction with a scheduled construction end of November 2026, and the HPC center page says "Opening in early 2027". Coordinates are the campus centroid, not the building on the eastern edge of campus.

The site was chosen for proximity to Alabama Power high-voltage transmission lines, which also serve a nearby hospital and are prioritised for restoration in a major outage; the project includes a 22,500 gsf electrical substation yard.

Sources and provenance

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.

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