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Google adds $1.5B to Alabama data-center campus expansion

Google + Jackson County, Alabama + TVA + CAANEAL + Kairos Power

Primary sourcePress release only2026-06-15
Deal structureData-center campus expansion / power and community investment package
GeographyJackson County / Bridgeport, Alabama
Infrastructure layersData centers + power infrastructure + cloud capacity
Disclosed scale$1.5B investment across 2026 and 2027 to expand Google's Jackson County, Alabama data-center campus, plus Google-funded power and infrastructure costs, a $2M Energy Impact Fund, $550K of STEM kit support, and previously announced regional power additions including 300 MW of new generation capacity

Why it matters

The strategic read

Extends a live hyperscale campus built on a retired coal-plant site into the next phase of AI-era cloud growth. The Alabama receipt is not just a capex number: Google says it will fund its own power and infrastructure costs, while DCD ties the expansion to 300 MW of new generation in the Tennessee Valley region and a 50 MW Kairos Power / TVA nuclear partnership. That makes it a compact example of hyperscaler load growth, grid-cost containment, nuclear adjacency and data-center reuse of legacy power infrastructure.

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What was disclosed

  1. 01

    Google announced a $1.5B investment for 2026 and 2027 to expand its data-center campus in Jackson County, Alabama.

  2. 02

    Google said the facility has operated since 2019 on a repurposed former coal-plant site.

  3. 03

    Google said it is funding 100% of its own power and infrastructure costs as part of the expansion.

  4. 04

    Google announced a $2M Energy Impact Fund in partnership with TVA and CAANEAL to support energy-efficiency and weatherization programs.

  5. 05

    Google also announced $550K to provide STEM kits for local fourth-to-eighth graders.

  6. 06

    Google said the expansion builds on local impact including water stewardship in the Paint Rock River Watershed, training more than 130,000 Alabamians in digital skills and generating hundreds of full-time and construction jobs.

  7. 07

    DCD reported the campus is located on the site of the former Widows Creek coal plant and began operating in 2019.

  8. 08

    DCD reported the site had two data-center buildings as of 2022, each spanning about 135,000 square feet, while the eventual planned footprint has not been shared publicly.

  9. 09

    DCD reported Google has contracted to bring 300 MW of new generation capacity to the Tennessee Valley region.

  10. 10

    DCD tied that power package to a 50 MW nuclear-power partnership with Kairos Power and TVA announced in 2025.

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What is known—and what is not

Primary Google announcement plus DCD site and power-context reporting. Public materials disclose the $1.5B 2026-2027 expansion amount, Jackson County campus location, former coal-plant reuse, Google-funded power and infrastructure-cost posture, energy-impact and STEM commitments, job/training context, and DCD-reported 300 MW regional generation / 50 MW Kairos-TVA nuclear-power context. Public materials do not disclose final expansion footprint, campus MW, utility-service agreement, generation-contract terms, nuclear PPA terms, interconnection schedule, construction/EPC vendors, financing, server/GPU mix, workload allocation, water permits, detailed energy tariff mechanics, or exact delivery milestones.