2 data center projects in Brookwood City
Who decides here: the City Council of Brookwood City votes on zoning. The Tuscaloosa County may review big projects too.
In Brookwood City
Applied Digital Delta Forge 2 AI data center, Brookwood
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County
160 acres · for unnamed large cloud company (hyperscaler)
🕒 Sept 24, 2026: Applied Digital confirmed Brookwood as the Delta Forge 2 site; the county development bo…
Approved, not built yetProject Brookwood data center campus (Youngwoo & Associates)
Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County
374 acres
🕒 Sept 15, 2026: City Council voted unanimously to annex and rezone the land; the application lists a dat…
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
The county development board unanimously approved about $314.5 million in tax breaks over 20 years for Applied Digital's Delta Forge 2 data center in Brookwood. The company agreed to pay $270 million over 20 years to local governments.
🗺️ Zoning change
Council unanimously annexed 374 acres along Brookwood Industrial Parkway and rezoned it from single-family homes to light industrial for Project Brookwood LLC. The application lists a data center campus. The Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended it in August.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Brookwood City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Alabama Power Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Alabama.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Which company will use the data center?
- How much water will it use per day?
- How many diesel backup generators will it have?
- How big would this data center be, in megawatts?
- Which company would use it?
- How much water would it use?