Applied Digital Brookwood

210 MW AI data center in Brookwood, AL, United States: permitted.

Applied Digital Brookwood is a 210 MW AI data center project located in Brookwood, AL, United States, currently permitted. It is being built by Applied Digital. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across AL, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.

Project description

Applied Digital wants to build a 2,000,000 sq ft data center in Brookwood and already has a state environmental permit. A related annexation and rezoning by Project Brookwood LLC (Youngwoo & Associates) covers hundreds of acres across from Brookwood Middle School and goes to the city council for a vote on Sept. 15, 2026. The mayor says a hyperscale project would bring 2,000 to 3,000 construction jobs and 100 permanent jobs.

Related data center projects

Frequently asked questions

What is Applied Digital Brookwood?
Applied Digital Brookwood is an AI data center project in Brookwood, Alabama tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is permitted.
Where is Applied Digital Brookwood?
Applied Digital Brookwood is in Brookwood, Alabama. Every tracked Alabama campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/alabama.
How big is Applied Digital Brookwood?
Data Center Index tracks Applied Digital Brookwood at 210 MW. The developer or the press states that capacity, in a source dated August 6, 2026.
Who is building Applied Digital Brookwood?
Applied Digital is developing Applied Digital Brookwood.
When will Applied Digital Brookwood come online?
The next building at Applied Digital Brookwood is expected online 2028-12. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.

Sources

  1. Brookwood Mayor Gives Fiery Defense of Data Centers at Tuesday Town Hall (tuscaloosathread.com · press · 2026-09-03)
  2. WBRC (wbrc.com · press · 2026-08-05)
  3. ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) (abc3340.com · press · 2026-08-06)
  4. Tuscaloosa Thread (tuscaloosathread.com · press · 2026-08-05)