What is Project Red Clay?

Project Red Clay is an AI data center project in Burkville, Alabama tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is announced.

Where is Project Red Clay?

Project Red Clay is in Burkville, Alabama. Every tracked Alabama campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/alabama.

How big is Project Red Clay?

Data Center Index tracks Project Red Clay at 1.5 GW, on an estimated $1.5B build. That capacity is an estimate. We modeled or inferred it, and no source states it.

Who is building Project Red Clay?

Cloverleaf Infrastructure is developing Project Red Clay.

Project Red Clay

Name: Project Red Clay
Address: Burkville, AL, United States

1.5 GW AI data center in Burkville, AL, United States: announced.

Capacity: 1.5 GW
Location: Burkville, AL, United States
Developer: Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Status: announced
Estimated cost: $1.5B

Project Red Clay is a 1.5 GW AI data center project located in Burkville, AL, United States, currently announced. It is being built by Cloverleaf Infrastructure. The estimated build cost is $1.5B. 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

Project Red Clay is an 800-acre data center in Lowndes County near Hayneville that has requested 1,500 megawatts of capacity from Alabama Power. It's estimated to cost at least $1.5 billion in the development stage. Cloverleaf owns the project LLC, and developers said an agreement identifying the operator hasn't been finalized.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Project Red Clay?: Project Red Clay is an AI data center project in Burkville, Alabama tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is announced.
Where is Project Red Clay?: Project Red Clay is in Burkville, Alabama. Every tracked Alabama campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/alabama.
How big is Project Red Clay?: Data Center Index tracks Project Red Clay at 1.5 GW, on an estimated $1.5B build. That capacity is an estimate. We modeled or inferred it, and no source states it.
Who is building Project Red Clay?: Cloverleaf Infrastructure is developing Project Red Clay.

Sources

Lowndes County residents demand transparency in hyperscale data center development (yahoo.com · press · 2026-08-25)
Route Fifty (syndicating Alabama Reflector) (route-fifty.com · press · 2026-08-25)
WBHM (wbhm.org · press · 2026-10-07)
Data Center Gets Massive Tax Break in Surprise Vote by Lowndes Commission (selc.org · press · 2026-10-14)
NRDC (nrdc.org · press · 2026-10-14)
Yellowhammer News (yellowhammernews.com · press · 2026-08-25)