# University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center

> Under construction: a 14.6 MW data center in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
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University of Alabama is building a 14.6 MW data center in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** University of Alabama (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Tenants:** UA students and faculty, Office/Division of Research and Economic Development, strategic partners, industry collaborators, national-security partners, statewide research collaborations (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 14.6 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported IT load:** 14.6 MW (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 40,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $96.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** 2024-11 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** 2024-11 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2026-12 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Tuscaloosa (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Tuscaloosa (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Alabama (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** Alabama Power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Mixed use, AI among other workloads (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 15, 2026)
- **Facility type:** Enterprise (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Incentives reported:** Grant; Other; $90.5M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center | Under construction | Not reported |
| Server Country | University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center | Under construction | 14.6 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 15, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction.

### Who is building University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center?

University of Alabama is the operator; the tenants reported are UA students and faculty, Office/Division of Research and Economic Development, strategic partners, industry collaborators, national-security partners, statewide research collaborations. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### When is University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in Dec 2026. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

### How do contractors on University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center get paid sooner?

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## Latest updates

- [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2026-12.
- [Reported as announced](https://news.ua.edu/2024/11/stage-iv-approval-for-high-performance-computing-center/). Reported for 2024-11.
- [Construction start reported](https://news.ua.edu/2024/11/stage-iv-approval-for-high-performance-computing-center/). Reported for 2024-11.
- [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2023-09.

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## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://news.ua.edu/2024/11/stage-iv-approval-for-high-performance-computing-center/) · as of Sep 15, 2026 · record university-of-alabama-hpc-tuscaloosa-al
- [University of Alabama News (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://news.ua.edu/2024/11/stage-iv-approval-for-high-performance-computing-center/) · as of Sep 9, 2026
- [OpenStreetMap / Nominatim (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=University+of+Alabama%2C+Tuscaloosa%2C+Alabama&format=json&limit=1) · as of Sep 9, 2026
- [The University of Alabama (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://buildingbama.ua.edu/projects/high-performance-computing-and-data-center/) · as of Sep 15, 2026
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0010
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/university-of-alabama-high-performance-computing-and-data-center-al) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 234632228382544

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/university-of-alabama-high-performance-computing-and-data-center-al-dc_d56592a02750, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.