Five data center projects added to the Location Decision Project Tracker this week carry more than $52 billion in announced investment. The two largest are in places that rarely show up on data center maps: Lambda's estimated $33.1 billion campus in Lowndes County, Ala., and Google's $17 billion first Wyoming data center in Laramie County.
Metrobloks ($1.4 billion in Liberty, Mo.), Meta (more than $1 billion in Tulsa, Okla.) and a $300 million project in Storey County, Nev., round out the group.
Each of the big ones came with its power arrangement spelled out at announcement. A week after voters went against data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, who pays for electricity has become part of the siting pitch.
Lowndes County, Ala.
Lambda plans the Red Clay Technology Center Campus near U.S. 80 and Alabama 21, on a site developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure has been preparing. The company says the campus will support more than 225 full-time jobs and more than 1,000 construction jobs, with construction starting in the first quarter of 2027 and taking up to five years, according to the Alabama Political Reporter.
Alabama Power would supply electricity, pending regulatory approval. Lambda says it will make upfront commitments to cover electricity and grid costs so they are not passed on to existing Alabama Power customers. Al.com reported the campus could draw up to 1,500 megawatts.
The deal is also in court. County commissioners voted 3-2 on Oct. 13 to approve a tax break package of more than $2.7 billion. Two lawsuits challenge that vote, one from Protect Lowndes County and the Alabama Rivers Alliance and one from two residents, according to GovTech, reprinting al.com. A hearing is set for Dec. 2.
Laramie County, Wyo.
Google's campus will run largely on its own generation: a 702-megawatt natural gas fuel cell project using Bloom Energy cells, contracted through AEP, with carbon dioxide captured and sent to Tallgrass Energy's sequestration hub in eastern Wyoming, according to Interesting Engineering. Gas generation from Tallgrass and Black Hills Energy supplies the rest. The campus will use air cooling. Google has not given a job count.
Tulsa and Liberty
Meta broke ground in April at Fair Oaks, Oklahoma's first state-certified REDI Site, according to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. The state says Meta worked with Public Service Company of Oklahoma years in advance, pays the full cost of its energy and will put hundreds of millions of dollars toward grid infrastructure. The site will have about 100 operational jobs.
In Liberty, Metrobloks plans three buildings totaling 568,800 square feet with 30 jobs averaging about $95,000, KCUR reported. The city approved $1.4 billion in bonds and $202.7 million in tax abatements over 25 years, and cited the project's very low water use.
The factories behind them
The same Tracker update added four plants that make power and computing equipment:
Eaton · More than $30 million and more than 200 jobs at a 370,000-square-foot medium-voltage switchgear plant in Bellevue, Neb. Production starts in the first half of 2027. Eaton tied the plant to demand from nearly 3,000 data centers planned or under construction in the U.S.
ABB · $50 million and 227 jobs at a new site in Selmer, Tenn.
Amperesand · $18.4 million in equipment and 110 jobs at a manufacturing plant in Reno, Nev., approved for state tax abatements.
Hyve Solutions · 240 jobs at a computer hardware manufacturing campus in North Las Vegas, Nev.
What to watch
The Dec. 2 hearing on the Lowndes County tax break vote.
Alabama Power's regulatory filing for Lambda's load.
Whether more developers follow Google in bringing their own generation.
How we count: figures are announced investment as recorded in the Location Decision Project Tracker. Lambda's $33.1 billion is the company's estimate for a planned project, and Meta's figure is a floor ("more than $1 billion"). Tracker counts reflect our coverage, which is still expanding.