Bessemer Hyperscale Data Center
Data center project in Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer Hyperscale Data Center is a data center project in Bessemer, Alabama, approved, developed by QTS Data Centers, with a stated size of 1.2 GW. Last reported October 22, 2026, from 9 sources.
- Status
- Approved
- Developer
- QTS Data Centers
- Location
- Bessemer, Alabama
- Stated size
- 1.2 GW
- Stated investment
- $14.4B
- Last reported
- October 22, 2026
- Sources
- 9 sources
- Other companies on the job
- 8 companies named, on Ultra
Is it moving?
Permits and filings
- Rezoning of ~700 acres from A-1 agricultural to I-1 light industrialZoning · Bessemer City Council · Approved · November 18, 2025bhamwiki.com ↗
- Amendment allowing data centers as permitted uses in I-1 light industrial districtsZoning · Bessemer City Council · Approved · October 7, 2025bhamwiki.com ↗
- Rezoning of additional ~900 acres from agricultural to industrialZoning · Bessemer City Council · Approved · April 21, 2026nearbydatacenters.org ↗
- Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation on rezoning and development planZoning · Bessemer Planning and Zoning Commission · Approved · June 17, 2025bhamwiki.com ↗
- Property owners' lawsuit over rezoning noticePublic record · Denied · June 22, 2026nearbydatacenters.org ↗
- ALDOT letter on Northern Beltline (I-422) route conflictTraffic study · Alabama Department of Transportation · Filed · November 1, 2025bhamwiki.com ↗
- WaterWater · Status not stateddatacentercensus.com ↗
What the sources say
Reported
“QTS Data Centers’ Project Marvel is a $14.5 billion hyperscale data center campus planned for a rural pocket of Bessemer”
Status
“The letter announced construction was starting soon for the Bessemer data center”
Investment
“QTS Data Centers’ Project Marvel is a $14.5 billion hyperscale data center campus”
Reported
“Project Marvel is a $14.5 billion hyperscale data center campus off Rock Mountain Lake Road on Bessemer's rural southwest edge”
Status
“ApprovedRezoning approved Nov. 2025 and expanded to 914 acres in April 2026”
Size
“planned at about 4.5 million sq ft and up to 1,200 MW”
Investment
“Project Marvel is a $14.5 billion hyperscale data center campus”
Reported
“Code name "Project Marvel."”
Buildings
18
Square footage
4.5 million sq ft
Acreage
1,607.42 acres
Address
5761–5951 Rock Mountain Lake Road and 6042–6380 Old Lawsontown Road
Capacity
1,200 MW
Substation
new electrical substation
Cooling
closed-loop
Construction duration
at least 7 years
Completion
up to 10 years
Reports behind this page
- Bessemer asks QTS Data Centers to pause construction until joint meeting · al.com, October 20, 2026
- Project Marvel Data Center in Bessemer, AL: Status & Timeline · datacentercensus.com, September 23, 2026
- QTS Data Centers builds $14.5 billion data center in Bessemer, Alabama | Construction Trends 发布的此话题相关的动态 | 领英 - QTS Data Centers builds $14.5 billion data center in Bessemer, Alabama · linkedin.com, July 9, 2026
What the full file adds
- General contractor1 named
- Electrical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Mechanical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Engineering and commissioningOpen: not named yet
- Power and cooling equipmentOpen: not named yet
- Utility and power supply3 named
- TenantOpen: not named yet
- Investors and lenders1 named
- Named builders, suppliers and partners8 companies named on this job besides the developer, each with its source.Ultra
- Buying stage by tradeWhen the electrical, mechanical and other trade work on this job is likely to be bought.Ultra
- ContactsSenior people at the companies on this job, where public pages name them.Ultra
- Who pays whom3 deals on file: equity, loans, leases, power or equipment, each with its source.Ultra
- Video and satellite readingsHow busy the site looks, wherever public drone or news footage or a satellite image of it is found.Ultra
- Spezia's read of the projectIts construction phase, how likely it is to be built and what is holding it back.Ultra
- AlertsAn email the day this project moves.Ultra
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