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Alabama Data Center Intelligence

Mapped Alabama data center sites, with their power, water and risk

One app for every Alabama county: data center sites, power, grid and FEMA risk, with hearing alerts and an API. 13 data center buildings are mapped in 4 of its 67 counties, and businesses pay 14.60¢ per kWh for power, 9% above the US average.

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Where are Alabama's data centers?

13 mapped buildings sit in 4 of Alabama's 67 counties. Madison County has the most: 7.

Madison 7Jackson 3Jefferson 2Houston 1

    © OpenStreetMap contributors

    Which risks do the counties with data centers face?

    Tornadoes are the most common risk: 4 of the 4 counties with mapped data centers rate high for them.

    Bars: counties with mapped data centers that rate Relatively high or Very high . Tap one to show it on the map.

    All 67 counties as a table

    What will a Alabama site pay for power, and how fast is demand growing?

    Business power in Alabama costs 14.60¢ per kWh, 9% above the US, and demand fell 1% since 2019.

    What do businesses pay for power?

    14.60¢ per kWh in 2025, 9% above the US average of 13.37¢.

    • Businesses14th most expensive of 51
      Alabama
      14.60¢
      US
      13.37¢

    How fast is business power demand growing?

    Business power use in Alabama fell 1% since 2019, while the US grew 10.5%.

    0%+10%Alabama−1%US+10.5%2019’20’21’22’23’242025

    What makes Alabama's power?

    143.0 TWh generated in 2025: natural gas 46%, nuclear 30%, coal 15%.

    • Natural gas46%
    • Nuclear30%
    • Coal15%
    • Hydro6.0%
    • Wood2.2%

    Under 1% each: solar, other biomass, petroleum, other (eia's catch-all).

    How much new power is proposed?

    2,120 MW of new plants are proposed for 2026–2030, 7% of today's 31,086 MW: solar 62%, natural gas 19%, other 19%.

    • Solar1,311 MW
    • Natural gas409 MW
    • Other (EIA's catch-all)400 MW

    Which grid would a Alabama site join, and what are its water and hazard risks?

    No ISO/RTO covers Alabama's power sales; tornadoes cost it most.

    Which grid serves Alabama?

    Alabama has no ISO/RTO : utilities balance their own areas for all of its retail sales.

    • No ISO/RTOAll

    Share of 2025 retail sales, by each utility's balancing authority .

    How much water do Alabama's power plants use?

    Alabama's power plants took in 1,784 billion gallons of water in 2024 to cool and returned about 98%; 28.1 billion gallons were used up .

    Returned 98.4%Used up 1.6%

    Which hazards cost Alabama most?

    Tornadoes are Alabama's biggest risk (relatively high) ; the rest rate moderate or lower.

    • TornadoRelatively high
    • Inland floodingRelatively moderate
    • Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
    • Heat waveRelatively moderate
    • HurricaneRelatively moderate
    • DroughtRelatively moderate
    • WildfireRelatively low
    • EarthquakeRelatively low

    Which AI campuses are in Alabama?

    Alabama has 2 AI campuses on the list; none of them is listed as being built.

    AI campuses in Alabama: Meta Huntsville, Meta Montgomery.

    Campuses without a county on record: Meta Huntsville. They are left off the county map.

    Who uses it, and what do they see first?

    Lawyers, brokers, site teams, utilities, insurers and investors each start from their own view of Alabama's 67 counties.

    Land-use and energy lawyers

    Follow counties with data centers, their hearings and FEMA risk.

    • Madison County7 mapped · risk relatively high
    • Jackson County3 mapped · risk relatively low
    • Jefferson County2 mapped · risk relatively high
    4counties with data centers to follow, each with its planning and zoning agendas

    Land and industrial brokers

    Rank counties by mapped data center buildings, with the power price behind them.

    • Madison County7
    • Jackson County3
    • Jefferson County2
    • Houston County1
    7mapped buildings in Madison County, the most in Alabama

    Site selection teams

    Shortlist counties by mapped sites, power and risk on one map.

    4of 67 counties have mapped data centers

    Utilities and power buyers

    Follow prices, demand and the grid behind each site. Bars: business power sales since 2019.

    • Alabama−1%
    • US+10.5%
    −1%business power sales since 2019, US +10.5%

    Insurers and lenders

    Bars: how many of the counties with data centers rate high for each hazard.

    • Tornado4 of 4
    • Inland flooding2 of 4
    • Heat wave1 of 4
    • Hurricane1 of 4
    4of 4 counties with mapped data centers rate high for at least one

    Investors and analysts

    See which new power plants are proposed, by source and size. Bars: MW proposed.

    • Solar1,311
    • Natural gas409
    • Other400
    2,120MW of new plants proposed for 2026–2030

    What's inside Alabama Data Center Intelligence?

    One app for all 67 Alabama counties, plus hearing alerts and an API. Every screen below is filled with Alabama's real data.

    The Intelligence app

    Every county's sites, power, water and risk on one screen, with your watchlist.

    app.camsahead.com/intelligence/alabama
    OverviewMapSitesAI campusesProjectsPowerWaterRiskHearingsAlertsAPI
    13mapped buildings
    2AI campuses
    14.60¢business power, per kWh
    +1.4%business demand, last 12 months
    WatchlistMappedFloodHeatDrought
    Madison County7highmoderatelow
    Jackson County3moderatelowmoderate
    Jefferson County2highhighVery low
    Houston County1moderatemoderatemoderate

    Hearings and filings

    Follow counties and cases; get the agenda and the record when a hearing is posted.

    Hearings · Alabama
    Alabama · counties you follow Planning, zoning and utility agendas
    • Madison County7 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Jackson County3 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Jefferson County2 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
    • Houston County1 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts

    Alerts

    New projects, stage changes, hearings and data updates for what you follow, by email or in the app.

    Alerts · Alabama
    • Power demandBusiness power sales +1.4% on the year before: 23.1 TWhEIA-861M, 2025-09 to 2026-08
    • Site riskMadison County (7 mapped buildings) rates Relatively high for inland floodingFEMA National Risk Index
    • New supply2,120 MW of new plants proposed for 2026–2030EIA-860

    Data API

    County, power, risk and project data as JSON for your own tools.

    api.camsahead.com
    GET /v1/counties/01089
    {
  "fips": "01089",
  "name": "Madison County",
  "state": "AL",
  "pop2025": 433516,
  "pop_change_2020_pct": 11.7,
  "density_per_sqmi": 540.8,
  "nri": {
    "risk_rating": "Relatively High",
    "ifld": {
      "rating": "Relatively High",
      "score": 95.9
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        },
    "hwav": {
      "rating": "Relatively Moderate",
      "score": 94.2
    },
    "drgt": {
      "rating": "Relatively Low",
      "score": 60.6
    }
  },
  "grid": {
    "rtos": [],
    "utilities_n": 1
  },
  "state_power": {
    "commercial_cents_kwh": 14.6,
    "us_commercial_cents_kwh": 13.37,
    "as_of": "2025"
  }
}

    What does it cost?

    Alabama Data Center Intelligence is $390 a month for 3 seats.

    Alabama Data Center Intelligence$390 a month
    • The Intelligence app: every county's sites, power, water and risk
    • Alerts on new projects, filings and hearings
    • Reports as web page, PDF and CSV
    • 3 seats · cancel any time
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    Data APIFrom $999 a month
    • County, power, risk and project data as JSON
    • Keys for your own tools and models
    Request API access
    Public bodies$4,680 a year
    • Counties, cities, utilities and co-ops
    • Paid by invoice
    Request an invoice

    What stays open? The map, the county pages and every data center page stay open to everyone.

    Sources and updates

    How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.

    • OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
    • Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
    • U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
    • FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
    • U.S. Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (co-est2025-alldata.csv): people by county.

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