Data CentersThursday, November 5
Lambda names itself as the company behind the $33 billion Lowndes County data center
The Daily Birmingham team
If you've followed the Lowndes County data center fight, the operator now has a name. San Francisco-based Lambda, Inc. announced Wednesday it will invest $33 billion in Project Red Clay, developed by Cloverleaf Infrastructure. The site will have six buildings spanning 3 million square feet at U.S. Highway 80 and Alabama Highway 21 in Hayneville. Construction is expected to start in the first few months of 2027 and take up to five years.
Project Red Clay's six buildings will span 3 million square feet
Floor area of the Project Red Clay campus, beside places you know
52 football fields would fit inside the Project Red Clay campus
Source: AL.com
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| Floor area | |
|---|---|
| The Project Red Clay campus | 3,000,000 sq. ft. (Six buildings) |
| A football field | 57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included) |
- Jobs: more than 1,000 construction, at least 225 full-time
- Local tax revenue: about $2.85 billion over 20 years
- Water: 100,000 gallons a day at first, closed-loop cooling
Alabama Power would supply the power, pending regulatory approval, and Lambda says it will pay the full cost of the power and grid infrastructure so those costs aren't passed on to existing customers. Opponents have packed county meetings since the summer. Two nearby residents, the group Protect Lowndes County and the Alabama Rivers Alliance are suing the county commission over billions of dollars in tax breaks.
1,500 megawattsProject Red Clay's power capacity, up to
Alabama Power would supply it. AL.com says that can power roughly 1 million homes.
Sources: AL.com, Yellowhammer News
Sources: AL.com, Yellowhammer News