Overview
- Google said it will invest $1.5 billion to expand its Jackson County, Alabama data center with construction planned for 2026–2027.
- The company committed to cover 100% of the power it uses and to fund infrastructure costs directly driven by the expansion in line with the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge.
- As an interim measure Google has contracted with the Tennessee Valley Authority for more than 300 megawatts of new generation and uses demand-response to cut load during peak periods and extreme weather.
- A 2025 agreement with Kairos Power and TVA would let Google draw up to 50 megawatts of advanced nuclear power, but initial estimates place that plant’s availability years away, making the nuclear supply a long-term option.
- The Jackson County campus sits on the retired Widows Creek coal-plant site, which lets Google reuse existing transmission and the company says its funding approach aims to protect local consumers while meeting rising AI compute demand.