QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel)
QTS has proposed a 1200 MW data center in Jefferson County, Alabama (proposed). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1200 MW
- Investment
- $14.5B
- Building area
- 4.5M sq ft (4,500,000 sq ft)
- Site
- 1,607 acres
- Reported jobs
- 330
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other QTS builds
Operator
QTS
Utility
Alabama Power
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Proposed
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- last year
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2026.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2025.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, all agree
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- QTS
- Stage
- Proposed
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1200 MW
- Reported investment
- $14.5B
- Reported building area
- 4,500,000 sq ft
- Site area
- 1,607 acres
- Reported jobs
- 330
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025
Site
- City
- Bessemer
- County
- Jefferson
- State
- Alabama
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Alabama Power
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel) | Proposed | 1200 MW |
| Server Country | Project Marvel - Bessemer Hyperscale Data Center | Proposed | 1200 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: qts-marvel-bessemer-al
- CAWBRC Fox6 (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAConstruction Review Online (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAWBRC Fox6 (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAABC 3340 (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CAABC 3340 (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CATuscaloosa Thread (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- CACommunity Sentinel (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 7, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0003
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 95378089854617
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel)”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/qts-bessemer-project-marvel-al-dc_56bef12a4699, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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