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Google Jackson County (Widows Creek)

Bridgeport, Jackson County County, AL

Source: Primary source

Google Jackson County (Widows Creek) is an operating data center in Jackson County County, AL, operated by Google LLC.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Real parent
Operator
Google LLC
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

On retired TVA Widows Creek coal plant; $1.5B 2026-27 expansion.

Operator chain

  • Files as
    Google LLC
  • This facility
    Google Jackson County (Widows Creek)

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA
Nearest substation
0.3 mi
Unknown173325 · 161 kV
Transmission line
0.3 mi
161 kV line
Municipal water
Served
Bridgeport Utilities Board (modeled boundary)

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

Data-center discussions in Jackson County County

source: LocalView (CC0)

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

Jackson County Committee
Dec 11, 2017 · 1 data-center mention
Jackson County Committee
Aug 14, 2017 · 1 data-center mention
Jackson County Committee
Oct 10, 2016 · 1 data-center mention

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Bridgeport Middle School in Bridgeport, is 0.3 mi from this site (122 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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