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Project Marvel

High-confidence Bessemer proposal with a revised municipal plan, proposed substation, and unresolved water and utility impacts. The 1,200 MW figure remains proposed project-scale/power-demand context rather than confirmed IT load or energized capacity.

ProposedconfirmedHigh concern

Site Snapshot

Location
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
Operator / sponsor
Logistic Land Investments LLC
Status / stage
Proposed · approval / land-use
Scale
1200 MW reported; Mega campus (>1,000 MW); 4,500,000 sq ft; 1600 acres; expected online 2032
Reported project context; confirm whether any MW figure is requested, approved, energized, IT load, generation, or ultimate buildout before comparing it with another record.Capacity reading: Project-scale context · MW type not established · Proposed floor area · Site area · Target online date

Compute Workload

This panel tracks what the facility is for without assuming that every project is AI training, inference, or cloud capacity.

Undisclosed / unknownUnknown

QTS describes a Bessemer campus in development; WBRC links it to Project Marvel. Bessemer's official notice records an updated planning and development framework after public feedback. A public mirror of the February 2026 WBRC-uploaded exhibit shows a proposed site plan with substations and stormwater detention, but the reviewed sources do not identify a customer, specific workload, or training/inference split.

QTS is identified as the developer; that does not establish a facility workload or customer allocation. Bessemer's undated official notice records an updated planning framework in response to public feedback, but does not disclose the resulting plan details or workload. The public exhibit mirror is a site-plan lead, not a primary municipal publication and not workload evidence. The reported 1,200 MW project figure is not a workload allocation. Workload capacity remains unknown.

Sources reviewed; workload unresolved · Reviewed 2026-09-09Training/inference: unknown · class: unknownQTS: Bessemer, Alabama data center campusWBRC: QTS confirms plans for proposed data center campus in BessemerScribd public mirror (uploaded by WBRC): 2026-02-04 Project Marvel Exhibit — Bessemer, AL, Rev1City of Bessemer: Updated Development Plans for Proposed Data Center Project

Public Money

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: the dataset's $14.5 billion figure and WBRC-reported roughly $75 million per year are project-cost and projected local-tax-impact context, not recorded spending or a subsidy award. Alabama Revenue's Chapter 9B guidance confirms that qualifying data-processing centers may receive state and local tax abatements through a local resolution and executed agreement, but the reviewed state guidance does not establish that Project Marvel received one. A project-specific resolution, abatement agreement, infrastructure commitment, and public-cost record remain unresolved.

Source links for this fieldData Center Dynamics700 Acre Data Center In Bessemer Alabama Approved Despite OppositionYouTubeWatchAL.com14 Billion Proposed Data Center Near Birmingham Hits Another Hurdlewbrc.comBessemer Residents Frustrated Over Proposed Data Center

Water

Source review: the Bessemer project materials and environmental-advocacy filings describe substantial potential water demand, including a reported request for at least 2 million gallons per day, but no reviewed permit or executed service agreement establishes a final withdrawal, consumption, cooling, or wastewater quantity.

Source links for this fieldwbrc.comBessemer City Council Approves 149 Billion Data Center Project Despite Transparency ConcernsWBRCEnvironmental groups question NDA tied to Project MarvelData Center Dynamics700 Acre Data Center In Bessemer Alabama Approved Despite OppositionYouTubeWatch

Power

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: the City of Bessemer describes revised planning for the proposed campus, and reporting on the February 2026 exhibit describes 18 buildings across an expanded site with a proposed substation. The dataset's 1,200 MW remains proposed project-scale/power-demand context, not confirmed requested, approved, energized, generation, or data-center IT-load capacity.

Source links for this fieldData Center Dynamics700 Acre Data Center In Bessemer Alabama Approved Despite OppositionYouTubeWatchAL.com14 Billion Proposed Data Center Near Birmingham Hits Another Hurdlewbrc.comBessemer Residents Frustrated Over Proposed Data Center

Bloom / Fuel Cells

No fuel-cell or Bloom Energy source is attached to this project yet.

Core tracking fields have source leads attachedFields with source leads: NDA / secrecy, Public money, Water, Power
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Sources and Leads

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Data Center Dynamics700 Acre Data Center In Bessemer Alabama Approved Despite OppositionYouTubeWatchAL.com14 Billion Proposed Data Center Near Birmingham Hits Another Hurdlewbrc.comBessemer Residents Frustrated Over Proposed Data Centerwbrc.comBessemer City Council Approves 149 Billion Data Center Project Despite Transparency ConcernsData Center DynamicsAlabamas Planned 14bn Project Marvel Data Center Could Double In Sizeabc3340.comBessemer Unveils Revised Project Marvel Data Center Campus Plan Amid Ongoing ControversyWBRCEnvironmental groups question NDA tied to Project MarvelSouthern Environmental Law CenterBessemer Project Marvel NDA raises public records concernsNAACPOpposition letter to Bessemer Planning and Zoning Commissioninsideclimatenews.orgProposed Alabama Data Center Clashes With Northern Beltline Birmingham DarterFacebook community group1153501246871845Facebook community group740748888833453City of BessemerUpdated Development Plans for Proposed Data Center ProjectWBRCProposed data center campus in Bessemer expands to 1,600 acres in updated planAlabama Department of RevenueChapter 9B AbatementsFracTracker AllianceOpen U.S. Data Centers TrackerArcGIS source rowProject Marvel dataset attributes