Canadian data center operator Beacon Data Centers has revealed its plans for the Calvert Infrastructure Hub, a US$ 6 billion campus set to be built in Mobile County, Alabama. The project adds to a fast-growing North American pipeline for the Nadia Partners-backed developer, which now counts more than ten campuses and roughly 6 GW of planned capacity across sites in Alberta, New Brunswick, Texas, California, and Ohio.
The hub will sit on a 650-acre lot, but the facility itself will occupy only 95 acres, with the rest of the parcel left largely undisturbed as a wooded buffer and open land. Once complete, the Calvert Infrastructure Hub will support cloud computing, AI, digital communications, and other online services within the two data center buildings being constructed. Beacon Data Centers writes in an FAQ that the location was selected because of the availability of industrial land, the region’s workforce, and proximity to power sources.
The power source point is particularly important as Beacon Data Centers says the hub won’t have diesel power backup generators, unlike some of its other projects. The upshot of this is that there will be no on-site diesel emissions or generator noise. In an effort to dampen any noise that does emanate from the facility, the design includes a 1,000-foot setback from the property line and other noise buffers.
The company says that the project will pay for all energy and infrastructure needed to service the operations including upgrades and extensions needed to connect the facility to the grid. The power will be sourced from Alabama Power, with Beacon claiming that the project won’t affect power supply or prices in Mobile County.
As for water, evaporative cooling will not be used, and instead the Calvert Infrastructure Hub will feature a closed-loop water cooling system to minimize impact on the local water supply.
The project is currently in the planning and engineering phase, with construction on the first building set to be complete in 2027. The company is also engaging with the community regularly to address its concerns. To that end, Beacon Data Centers expects the project to create 1,000 construction jobs and as many as 250 quality operational jobs once the hub is operational.
Beacon Data Centers is the latest firm to pursue a digital infrastructure project in Alabama as the state’s affordable land, abundant energy and favorable tax rules attract the likes of Google and Meta. According to information compiled by Cleanview, as of July 2026 there are 13 operational data centers in Alabama and 14 more planned in the state. The total capacity of these existing data centers is 764 MW with a plan to more than triple that to 2,704 MW. It isn’t clear at this stage how much capacity the Calvert Infrastructure Hub will contribute to this figure.