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Data center campus · Childersburg Industrial Park (former Alabama Ordnance Works), Childersburg, Talladega County, Alabama

Childersburg Industrial Park hyperscale data center

Proposed as of April 9, 2026

A developer the mayor called WHP Development is weighing a roughly $6 billion, 500 MW hyperscale campus on 486 city-owned acres at the former World War II munitions site, a Superfund site, in Childersburg. The council changed its zoning in January 2026 to allow data centers, but no sale has closed. Also known as: WHP Development Childersburg.

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Power500MW reported · stated
Site486acres

Who is behind it

ProjectChildersburg Industrial Park hyperscale data centerAlso: WHP Development Childersburg
Developer and teamWHP Development
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The mayor said the city had sold no property and was waiting on due-diligence results, as residents put up yard signs opposing the project. (ABC 33/40 (WBMA), April 9, 2026)

  2. The mayor said publicly that no decision had been made, the city had sold no land, and any sale would require an ordinance. (ABC 33/40 (WBMA), Feb. 3, 2026; CBS 42 (WIAT), Feb. 2026)

  3. The city council unanimously changed its planned-unit-development zoning so data centers are a principal use; the city's land agreement is in principle, pending the developer's site assessment. (Inside Climate News, Jan. 23, 2026; CBS 42 (WIAT), Feb. 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The link between WHP and Western Hospitality Partners is only the reporter's inference; a developer representative would not confirm the company name.
  • The site is on the EPA National Priorities List (since 1987), with groundwater study ongoing according to Inside Climate News.
  • No update after April 2026 was found.
  • Coordinates approximate, in the industrial park area near the Coosa River outside Childersburg.

The full record

Status note
The city says no sale is final and it is waiting on the developer's feasibility and due-diligence results.
Power note
500 MW as described by the mayor to Inside Climate News.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.