Applied Digital has revealed that its $3.2 billion Delta Forge 2 AI data center will be located near Brookwood, Alabama.

The company revealed in June that it had secured a customer for a new 210MW data center, but did not announce its location. It has now revealed it will be built on a 1,300-acre site near Brookwood, in Alabama’s Tuscaloosa County.

According to Applied Digital, the project will support up to 1,000 construction jobs and create 100 permanent roles. Operations are expected to begin in 2028. The data center will span 1.2 million sq ft (111,483 sqm) at full build-out.

The identity of the end user for the data center has not been revealed, but Applied Digital describes it as an “investment grade hyperscaler”.

To sweeten the deal for local residents, Applied Digital is committing $270 million in community benefits payments to the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority over 20 years, alongside an estimated $131m in tax revenue that will be generated for the area.

“For our community, this project is about creating opportunities for local families, strengthening our schools and positioning Brookwood for the future,” said City of Brookwood mayor Joe Barger. “We anticipate that Applied Digital will be a good neighbor and a long-term community partner, and expect this $3.2 billion investment to benefit Brookwood residents for generations to come.”

Founded in 2021 as Applied Blockchain, Applied Digital is pivoting to developing AI and HPC data centers, and has signed multiple large-scale deals.

Its contracted portfolio now spans five AI Factory campuses, totaling 1.4GW of critical IT load, and approximately 2.15GW of grid-connected utility power.

The company’s Polaris Forge 1 and 2 hyperscale campuses are located in Ellendale and Harwood, North Dakota. The former is set to be leased to CoreWeave while much of the latter is set to be leased to an unnamed “investment-grade hyperscaler.”

Located on 600 acres in an unnamed northern state, Polaris Forge 3 will offer 300MW of critical IT load to the same US-based, high-investment-grade hyperscaler that previously signed on for capacity at Applied’s Delta Forge 1 campus. Initial operations at Polaris Forge 3 are anticipated to commence in August 2027.

“Delta Forge 2 reflects the model we are building across Applied Digital – repeatable AI infrastructure delivered at scale and built for the long term,” said Wes Cummins, chairman and CEO of Applied Digital.

“But our success also depends on the success of the communities where we operate. We partner with communities where our investment genuinely matters, and where the resulting jobs, tax base, and long-term economic activity can have a measurable impact. We have a proven track record of delivering on our commitments to our host communities, and we look forward to bringing that same commitment to Brookwood.”