This page is a summary. A dedicated site, projectgatewayal.info, tracks the Prichard proposal in depth: the town-hall record, the demands, and live updates.
A small "networking" data center next to Africatown.
Edged (full name Edged Energy, part of parent company Endeavour; cooling built by its sister company ThermalWorks) has proposed a small "networking" data center (which it insists is "not an AI data center," a label MEJAC and NBC15 dispute) of roughly 6 to 8 megawatts — MEJAC’s estimate is ~8 MW; UTV44 and cleanview.co report 6 — on about 9 acres at 214 Telegraph Road. The company estimates about 18 months to build, with possible groundbreaking as early as late 2026. The parcel sits mostly in Prichard, with about 11% in the City of Mobile along the Norfolk Southern line.1,2
| Developer | Edged Energy (parent: Endeavour) |
| Use | "Networking" data center (~6–8 MW) |
| Site | 214 Telegraph Road · former city 911 data center · ~9 acres |
| Investment | ~$93 million |
| Jobs | ~20 permanent ($70,000+) · hundreds construction · none signed |
| Cooling | Closed-loop glycol/water (ThermalWorks) |
| Power | Local distribution lines; draft Alabama Power agreement (below SB270's 150 MW threshold) |
| Status | Stalled; no resolution filed; site not yet purchased |
| Decided by | Prichard City Council (five districts) |
The company's assurances, and the questions they leave open.
"Alabama Power has confirmed this project will not increase local electricity rates… service will be delivered from existing local infrastructure."
The agreement is still a draft. At 6–8 MW the bill-spike worry is small, but the ask is to move these promises out of "draft" and into a binding, public, enforceable commitment.
Closed-loop cooling "saves 23 million gallons of water annually," with only ordinary domestic water use.
Largely true on-site. MEJAC verified it and calls the water fears "dramatically diminished." "23 million gallons" is a comparison to a hypothetical evaporative design, not water Prichard receives. The live questions are glycol containment and the upstream water at the power plants.
About 20 permanent jobs paying more than $70,000, and openness to a "community benefit agreement."
Twenty is the legal minimum to unlock the state abatement, not a generous figure, and there is no signed hiring, wage, or community-benefit commitment behind either promise yet.
The Prichard City Council, and it hasn't voted.
After the packed, mostly opposed town hall on June 11, 2026, Mayor Carletta Davis said the decision is now in the hands of the Prichard City Council, with no set date. Because the site is city-owned land, the Council likely controls the land deal itself, not only zoning. As of late June, no resolution had been filed and Edged had not purchased the site, so the fight is still ahead of any vote.1,3
However you feel, you should be the one deciding.
Because there is "no set date," an item could appear on a Council agenda with little notice. If you want to know when, and how to speak during public comment, get on the alert list, and see the full Prichard record at projectgatewayal.info.
Every claim, sourced.
- Project Gateway source-of-truth (2026): compiled from City of Prichard statement via FOX10 (2026-04-11), NBC15 & FOX10 (2026-06-11), Lagniappe (2026-06-11), and MEJAC (2026-05-26). Investment, jobs, ~6–8 MW size, cooling, draft Alabama Power terms, status.
- MEJAC, "Doing it Differently…," 2026-05-26: site, closed-loop cooling verification, generator estimate, permitting. mejacoalition.org
- "How Large Industrial & Data-Center Projects Get Approved in Mobile County and Prichard" (2026): Prichard zoning, §11-52-79, the 89/11 parcel split, SB270's 150 MW threshold.
Next.
The Calvert proposal
Beacon's hyperscale AI campus in the north of the county, what's proposed and what's unanswered.
→The six issues
Power, water, diesel, noise, taxes, and jobs: applied to both proposals.
→Who decides in Prichard
The City Council roster, what gets voted on, and where each member stands.