CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – Acting as the Childersburg Land Redevelopment Authority, the Childersburg City Council voted to surplus 1,337.10 acres in the Industrial Park to Old Town #109, LLS, as described in the purchase and sale agreement, Resolution 2025-26.
Prior to the meeting, Coosa Valley Medical Center’s Glenn Sisk spoke in favor of the proposed data center development. He was accompanied by members of the hospital board and several key staff members.
Also prior to the meeting, WHP’s Wes Self provided details about the project.
“We invested over $2 million in due diligence testing on the site,” Self said.
He added that $6 million has been invested directly with Alabama Power for the infrastructure needed to power the facility, with the power requirements being met without affecting consumer rates in the region.
Less than ten percent of the property will house the actual data center, with the remainder serving as a buffer between the facility and surrounding properties. Sound levels will remain below the threshold established by the city’s sound ordinance.
The facility will consume only a small fraction of the ten million gallons of water supplied daily by the industrial park’s source, the Shelby/Talladega County Water system. Self said that is primarily due to the data center’s advanced cooling system.
“The use will be in line with normal use for any other typical facility our size for ordinary, everyday use purposes,” Self said.
Self said the construction phase will employ approximately 1,000 people, with more than 300 permanent employees once the facility is fully operational. A date and time will be announced for a more detailed presentation on the data center’s operations, which will also include a job fair for anticipated positions.
The Childersburg Fire Department also announced two substantial federal grants.
Another ambulance is headed to the department thanks to a $395,000 grant with a local match of $19,700. With the department’s supply of self-contained breathing apparatus reaching the end of its safe service life, the department also secured a $197,000 grant, with a $9,000 local match, to replace the equipment.
Red Eagle Skeet & Trap requested 14 acres adjacent to the recreation facility. The property is located in a floodplain and has no practical use for other purposes, but it would allow Red Eagle to expand its services to the community and host thousands of visitors during events as the state’s only shooting facility that meets Olympic competition regulations.
In other new business, the council approved the following:
• The hiring of Christopher Fisher as a new cadet police officer. Fisher will attend the Montgomery Police Academy from December through March.
• The purchase of 11 Safe Life Defense patrol vests with accessories for $9,636.66 from Fund 10.
• The reappointment of Gaye Powell to the Historic Preservation Commission for a term expiring Sept. 30, 2029.
• The reappointments of Vickie Morris, with a term expiring Oct. 1, 2029, and Gaye Powell, with a term expiring Oct. 1, 2030, to the Library Board.
• A contract with Cornerstone Masonry of Alabama for repairs to the Rainwater House in the amount of $27,850. The bulk of the work will involve removing and rebuilding the street-level sidewalk.
• Advertising with Childersburg High School baseball in the amount of $300.
• Payment of invoices totaling $255,761.10.
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, following a 10:30 a.m. work session.
Mayor Ken Wesson thanked Southern Alloy for the latest in a long series of donations to Childersburg First Responders.
