Community benefits commitment
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Delta Forge 2
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital is committing $270 million in community benefits payments to the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority over 20 years
Source (primary)
Applied Digital confirms $3.2 billion data center campus in Brookwood - WBRC 6 News (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Applied Digital said it is committing $270 million in community benefits payments to the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority over 20 years”
How we checked this
Checked on September 28, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports Applied Digital said it is committing $270 million in community benefits payments to the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority over 20 years.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital is committing $270 million in community benefits payments
- The payments go to the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority
- The payments are spread over 20 years
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.wbrc.com/2026/09/24/applied-digital-confirms-32-billion-data-center-campus-brookwood/) in full (7,863 characters, retrieved September 26, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Applied Digital confirms $3.2 billion data center campus in Brookwood - WBRC 6 News
Quote: “Applied Digital said it is committing $270 million in community benefits payments to the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority over 20 years”