Status: In Planning | Location: Former Alton Steel Mill Site, 5 Cut Street, Alton, Illinois 62002, USA
Riverbend Technology Center is a planned 1.0 GW hyperscale data center campus at 5 Cut Street in Alton, Madison County, Illinois, United States. Proposed by developer TerraWatt, the multi-billion-dollar development is designed to transform the former 381-acre Alton Steel mill property into a major digital infrastructure hub serving the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Located along the Mississippi River, the project represents a large-scale brownfield redevelopment initiative that would repurpose an established industrial site for the growing requirements of hyperscale computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. With a proposed capacity of 1.0 GW, Riverbend Technology Center is planned to accommodate substantial computing demand from cloud platforms, AI model training, high-performance computing and other data-intensive applications. Its scale reflects the increasing need for dedicated power and physical infrastructure to support high-density computing workloads. The redevelopment approach also offers an opportunity to give a former industrial property a new economic role, potentially attracting significant investment and supporting the evolution of the Alton area's industrial landscape. Its position within the Greater St. Louis region provides access to a broader metropolitan business and technology market, while the site's extensive footprint offers room for a large, multi-phase campus development. If delivered as proposed, Riverbend could become a major addition to the Midwest's hyperscale data center market and strengthen the region's position in the expanding AI and cloud infrastructure sector. The project's eventual delivery will depend on development approvals, power infrastructure, utility coordination and construction planning appropriate to a campus of this scale.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | Riverbend Technology Center Data Center Alton |
| Location | Former Alton Steel Mill Site, 5 Cut Street, Alton, Illinois 62002, USA |
| Status | In Planning |
| Project Type | Industrial Adaptive-Reuse Hyperscale Data Center Campus & AI Cloud Node |
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| City Name | Alton |
| Population | Estimated 27,000 to 28,000 residents |
| Urban Agglomeration | Estimated 30,000 to 35,000 residents across Alton and nearby communities |
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