Alcoa is marketing 10 aluminum smelting facilities to data center developers, according to Data Center Dynamics. The plants offer large power allocations, existing heavy electrical infrastructure, and industrial land that can be repurposed for digital workloads. Smelters typically carry grid connections in the hundreds of megawatts, making them attractive to hyperscalers and AI operators facing interconnection delays. No buyer or price has been disclosed.
Industrial site conversion has become a key strategy for bypassing years-long grid interconnection queues. Ten simultaneous Alcoa sites represent a rare bulk opportunity at a scale that could attract multiple hyperscaler or colocation bids.
Named company Alcoa, 10 facilities, power infrastructure angle, and Data Center Dynamics sourcing triggered selection. The story is distinct from already-published single-site conversion stories and was not in the already-published list.