Tag: Data Center

Google's already sprawling data center in Bridgeport, Alabama, will soon benefit from a further $1.5 billion expansion.

Over a year into the planned development of a large-scale data center in Bessemer, residents and activists continue to struggle for transparency and clarity about what is shaping up to be one of the world’s largest data centers.

State Rep. Philip Ensler (D-Montgomery), the current Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, is proposing a moratorium on all data center construction in the state, citing concerns that special-interest influence is overwhelming citizens’ choices.

Over 1,000 signatures have been collected in opposition to a proposed Lowndes County data center,  with residents intent on raising concerns about what could be the largest industrial project in the county’s history at an upcoming county commission meeting  

The loss of property rights could start a chain reaction that quickly leads to the loss of other freedoms, and that is a road that no true patriot should ever want to travel.

Two bills restricting data center incentives and cost-sharing passed the Senate on Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) questioned on Tuesday the effect a Bessemer data center would have on already high power rates in Alabama. 

The Bessemer City Council voted 5-2 to approve a zoning request that will allow for one of the nation's biggest data centers to be built there.

Is another data center coming to Alabama? It seems likely as a company with ties to Nebius Inc., part of Nebius Group N.V., who already operates several across the U.S. buying over 79 acres in Birmingham.