Data Centers Atlas: Alabama

Public concern on the record: Shelby County

Harpersville Town Council recorded potential electrical demand, water consumption, emergency service and noise effects as reasons for studying data centers and reviewing Town regulations. The ordinance discusses compatibility with existing land uses and infrastructure capacity. These are institutional concerns in the Town corporate limits and legally permitted police jurisdiction, not a Shelby County wide rule, actual measured impacts or an individual project finding.

Record status: unknown. The selected official record documents institutional concerns and a regulatory review context. Their current resolution, actual environmental or utility effects, individual project eligibility and later legal changes remain unverified. A policy pause does not establish that a concern was resolved.

Event date: August 3, 2026

Source publication date: Not established

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 23, 2026

The signed and attested ordinance adoption day is August 3, 2026, as verified in the restriction review. It dates this legislative record and not the first earlier statement of every concern. The exact first online publication day is not supplied in the selected official source.

Raised or recorded by Harpersville Town Council.

Town of Harpersville

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Public concern on the record: QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel)

Southern Environmental Law Center questioned Project Marvel's public-records transparency and potential water, power, air, noise and wildlife impacts. The group reported obtaining a non-disclosure agreement after threatening litigation. These are the group's account and concerns, not a court ruling, an independently inspected filed lawsuit or measured harm.

Record status: unknown. The current public-records and underlying environmental-concern outcomes are unknown in this bounded review. The group's account of receiving an agreement does not establish a court finding, complete disclosure, permit outcome or resolution of every concern.

Event date: Not established

Source publication date: July 13, 2026

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The release does not establish an exact document-production or litigation filing day. The date remains unknown; a threat to sue is not treated as an accomplished court filing. The original group release is dated July 13, 2026. It is publication of the group's position, not a verified original agreement execution or production day.

Raised or recorded by Southern Environmental Law Center.

Southern Environmental Law Center

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Dated record: Google Jackson County Campus

Recorded event date: June 15, 2026

Google announced an expansion investment for its existing Jackson County campus; this was an announcement, not completion of the expansion.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

blog.google

Dated record: Construction Partners Corporate Headquarters and Data Processing Center

Recorded event date: March 19, 2026

The March 19, 2026 publication date of the State account announces plans for the new Dothan headquarters and data processing center. Construction is forecast, not reported to have started, and no opening is established.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

www.madeinalabama.com

News report: QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel)

Alabama Reflector reported residents' and environmental groups' water, air, noise and electric-rate concerns at a November 18, 2025 Bessemer meeting about Project Marvel. Later reporting described continuing transparency and resource questions. The outlet-reported rezoning is not measured environmental performance or resolution of every concern.

Record status: unknown. The present outcome of these documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. Reported rezoning and developer study claims do not establish measured impacts, current compliance, final environmental permits or resolution of every concern.

Event date: November 18, 2025

Source publication date: November 19, 2025

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The original meeting photo caption explicitly identifies November 18, 2025. That hearing is separate from an original signed rezoning instrument, later public-records dispute or current permit outcome. The original meeting report was published November 19, 2025. The later resource/transparency article was published August 3, 2026; its relative month wording is not used to invent a separate event day.

Raised or recorded by Alabama Reflector.

Company statement reported by an outlet

Logistics Land Investment stated, according to Alabama Reflector, that its studies supported the project and that it would not affect streams or waterways. These are developer positions, not independently verified environmental conditions or a permit finding.

The original article directly attributes these project-specific statements to the developer's representative at the Bessemer meeting. November 19 is outlet publication; the statement does not answer every later public-records question.

Response publication date: November 19, 2025

Response sources checked: October 18, 2026

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Dated record: Core Scientific Auburn Data Center (AUBix)

Recorded event date: February 19, 2025

The February 19, 2025 publication date of the original company release announces entry into the existing Auburn AUBix facility and a planned launch. This is not the exact physical opening, completion of every expansion or an independently verified delivered capacity.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

investors.corescientific.com

Dated record: DC BLOX Montgomery Data Center

Recorded event date: November 14, 2024

DC BLOX announced plans for a Montgomery hyperscale edge facility. This is the release date, not a construction start, opening or delivery date.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

www.dcblox.com

Dated record: University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center

Recorded event date: September 5, 2023

The September 5, 2023 publication date of the University account announces the planned computing center and reports earlier Stage 1 approval. It does not establish the exact approval day, a construction start or an August 2026 actual completion.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

news.ua.edu