Data center coverage in Montgomery, Alabama
6 headlines archived for Montgomery — no documented moratorium or ban on file here yet. See the moratorium tracker for towns that have taken formal action, or the full story tracker to browse every place we're following.
The project on the table
Meta Montgomery — Under construction
Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta · Size: 153 MW
Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~153 MW.
Next: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.
Latest in the record
- 2026-02-09 — A town hall was scheduled in Baldwin County after residents said they received no advance public notice of the Stockton I/II solar projects approved to power Meta's Montgomery data center, and opposition groups formed online over land-use and environmental concerns. · source
- 2025-12-02 — The Alabama Public Service Commission approved the Stockton I (80 MW) and Stockton II (180 MW) solar projects in Baldwin County, financed by Meta subsidiary Dotier LLC to supply renewable energy to Meta's Montgomery data center, on a timeline that met only a 20-day review window against the Commission's own 30-day submission rule. · source
- 2025-09-23 — Meta announced it is expanding the Montgomery Data Center campus with two new buildings, bringing the campus to nearly 1.3 million square feet and increasing total investment to more than $1.5 billion. · source
- 2024-05-09 — Hensel Phelps announced it was awarded the general contractor role for Meta's $800+ million, 715,000-square-foot Montgomery data center, its second campus project with Meta. · source
- 2024-05-02 — Governor Kay Ivey announced Meta's plans to build an $800 million, 715,000-square-foot AI-optimized data center off Interstate 65 in Montgomery, expected to support 100 operational jobs and open by the end of 2026. · source
Full dated timeline on the project tracker.
Source. Read 2026-08-14.
What's been reported
6 stories tracked since 2026-08-12 across 6 outlets. 3× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 2× The dispute has escalated into litigation. Most recent: “Data Center Job Numbers Rarely Tell the Whole Story, by Richard Montgomery” (Creators Syndicate, 2026-09-08).
- Data Center Job Numbers Rarely Tell the Whole Story, by Richard Montgomery
- Atmosphere Data Centers scraps challenge to Montgomery Co. executive’s permitting moratorium
- Injunction overturned leading to vote on Montgomery Co. data center Thursday
- Montgomery Township Now Faces a Fierce Data Center Battle at the Former J&J Site
- Montgomery Faces Lawsuit Challenging Data Center Ban
- Montgomery Residents Speak Out on Data Center Issue
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 6 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Alabama.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Alabama briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
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