Alabama: data centers & your electric bill
The numbers residents cite at hearings — grid, water, and regulator contacts for Alabama, from the free GridWatch toolkit.
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As of July 2026 · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
Your regulator
Alabama Public Service Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA Alabama electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Pushback already happening in Alabama
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Local | Enactedexpires soon — 2026-09-03 | 6-month moratorium on 20+ MW facilities, unanimous. Exempts the Nebius AI factory project (application already under review) | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Homewood | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-06-22 | 12-month moratorium, extendable 6 months. Preemptive — no data center proposals pending. Staff and Planning Commission to study zoning, operational, and infrastructure standards | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Leeds | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-06-03 | 1-year moratorium on data center applications and permits, unanimous (Ord. 2026-06-02). Preemptive — no active proposals, but residents flagged Alabama Power marketing of nearby Grand River site to data center developers | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Springville | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-07-06 | 1-year moratorium on data center proposals. Preemptive — no proposals in pipeline | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Cullman | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-06-24 | 12-month moratorium, unanimous (Res. 2026-116). Council also referred Ord. 2026-42 to Planning Commission to prohibit data centers outright. County cannot follow suit — limited home rule | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Fort Payne | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-12-16 | 6-month moratorium, unanimous. Preemptive — no developer inquiries. Proposed zoning: M2 heavy-industrial only, conditional use, 1,000-ft residential setback, EIS, water-use plan, noise standards | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Pinson | Local | Enacted | 1-year moratorium targeting hyper/mega data centers, especially AI facilities. Preemptive — no proposals pending | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Fairfield | Local | Enacted | Temporary moratorium after resident pressure over Patmos (Missouri AI co.) proposal to convert former Walmart to colocation data center. Duration not specified | Source read 2026-08-13 |
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Known data center campuses in Alabama
| Operator | Location | Tenant | Filing LLC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | Land-acquisition shells: Jet Stream LLC, Sharka LLC | ||
| Meta | Huntsville | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
| Meta | Montgomery | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
⏳ No verification date recorded · changes over months · Source: Operator ownership & filing-LLC naming patterns — compiled from operator releases and county filings, then checked against SEC EDGAR full-text search. Composite, not a single citation: look the entity up yourself before naming it in a filing
Each row carries its own attribution level — first-party rows come from the operator's own site, but colocation and REIT ownership was compiled from trade press and never passed an independent fact-check. Check the attribution column before citing a row.
Every data center already built in Alabama
The campuses above are the ones GridWatch tracks by operator and filing LLC. For the full inventory — street addresses of every existing facility, including the smaller colocation and network sites — DataCenterMap keeps a public directory for Alabama.
Browse the Alabama directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
Latest Alabama data center news
No Alabama data-center headlines in this week's national scan — local coverage often runs ahead of it.
Search live Alabama data center news → GridWatch news feed →
State municipal league: Alabama League of Municipalities
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