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Government actions on data center siting across the Southeast — hearings, votes, town halls and comment deadlines, each linked to the reporting that announced it.

Dates marked unconfirmed were extracted from published reporting and have not yet been verified against the government body's own notice. Verify before you drive to a meeting.

Next 90 days

AUG6
‘Lame duck’ commission: PSC candidates question who should decide Alabama’s data center futureconfirmed
Alabama (per al.com)
AUG11
Journalists to Discuss Florida’s Data Center Boom at Sarasota County Forumconfirmed
Florida (per sarasotamagazine.com)
AUG11
Where Alabama Democrats in key race in Congress stand on data centers, abortionconfirmed
Jefferson Co., AL (per AL.com)
AUG12
Court hearing in case challenging Birmingham data center to resume next monthconfirmed
Jefferson Co., AL (per WBHM)
AUG12
Fairfield City Council postpones data center town hall after pausing future projectsconfirmed
Jefferson Co., AL (per wvtm)
AUG13
Vote on Prichard data center falls apartconfirmed
Mobile Co., AL (per Lagniappe Daily)
AUG13
‘All money ain’t good money’: Prichard council clashes over proposed data centerunconfirmed
Mobile Co., AL (per AL.com)
AUG18
Cherokee County approves data center moratoriumconfirmed
Fulton Co., GA (per Atlanta News First)
AUG21
‘Lame duck’ commission: PSC candidates question who should decide Alabama’s data center futureconfirmed
Alabama (per al.com)
AUG25
Project Marvel data center emerges as key issue in upcoming Bessemer mayoral raceconfirmed
Jefferson Co., AL (per wvtm)
OCT1
Public can read Alabama Power’s data center contract, just not parts that could affect billunconfirmed
Alabama (per WBRC 6 News)

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JUL18
Pinson could join growing list of Alabama cities pausing data centersunconfirmed
Alabama (per AL.com)
JUL21
Metro Council to have third, final vote on Data Center moratorium. Here’s what that means for Nashvilleunconfirmed
Davidson Co., TN (per WSMV)
JUL22
Never mind noise and air pollution from a data center driving down property values in Southaven, an update to city ordinance prevents homeowners having broken blinds in their front windowsunconfirmed
DeSoto Co., MS (per Substack)
JUL28
Fairfield City Council postpones data center town hall after pausing future projectsunconfirmed
Jefferson Co., AL (per wvtm)
JUL28
Fairfield weighs proposed colocation data center, schedules July 28 town hallunconfirmed
— (per Yellowhammer News)
JUL30
Sewell cosponsors bill to pause AI data centers, including one proposed for the Black Beltunconfirmed
Marengo Co., AL (per Black Belt News Network)
JUL31
Entergy customers in Mississippi on the hook for $367.7 million for new solar power plant in DeSoto County to provide electricity to an Amazon data center in another part of Mississippiunconfirmed
Mississippi (per Substack)

Birmingham AI center	Jefferson Co.	40
Meta Richland Parish	Richland Parish	34
xAI Colossus	Shelby Co.	32
Project Marvel (Bessemer)	Jefferson Co.	24
Prichard proposal	Mobile Co.	21
Fairfield colocation	Jefferson Co.	11
MS legislative study	Hinds Co.	5
South Clayton campus	Clayton Co.	4
Gallatin moratorium	Sumner Co.	4
Decatur campus	Morgan Co.	3
Project Red Clay	Lowndes Co.	3
Warner Robins actions	Houston Co.	2
DCIP Group (DeSoto Co.)	DeSoto Co. (FL)	2
Monroe Co. ordinance	Monroe Co.	1
Lebanon rezoning	Wilson Co.	1