DC BLOX (Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery)
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Timeline of record
- Sep 23VOTE·Madison Co., ALNorth Alabama is home to Meta and Google hyperscale data centers, with Meta planning expansion to 3.5 million square feet and Google announcing a $1.5 billion expansion planned for 2026-2027. Local officials are divided on future development, with some opposing additional projects and others calling for formal policies or temporary moratoriums to evaluate impacts on resources and communities.Huntsville Business Journal · Madison Co., AL
- Aug 31NEWS·Coweta Co., GAA writer argues that data centers should be built on repurposed industrial sites, closed retail properties, and abandoned factories rather than on rural land in Georgia, citing examples like Chicago's Lakeside Technology Center and a former aluminum plant in New York that were successfully converted.TheCitizen.com · Coweta Co., GA
- Aug 27VOTE·Shelby Co., TNThe Tennessee Valley Authority approved a separate rate class for data centers, effective Oct. 1, with costs phased in over three years. The change aims to prevent data center costs from being passed to residential and other customers as the industry's electricity demand grows across the region.256 Today · Shelby Co., TN
- Jul 27VOTE·AlabamaDC Blox purchased a portion of the former Golden Flake factory space in Birmingham for $2.5 million as part of its expansion next to its existing campus. State Health Officer Scott Harris attributed rising measles cases nationwide to vaccine skepticism, though Alabama has reported no in-state cases as of 2026.Yellowhammer News · Alabama
- Jul 26UTILITIES·Jefferson Co., ALDC Blox's parent company purchased a former Golden Flake factory building adjacent to its existing Birmingham data center for $2.5 million on July 20. The property acquisition supports the company's expansion plans, which include a long-term $785 million investment at its current Titusville site through 2029.AL.com · Jefferson Co., AL
- Jul 22NEWSDC Blox, a southeastern digital infrastructure company, purchased 15.7 acres of the Factory at Golden Flake campus for $2.5 million from 2nd in Building Materials, Inc. The parcel represents nearly half of the historic facility, which formerly housed Golden Flake's snack food manufacturing operations for 65 years before closure in 2023.Bham Now
- Jul 17HEARING·Jefferson Co., ALFairfield, Alabama officials announced a proposed colocation data center project and will hold a town hall meeting later this month to discuss details. Mayor Herman Carnes, Jr. emphasized the distinction between colocation and hyperscale data center facilities in a letter to residents.Data Center Dynamics · Jefferson Co., AL
- Apr 3NEWS·Jefferson Co., ALHeadline onlyWVTM · Jefferson Co., AL
- Mar 4NEWS·Jefferson Co., ALHeadline onlyWBMA · Jefferson Co., AL
- Nov 22NEWS·Montgomery Co., ALHeadline onlyMade in Alabama · Montgomery Co., AL
- Nov 18NEWS·Madison Co., ALHeadline only256 Today · Madison Co., AL
- Mar 9NEWS·Jefferson Co., ALHeadline onlyBham Now · Jefferson Co., AL
- Apr 19NEWS·Jefferson Co., ALHeadline onlyal.com · Jefferson Co., AL
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- Oct 8NEWS·Madison Co., ALHeadline onlyal.com · Madison Co., AL
- Jul 9NEWS·Jefferson Co., ALHeadline onlyWVTM · Jefferson Co., AL