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• Sep 17
  LAWSUIT·Jefferson Co., AL

  Judge in Jefferson County merges Birmingham lawsuits over Nebius AI Factory zoning and construction impacts

  A Jefferson County Circuit Court judge consolidated three lawsuits against Birmingham involving the proposed Nebius AI data center, citing shared legal issues and efficiency. The cases, filed by the Greater Birmingham Humane Society, nearby residents Robert and Gail Sansome, and a class-action suit, address zoning, permits and construction impacts including noise and dust.

  WVTM · Jefferson Co., AL
• Sep 17
  VOTE·Alabama

  Bill Targets Data Center Costs for Alabama Customers

  A proposed federal bill would require state utility regulators, including those in Alabama, to consider standards that require large data centers to cover costs for power infrastructure built to serve them, rather than passing those costs to households and small businesses. The House passed a companion version of the measure 417-3, and the Senate version must also pass before reaching the president.

  Wiregrass Daily News · Alabama
• Sep 17
  MORATORIUM·Alabama

  Tuberville sponsors bill to shield ratepayers from data center costs

  Sen. Tommy Tuberville is cosponsoring the Ratepayer Protection Act, which aims to prevent data centers from shifting energy and infrastructure costs to consumers. The bill passed the House with bipartisan support and backing from Alabama's entire congressional delegation.

  AL.com · Alabama
• Sep 17
  NEWS·Florida

  New details on who will pay for Florida Data Centers

  Headline onlywtsp.com · Florida
• Sep 17
  NEWS·Fulton Co., GA

  Where they stand: Jackson, Bottoms on data centers

  Headline onlyThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Fulton Co., GA
• Sep 17
  UTILITIES·Georgia

  CleanSpark Discloses Meta As Georgia AI Data Center Tenant — CLSK Unit Plans Over $2.2B Raise To Fund Buildout

  CleanSpark's subsidiary plans to raise $2.227 billion through senior secured notes to complete its 175-megawatt Georgia AI data center facility leased to Meta's subsidiary Anviran LLC. The 20-year lease is expected to generate approximately $6.6 billion in contracted payments with annual rent increases.

  TradingView · Georgia
• Sep 17
  HEARING·Fulton Co., GA

  PSC hears repeated concerns on data centers

  The Georgia Public Service Commission held its first administrative meeting outside Atlanta in nearly two decades in Savannah, where residents expressed concerns about rapid data center development during a two-hour town hall. The PSC established new requirements for large-load contracts, including the OpenAI project in Effingham County, which calls for a 25-year term and 3.2 gigawatts of demand with customer bill increases.

  Coastal Courier · Fulton Co., GA
• Sep 17
  NEWS·Fulton Co., GA

  Microsoft files to develop two-building campus outside Atlanta, Georgia

  Microsoft filed a Developments of Regional Impact application to build a data center campus on 88 acres in Union City, southwest of Atlanta. The project includes two three-story buildings totaling 910,000 square feet with a planned launch in 2032.

  DCD · Fulton Co., GA
• Sep 17
  UTILITIES·Georgia

  CleanSpark Plans $2.2 Billion Debt Sale for Georgia Data Center

  CleanSpark plans to raise $2.227 billion through a secured debt offering to fund construction of its Sandersville, Georgia, AI data center. The senior secured notes, due in 2031, will cover remaining construction costs and fund debt-service reserves for the project backed by a 20-year lease with an unnamed technology company.

  TheEnergyMag · Georgia
• Sep 17
  LAWSUIT·Rapides Parish, LA

  LPSC clears expedited path for Cleco power plan tied to data center

  Louisiana utility regulators have approved an expedited review of Cleco Power's plan to supply electricity to Applied Digital's $3.6 billion data center in Rapides Parish, bypassing the administrative law judge recommendation stage while still requiring an evidentiary hearing before commissioners decide the application's merits.

  The Center Square · Rapides Parish, LA
• Sep 17
  LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TN

  Arkansas Advocate: Entergy Arkansas drops lawsuit over newspaper’s publication of data center agreement details

  Headline onlyMagnolia Reporter · Shelby Co., TN
• Sep 17
  LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TN

  Entergy Arkansas drops lawsuit over newspaper's publication of data center agreement details

  Entergy Arkansas withdrew its lawsuit against the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Times and a resident over their publication of details about the utility's data center agreement with a Google subsidiary, after a federal judge denied its request for a temporary restraining order.

  KTLO · Shelby Co., TN · also at Yahoo