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- Sep 4NEWS·AlabamaYellowhammer News · Alabama
- Sep 4NEWS·Montgomery Co., ALThree people—one man from Montgomery and two women from Huntsville—were arrested following a traffic stop near William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer on Thursday. A K-9 alerted during the probable-cause stop, leading officers to discover a taped package in the vehicle; the suspects were taken to Jefferson County Jail.WBRC 6 News · Montgomery Co., AL
- Sep 4VOTE·Morgan Co., ALHeadline onlyGovTech · Morgan Co., AL
- Sep 4MORATORIUM·AlabamaRepublican gubernatorial nominee Tommy Tuberville has shifted his public stance on data center development, now calling for communities to have veto power and higher taxes on the facilities, while previously advocating for rapid expansion. A statewide poll showed 70% of Alabamians want data centers regulated or opposed.Tuscaloosa Thread · Alabama
- Sep 4NEWS·AlabamaHeadline onlyLowndes Signal · Alabama · also at lowndessignal.com
- Sep 4HEARING·Montgomery Co., ALDemocratic gubernatorial nominee Doug Jones questioned Republican opponent U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville's stock trading and investments in the AI data center industry, citing over 250 trades in AI and data center companies worth between $5.2 million and $14 million during Tuberville's first five years in the Senate. Jones called for ethics reforms and proposed Tuberville divest from data center-related holdings if elected governor.Alabama Political Reporter · Montgomery Co., AL
- Sep 4ZONING·Morgan Co., ALDecatur has adopted regulations requiring data center developers to obtain special exemption permits and conduct studies on water consumption, power usage, fire protection, noise, hazardous materials and waste. The city council approved the ordinance to proactively regulate potential smaller facilities, though no developers currently propose projects there.AL.com · Morgan Co., AL · also at AL.com
- Sep 4NEWS·GeorgiaHeadline onlyAJC.com · Georgia
- Sep 4LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TNGadget Review · Shelby Co., TN · also at Yahoo
- Sep 4PERMIT·Shelby Co., TNStarlink's 50% discount on its Residential Plan in Memphis, offered in response to community protests over a nearby data center project, has attracted over 2,000 new customers. SpaceX agreed to replace 69 unpermitted portable gas turbines powering the Southaven facility with 41 permitted permanent turbines by July 2027.driveteslacanada.ca · Shelby Co., TN
- Sep 4VOTE·Shelby Co., TNGadget Review · Shelby Co., TN
- Sep 4NEWS·Shelby Co., TNAn outage at a Memphis data center disrupted Grok and other AI services on Thursday for several hours. The failure affected Grok on the X platform and mobile apps, and also impacted partner platforms including Anthropic's Claude models and OpenAI services, though the specific cause remains undisclosed.dev.ua · Shelby Co., TN