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- Oct 20ZONING·Jefferson Co., ALLouise Alexander won Bessemer's mayoral election and was sworn in Oct. 5, defeating 16-year incumbent Kenneth Gulley partly due to voter opposition to Project Marvel, a $14.5 billion data center that would consume 90 times more electricity than the city. Alexander has ordered a review of all data center contracts and replaced the city attorney who signed a non-disclosure agreement with the developers.Word In Black · Jefferson Co., AL
- Oct 20MORATORIUM·AlabamaResidents protested a proposed Patmos data center outside Fairfield City Hall, demanding transparency about the project and a potential $150 million C-PACE financing arrangement. Mayor Herman Carnes disputed claims the city would bear debt responsibility, stating C-PACE is a separate financing tool available to eligible businesses.wvtm · Alabama
- Oct 20NEWS·FloridaHeadline onlyThe Business Journals · Florida
- Oct 20MORATORIUM·FloridaLeon County, Florida has approved an 18-month moratorium on new data center construction to allow officials to study how the facilities' electricity consumption would affect local power capacity and household utility costs.The Cool Down · Florida · also at Yahoo
- Oct 20NEWS·DeSoto Co., MSHeadline onlyWREG.com · DeSoto Co., MS
- Oct 20LAWSUIT·MississippiThe EPA was permitted to intervene in an NAACP air pollution lawsuit against xAI's diesel generators at a data center project, but a federal judge rejected the EPA's request to dismiss the case entirely, ruling the Clean Air Act doesn't allow such unilateral dismissal.Bloomberg Law News · Mississippi
- Oct 20LAWSUIT·MississippiA federal judge ruled that the Justice Department cannot dismiss a citizen lawsuit filed by the NAACP against xAI's Mississippi data center for alleged Clean Air Act violations, though the DOJ will be allowed to intervene in the case.notus.org · Mississippi
- Oct 20LAWSUIT·MississippiUS judge rejects Trump administration bid to block NAACP lawsuit against Musk's xAI over data centerHeadline onlyTradingView · Mississippi
- Oct 20HEARING·Shelby Co., TNTwo Memphis state legislators seeking Tennessee's District 9 congressional seat differ on environmental policy. Republican nominee Brent Taylor sponsored bills removing wetland regulations and allowing data centers to operate private power plants without state oversight, while Democratic nominee Justin J. Pearson supports a data center moratorium and stronger environmental protections.WPLN News · Shelby Co., TN
- Oct 20MORATORIUM·TennesseeA federal judge temporarily blocked a Memphis council chair from banning six people from upcoming meetings after they disrupted an Oct. 6 vote on an AI data center moratorium, ruling the bans violated free speech protections and were inconsistently enforced.Action News 5 · Tennessee
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- Oct 20LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TNHeadline onlyThe Commercial Appeal · Shelby Co., TN · also at Yahoo