What is a data center? Inside Alabama's tech boom

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• Sep 25
  NEWS·Alabama

  $3.2 billion data center planned for Brookwood

  Headline onlyBusiness Alabama Magazine · Alabama
• Sep 25
  VOTE·Montgomery Co., AL

  ‘No family, business or ratepayer in Alabama should subsidize data…

  U.S. Sen. Katie Britt cosponsored the Ratepayer Protection Act to prevent Alabama families and businesses from subsidizing energy infrastructure costs for data centers. The legislation would require state utility commissions to consider establishing separate rate standards for large electricity users like data centers when integrating them onto the grid.

  1819 News · Montgomery Co., AL
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Tuscaloosa Co., AL

  Applied Digital reveals $3.2bn Delta Forge 2 AI data center will be built in Alabama

  Applied Digital will build its $3.2 billion Delta Forge 2 AI data center near Brookwood, Alabama on a 1,300-acre site. The 1.2 million-square-foot facility is expected to begin operations in 2028 and create 100 permanent jobs alongside approximately 1,000 construction positions.

  datacenterdynamics.com · Tuscaloosa Co., AL
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Alabama

  Brookwood mayor, developer discuss planned $3.2 billion AI factory

  Construction of the $3.2 billion Delta Forge 2 AI data center in Brookwood, Alabama, begins Oct. 1, with completion expected by end of 2028. The Applied Digital facility is projected to generate over $440 million in community benefits and tax revenue over 20 years, including $131 million for schools.

  WVTM Channel 13 · Alabama
• Sep 25
  UTILITIES·Madison Co., AL

  TVA raises rates for data centers, adding upfront fee for new and existing facilities

  The Tennessee Valley Authority is raising rates 10% on all new and existing data centers effective October 1, adding an upfront fee for these customers. The rate increase, approved Thursday, applies only to data center operations to offset system costs.

  WAFF · Madison Co., AL · also at WAFF
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Georgia

  Punch List: Piedmont Healthcare commits to $600M Georgia hospital, Skanska wins $84M data center

  Headline onlyConstruction Dive · Georgia
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Georgia

  Georgia's data center boom is poised to get much bigger

  Headline onlyAxios · Georgia · also at Axios
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Georgia

  Data centers, factories bring billions to Georgia. How can more prosper?

  Headline onlyThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Georgia
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  Elon Musk Goes All In To Bring A Whopping 1.2 Million NVIDIA’s Latest GPUs Online In His Mega Data Center To Take On OpenAI

  Elon Musk's xAI plans to expand its Colossus data center in Memphis with additional NVIDIA GPUs, bringing the facility to over 1 million total GPUs by the end of 2025. Colossus 1 is operational with Hopper and GB200 GPUs, while Colossus 2 will primarily use NVIDIA's Blackwell GB300 GPUs deployed in phases through November and December.

  wccftech.com · Shelby Co., TN
• Sep 25
  LAWSUIT·Davidson Co., TN

  Nashville attorney among representation in lawsuit involving Memphis xAI data center

  A federal class action lawsuit filed in September challenges operations of Elon Musk's xAI data center facilities in Memphis on behalf of neighboring South Memphis residents, with representation from California-based Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Memphis-based Greer Injury Lawyers, including Nashville attorney Mark Chalos.

  Nashville Post · Davidson Co., TN · also at Nashville Post
• Sep 25
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  Elon Musk Aims to Double Colossus 2’s Nvidia Chips by Year-End

  Headline onlyBloomberg.com · Shelby Co., TN
• Sep 25
  ZONING

  Northport Mayor's town hall meeting discussed data centers

  Northport Mayor Dale Phillips held a town hall meeting to address resident concerns, including data centers. The city is developing zoning ordinances to restrict potential data center locations, and Phillips said the city has not been approached with any data center proposal.

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