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• Sep 4
  NEWS·Alabama

  Is Doug Jones getting desperate as he tries to close the gap with Tommy Tuberville? All this and more on Alabama Politics This Week...

  Yellowhammer News · Alabama
• Sep 4
  NEWS·Montgomery Co., AL

  3 arrested after traffic stop near Donaldson Correctional Facility

  Three 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 4
  VOTE·Morgan Co., AL

  Alabama City Establishes New Rules for Data Centers

  Headline onlyGovTech · Morgan Co., AL
• Sep 4
  MORATORIUM·Alabama

  Tuberville Inches Away from Data Centers in Column Calling for More Local Input

  Republican 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 4
  NEWS·Alabama

  Alabama needs data center accountability summit

  Headline onlyLowndes Signal · Alabama · also at lowndessignal.com
• Sep 4
  HEARING·Montgomery Co., AL

  Jones raises ethics concerns over Tuberville’s investment in data center industry

  Democratic 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 4
  ZONING·Morgan Co., AL

  North Alabama city puts new rules in place for data centers: Here’s what would be required

  Decatur 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 4
  NEWS·Georgia

  Bottoms’ data center stance reflects a fast-changing Georgia debate

  Headline onlyAJC.com · Georgia
• Sep 4
  LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TN

  xAI Is Offering Cheap Starlink to Angry Memphis Data Center Neighbors

  Gadget Review · Shelby Co., TN · also at Yahoo
• Sep 4
  PERMIT·Shelby Co., TN

  Starlink’s Memphis Discounts add over 2,000 New Customers

  Starlink'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 4
  VOTE·Shelby Co., TN

  SpaceXAI's Memphis Outage Took Down Grok - Why One Facility Failure Rippled Across Competitors

  Gadget Review · Shelby Co., TN
• Sep 4
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  A massive outage at Elon Musk's Memphis data center took down Grok and affected other AI services

  An 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