Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of data centers from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Billboards opposing a massive hyperscale data center project in Lowndes County are now visible along major Alabama highways, marking a significant escalation in organized resistance to the development known as…
The City of Foley is taking a proactive approach to the growing data center trend, introducing an ordinance that would impose a temporary six-month moratorium on accepting or processing applications…
Billboards opposing the proposed Lowndes County data center are going up along major highways as organized resistance to Project Red Clay continues to grow. The billboard campaign is the latest…
According to documents, the ordinance introduced would impose a “temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing, approval and consideration of applications for data centers, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining facilities, server farms…
Sen. Katie Britt says Alabama needs a middle-ground approach to data centers, rejecting both unchecked development and a statewide moratorium as leaders like Tuberville and Doug Jones stake out opposing…
Democratic PSC candidate Robert McNeil is proposing an Alabama Data Center Accountability Plan with regional reviews and water conservation standards for large computing facilities.
Facing strong local opposition to proposed data centers near Thomasville and in Calvert, officials in Clarke and Mobile counties say Alabama's lack of home rule leaves them with almost no…
State regulators are rewriting how electric contracts for giant data centers get reviewed, with public comments due in August. The outcome could shape projects proposed in Calvert, Prichard and Baldwin…