April 29, 2026
2,600 GW Stuck in Queue. The Winners Build Their Own Power.Birmingham paused permitting Tuesday to study a 19-condition draft mandating closed-loop cooling, 500-foot residential setbacks, and emergency-only backup generation.
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Birmingham, Alabama is located outside of Texas and therefore not directly part of Texas's datacenter infrastructure, energy systems, or policy framework.
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April 27, 2026
Wisconsin Makes Hyperscalers Pay 100% of Their Own Generation BuildBirmingham approved Nebius's Oxmoor Valley substation infrastructure on a zoning technicality after conflicting board votes, leaving residents unconvinced and the developer with the harder job of answering water and noise concerns directly.
April 25, 2026
PUCT Just Drew the Line on Which Grid Bypasses CountIn Birmingham, the Nebius BHM01 300 MW project cleared its zoning fight on a city attorney's legal opinion, but only after a March meeting drew 100+ residents with unresolved questions on noise, water, and heat.
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