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 29, 2026
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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.
Birmingham 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.
In 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.