Westover Proposed Data Center
A proposed data center in Westover prompted a town hall and a 6 month moratorium approved by the city. It is reported, as reported August 17, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- 448 acres
- third party estimate [1]
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Not disclosed
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | 448 acres | third party estimate | [1] yahoo.com | September 25, 2026 |
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Shelby County and Westover about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harpersville | Harpersville adopted six month moratorium on data center development in August | abc3340.com | |
| Chelsea | Chelsea adopted a one year moratorium on new data center applications | abc3340.com | |
| Harpersville | Harpersville city council approved six month pause on data center projects in August 2026, followed by first of six public information sessions | wvtm13.com | |
| Chelsea | Chelsea adopted a one year data center moratorium on July 21, 2026. | yahoo.com |
What happened
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
The proposed data center project is awaiting engineering confirmation from Alabama Power regarding sufficient incremental electricity capacity and from Shelby County water authority regarding water capacity. [1]
The full Westover Proposed Data Center timeline, in order
4 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the speaker role of a statements row
Speaker read again from the statement's source line, "Council member Michael Shirley, Westover": the title in front of the name (Council member) is the role, not part of the name. The old and new text.
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· the speaker of a statements row
Speaker read again from the statement's source line, "Council member Michael Shirley, Westover": the title in front of the name (Council member) is the role, not part of the name. The old and new text.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Council member Michael Shirley requested that if the developer does not honor a 45 day wait period, the council should call a special meeting to consider a moratorium.
The site
Where in Shelby County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 9 other published records in Alabama
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Westover, Shelby County, Alabama
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is Westover Proposed Data Center?
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The record has one measure of its size: 448 acres (third party estimate, source). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Who is building Westover Proposed Data Center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Westover Proposed Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Westover Proposed Data Center stand today?
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It is reported, as reported August 17, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 17, 2026: The proposed data center project is awaiting engineering confirmation from Alabama Power regarding sufficient incremental electricity capacity and from Shelby County water authority regarding water capacity. [1]
What has Westover or Shelby County decided about it?
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Harpersville: Harpersville adopted six month moratorium on data center development in August (reported September 8, 2026, source); and Chelsea: Chelsea adopted a one year moratorium on new data center applications (reported September 8, 2026, source). 4 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
Sources
Reporting
- In Alabama, Westover delays data center moratorium vote, calls for town hall, www.yahoo.com, August 17, 2026, local outlet
- City of Westover hosting town hall on proposed data center Thursday night - WBRC 6 News, WBRC 6 News, August 20, 2026, local outlet
- Westover approves 6-month moratorium on data centers - WBRC 6 News, WBRC 6 News, August 18, 2026, local outlet
3 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Westover Proposed Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/westover-proposed-data-center-al, last verified September 25, 2026.
Cite this page
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For researchers
- Slug
- westover-proposed-data-center-al
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/al/shelby-county/westover
- Coordinates
- 33.18355, -86.60936
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Columbiana), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- third_party_estimate
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-09-25