Data centers in Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson County has 2 data centers on the record: 1 being built and 1 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Jefferson County itself; 2 bodies inside it have a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: City of Tarrant approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers (Tarrant), September 9, 2026.
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The 2 data centers in Jefferson County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
QTS Bessemer
Bessemer, Jefferson County · QTS Data Centers
Latest, reported September 15, 2026: Nebius AI data center project planned in Oxmoor Valley near Birmingham alreporter.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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2 data centers in Jefferson County: 1 being built, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Jefferson County has decided
2 bodies, 2 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Homewoodcity
Homewood temporarily paused new data center applications, reported September 8, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium
Homewood temporarily paused new data center applications
- moratorium
- Tarrantcity
City of Tarrant approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers, reported September 9, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium adopted
City of Tarrant approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers
- moratorium adopted
What happened
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· Tarrant
Moratorium adopted: City of Tarrant approved a 12 month moratorium on data centers abc3340.com local outlet
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· Homewood
Moratorium: Homewood temporarily paused new data center applications abc3340.com local outlet
What was said
Humans First held news conference in Bessemer on September 13, 2026 opposing data center construction
Patmos founder John Johnson told neighbors at a community meeting that generators will have mufflers and the loudest equipment will stay inside, with the site quieter than the old Walmart.
Fairfield Mayor Herman Carnes Jr. visited a Patmos data center campus in Kansas City and described it as a multi story tech campus with a data center on at least one floor, stating it was quieter than many imagine.
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 2 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Jefferson County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Jefferson County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Jefferson County, Alabama", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/al/jefferson-county, updated September 17, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Jefferson County, Alabama", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/al/jefferson-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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The rows here are part of the Alabama export.
For researchers
- Place id
- us/al/jefferson-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- Not disclosed
- Scale word
- Not disclosed