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Recent Alabama data center news

• Jul 31, 2026

  Nuclear Momentum Meets the Megawatt Test

  The article is a news analysis of recent U.S. nuclear industry announcements and their links to AI and data center demand.

  • Constellation Energy advanced the Crane Clean Energy Center restart in Pennsylvania after a FERC waiver and NRC draft environmental review, supported by a 20-year agreement with Microsoft for all electricity, capacity and clean-energy attributes.
  • The piece also covers Kairos Power’s Hermes 2, four criticality demonstrations, the Savannah River Site data center proposal, DOE’s $17.5 billion conditional financing for AP1000 reactors, Walmart’s nuclear PPA, Palisades restart progress, and NRC/DOE fuel and licensing reforms.
• Jul 29, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The EU’s Latest Google Fine Confirms the DMA Was Built to Target American Success

  The article is an opinion and analysis piece arguing that the European Commission’s €890 million fine against Google under the Digital Markets Act is discriminatory, and that President Trump has announced a Section 301 investigation in response.

  • European Commission fined Google €890 million under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on July 23, 2026, described as the third major penalty against Google in under a year.
  • The piece says the Trump administration will immediately initiate a Section 301 investigation; it also references prior EU penalties of €2.95 billion (September 2025) and €4.1 billion in a separate long-running antitrust case.
  • It argues Google recently committed $1.5 billion to expand a U.S. data center campus, and contrasts EU turnover-based fines with investments in AI, data centers, and innovation.
• Jul 28, 2026

  Core Scientific Doubles AI Capacity to 1.1 GW in $14B AMD Deal

  Core Scientific has announced a 15-year infrastructure agreement with AMD to expand its leased AI data center capacity to approximately 1.1 GW.

  • The agreement covers 530 MW across five campuses and represents more than $14 billion in potential base contracted revenue; it begins in 2027 and gives AMD exclusive rights to reserve up to an additional 2 GW of future capacity.
  • Core Scientific said the broader contracted AI portfolio now totals approximately 1.1 GW and more than $24 billion in potential contracted revenue; deliveries will begin at the Pecos, Texas campus in the first half of 2027, with development also advancing in Hunt, Texas; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Auburn, Alabama; and Dalton, Georgia through 2028.
• Jul 27, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Mobilizing for Techno-Economic War, Part 6: From Free Trade Agreements to Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements

  ITIF has published a policy report proposing Strategic Techno-Economic Agreements (STEAs) as a new framework for U.S.-led trade deals aimed at strengthening allied industries and constraining China.

  • The report argues that the free trade era is over and calls for binding, reciprocal agreements with allies that include zero-for-zero tariffs, digital trade rules, defense production cooperation, investment screening, export-control alignment, and counter-IP theft measures.
  • It also cites several recent or existing policy precedents and announcements, including USTR’s March 2026 Section 301 investigations, the U.S.-U.K. critical minerals MOU, and the Pax Silica initiative; the report itself is an original ITIF publication, not a news report of a single transaction.
• Jul 23, 2026

  White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections

  The White House expanded its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge to 187 utilities, electric cooperatives, and data-center developers, while Congress advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act from committee 52-0.

  • The White House said the pledge now covers 187 organizations plus 23 governors, and the coalition “protects” 263 million Americans; signatories commit to fund generation and grid upgrades for their data-center loads without shifting costs to other ratepayers.
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 9340 on July 21; the bill would require state regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider a large-load standard for sites with at least 100 MW peak demand and recover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. New York’s Executive Order 62 separately put permits for 50 MW+ data centers on hold pending an environmental review.
• Jul 14, 2026

  Climate Change Solutions - July 14, 2026

  The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) has published a climate and energy newsletter highlighting recent articles, congressional actions, and upcoming briefings.

  • Main announcement/action: EESI promotes an online briefing with the Natural Resources Defense Council on Thursday, July 16 at noon about tracking and reducing nitrogen fertilizer use, associated emissions, and lowering costs for farmers.
  • Background and other details: The newsletter also references a House vote on the SECURE Grid Act (H.R. 7257), a future briefing on severe drought on July 24, and archived materials on extreme heat, grid resilience, and data centers.
  • The issue is presented as a newsletter / event roundup rather than a standalone policy announcement by a company, and it includes EESI contact information at the end.
• Jul 9, 2026

  DOE Closes $3.26 Billion Transmission Loan to AEP Texas

  The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that its Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a loan of up to $3.26 billion to AEP Texas for transmission upgrades.

  • The financing will support nearly 100 transmission projects across south and west Texas, including rebuilding, reconductoring, and new construction of roughly 2,800 miles of transmission lines.
  • DOE said the projects are intended to help meet demand from data centers, advanced manufacturing, and Permian Basin oil and gas development, and it estimated $685 million in savings over 30 years for more than 1 million Texas households and businesses.
  • AEP Texas said it has signed letters of agreement supporting up to 41 GW of potential new load additions through 2030.
  • The article also places this loan in the context of other recent DOE financing actions, including a $26.54 billion package for Southern Co. subsidiaries and a prior $1.6 billion DOE transmission loan guarantee for AEP.
• Jul 9, 2026

  County officials deny data center zoning request in Georgia

  Douglas County, Georgia officials have denied a rezoning application for a large data center campus outside Villa Rica.

  • The Douglas County commissioners voted 4-1 against the rezoning request for a five-building campus on around 700 acres south of Interstate 20 Liberty Road.
  • The project, filed by East Village Dothan LLC and reported as developed by EdgeConneX, would have totaled about 4.4 million sq ft; the county planning commission had also recommended denial. The campus was previously described in a Development of Regional Impact filing as 11 buildings totaling 6.2 million sq ft plus four warehouses totaling 66,000 sq ft.
• Jul 6, 2026

  Canada's Beacon details plans for data center campus in Alabama

  Beacon Data Centers has revealed plans to build the Calvert Infrastructure Hub campus outside Calvert in Mobile County, Alabama.

  • The campus is planned for 95 acres on a 650-acre lot between Highway 43 and Shepard House Road, with two buildings and an on-site substation; the first building could go live next year.
  • Beacon says the site will operate without backup diesel generators, use a closed-loop cooling system, and will not require new power lines; Beacon will pay for any local grid infrastructure upgrades. The announcement also references Beacon’s broader portfolio of more than six campuses and 6GW of planned capacity.
• Jul 3, 2026

  Data center kit and copper cables worth $1.3m recovered from stolen trucks

  Cook County Sheriff’s Department recovered stolen trailers containing copper cables and data center equipment worth $1.3 million in a raid in Elk Grove Township, Illinois.

  • Officers from the Police Organized Retail Crime Unit raided a truck yard in the 2500 block of East Higgins Road on June 18 after receiving a tip about $300,000 of stolen copper wire from Pine Hill, Alabama.
  • At the yard, investigators found a second trailer reported stolen from Jacksonville, Florida containing data center equipment worth $1 million; no arrests have been reported and investigators are seeking the driver and others involved.