Last Update: 10/26/2026 at 11:33 PM EST

Nebius’s Oxmoor Valley Data Center

Coverage from AL.com, WBRC, and others

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Nebius is developing a two-building data-center campus on a roughly 75-acre site in Birmingham’s Oxmoor Valley.

The project has involved local approvals and tax abatements, a power arrangement with Alabama Power, and a closed-loop cooling system intended to recycle water. Its scale and infrastructure needs have prompted community questions about water use, electricity, construction and noise, as well as lawsuits challenging aspects of the development. The campus’s projected jobs, incentive conditions and measures such as sound barriers are also part of local discussion.

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All Articles4 articles
Important2 articles · CI Score 60 and above
AL.com / Roy S. Johnson
Nebius is building two AI data centers in Birmingham's Oxmoor Valley as Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and residents raise water, power, and noise concerns and lawsuits seek construction pauses.
7/21/2026 • Community & Local Opposition • General
AL.com
Robert Sansome and John Hilley sued Nebius in Jefferson County Circuit Court to halt Oxmoor Valley data-center construction pending a temporary restraining order hearing before Judge Tamara Harris Johnson.
7/2/2026 • Permitting & Regulation • General
Interesting2 articles · CI Score 45–59
AL.com / Hannah Denham and Joseph D. Bryant
Birmingham residents Robert and Gail Sansome are challenging Nebius’s Oxmoor Valley data center in court over its property sale and permits, with a subpoena hearing scheduled in Jefferson County.
10/1/2026 • Community & Local Opposition • General
WBRC / Brittany Dionne
Nebius received May 29, 2026 tax abatement approval from Birmingham's Industrial Development Board for an Oxmoor Valley AI data center amid lawsuit and accountability disputes.
6/27/2026 • Project Finance & Incentives • General