SIGNALDATAInsights. For the People.
Preview
Data centers · Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County

3 projects on record · 4 moratorium or ban actions

← Statewide map
Autauga CountyBaldwin CountyBarbour CountyBibb CountyBlount CountyBullock CountyButler CountyCalhoun CountyChambers CountyCherokee CountyChilton CountyChoctaw CountyClarke CountyClay CountyCleburne CountyCoffee CountyColbert CountyConecuh CountyCoosa CountyCovington CountyCrenshaw CountyCullman CountyDale CountyDallas CountyDeKalb CountyElmore CountyEscambia CountyEtowah CountyFayette CountyFranklin CountyGeneva CountyGreene CountyHale CountyHenry CountyHouston CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyLamar CountyLauderdale CountyLawrence CountyLee CountyLimestone CountyLowndes CountyMacon CountyMadison CountyMarengo CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMobile CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMorgan CountyPerry CountyPickens CountyPike CountyRandolph CountyRussell CountyShelby CountySt. Clair CountySumter CountyTalladega CountyTallapoosa CountyTuscaloosa CountyWalker CountyWashington CountyWilcox CountyWinston CountyWilsonville hyperscale data center · Stalled · 1,008 MWDigi Power X Columbiana AI Data Center · Under constructionWestover data center campus · Paused by moratorium
Projects in Shelby County
Wilsonville hyperscale data centerNorthPoint Development1,008StalledSept. 2, 202550 MW+
Digi Power X Columbiana AI Data CenterDigi Power X Inc.—Under constructionOct. 14, 2026Under 50 MW
Westover data center campusSwift Data Development—Paused by moratoriumAug. 18, 202650 MW+

Moratoriums and bans

  1. July 21, 2026 Chelsea: Moratorium. Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers, along with one on rental residential communities, while the zoning ordinance is rewritten; no credible proposal was pending. (ABC 33/40, July 22, 2026)
  2. Aug. 3, 2026 Harpersville: Moratorium. Ordinance 2026-08-03-03 put a six-month moratorium on data center development, effective Aug. 3, 2026, alongside a series of public informational sessions. (Town of Harpersville, Aug. 3, 2026)
  3. Aug. 2026 Helena: Moratorium. Council took up a 180-day pause on new data centers, gas stations, auto businesses and some industrial uses along major highway corridors in August; on Aug. 24 a council member said data centers would be pulled into a separate, more detailed moratorium. (WBRC, Aug. 13, 2026; ABC 33/40, Aug. 25, 2026)
  4. Aug. 18, 2026 Westover: Moratorium. Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on data centers while a proposed campus of nearly 450 acres along U.S. 280 was under discussion. (WBRC, Aug. 18, 2026)

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 14, 2026 Digi Power X Columbiana AI Data Center · The company secured a $200 million debt financing commitment for the campus and said it remained on schedule. (Baxtel, Oct. 14, 2026)
  2. Aug. 20, 2026 Westover data center campus · City holds a town hall with developers and Alabama Power on the plan for two large one-story buildings. (WBRC, Aug. 20, 2026)
  3. Aug. 18, 2026 Westover data center campus · Council unanimously adopts a six-month moratorium; mayor says the memorandum of understanding with the developer did not work out. (WBRC, Aug. 18, 2026)
  4. Aug. 18, 2026 Westover: Moratorium · Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on data centers while a proposed campus of nearly 450 acres along U.S. 280 was under discussion. (WBRC, Aug. 18, 2026)
  5. Aug. 3, 2026 Harpersville: Moratorium · Ordinance 2026-08-03-03 put a six-month moratorium on data center development, effective Aug. 3, 2026, alongside a series of public informational sessions. (Town of Harpersville, Aug. 3, 2026)
  6. Aug. 2026 Helena: Moratorium · Council took up a 180-day pause on new data centers, gas stations, auto businesses and some industrial uses along major highway corridors in August; on Aug. 24 a council member said data centers would be pulled into a separate, more detailed moratorium. (WBRC, Aug. 13, 2026; ABC 33/40, Aug. 25, 2026)
  7. July 21, 2026 Chelsea: Moratorium · Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers, along with one on rental residential communities, while the zoning ordinance is rewritten; no credible proposal was pending. (ABC 33/40, July 22, 2026)
  8. May 5, 2026 Digi Power X Columbiana AI Data Center · Digi Power X announced a colocation agreement with Cerebras for 40 MW of IT load, said its on-site substation for phase one was built, and said it had a power delivery agreement with Alabama Power. (Digi Power X Inc. (ACCESS Newswire), May 5, 2026; DatacenterDynamics, May 6, 2026)
  9. Jan. 17, 2026 Digi Power X Columbiana AI Data Center · Inside Climate News published a confidentiality agreement a former Columbiana mayor had signed with the developer; the current mayor said the prior administration had already approved the project. (Inside Climate News, Jan. 17, 2026)
  10. Jan. 15, 2026 Digi Power X Columbiana AI Data Center · The city scheduled a public town hall with company representatives and city leaders on the planned expansion at 130 Industrial Parkway. (WBRC, Jan. 15, 2026)
  11. Sept. 2, 2025 Wilsonville hyperscale data center · Shelby County manager says the land is zoned A-1, a change would be very difficult, and no developer has contacted the county. (ABC 33/40, Sept. 2, 2025)
  12. Aug. 4, 2025 Wilsonville hyperscale data center · The project surfaces at a Wilsonville council meeting; members say NorthPoint asked about annexation. Over 100 residents attend the next meeting. (Alabama Reflector / Inside Climate News, Aug. 24, 2025)
  13. June 2025 Westover data center campus · Westervelt Realty transfers the land to Swift Willow Property, LLC; the sales validation form lists about $6.57 million. (ABC 33/40, Aug. 24, 2026)
  14. May 25, 2025 Digi Power X Columbiana AI Data Center · Trade press reported plans to turn the company's former crypto-mining site in Columbiana into Tier III AI colocation, with Super Micro supplying GPU racks. (DatacenterDynamics, May 25, 2025)
  15. April 28, 2025 Westover data center campus · Planning commission recommends adding data centers as a permitted use in that district. (ABC 33/40, Aug. 24, 2026)
  16. Feb. 27, 2025 Wilsonville hyperscale data center · NorthPoint records a two-year option on about 687 acres, per Shelby County probate records. (Alabama Reflector / Inside Climate News, Aug. 24, 2025)
  17. Feb. 4, 2025 Westover data center campus · Council approves rezoning of the former Westervelt land to Employment Center-Industrial; no one speaks against it. (ABC 33/40, Aug. 24, 2026)
  18. May 7, 2024 Westover data center campus · City council minutes record talks with developers, one seeking a data center site. (ABC 33/40, Aug. 24, 2026)

Statewide

Act 2012-210 (HB 154, 2012), the Data Processing Center Economic Incentive Enhancement Act, provided property tax and construction-related sales and use tax abatements for data processing centers (and warehousing and storage facilities) under Title 40, Chapter 9B, and amended income tax credit Sections 40-18-190 and 40-18-193. (LegiScan, April 19, 2012) Under Revenue Department rule 810-4-3-.03, abatable data center property includes servers, software, network and storage gear, cooling and power infrastructure such as substations and backup generation, and colocation tenants named in the abatement agreement get the same breaks as the owner. (Alabama Department of Revenue, Dec. 1, 2021) Act 2023-34 (Rep. Danny Garrett and Sen. Greg Reed; Senate version SB 164), part of the Enhancing Alabama's Economic Progress Act signed April 20, 2023, moved the end date for the 2012 data center incentives from Dec. 31, 2023, to July 31, 2028, along with Jobs Act and Growing Alabama extensions. (Alabama Legislature (ALISON), April 4, 2023; Alabama Senate Republican Caucus, 2023) HB 399 (2026, Rep. Leigh Hulsey; similar to SB 265), enacted April 17, 2026 and effective June 1, 2026, caps data center abatements at 20 years for abatements granted from Jan. 1, 2027 (up to 30 with a binding local-investment agreement), ends state abatements at placed-in-service and collects state sales tax on certain construction and power-equipment purchases for centers of 100 MW or more, sends that sales tax to the General Fund, and extends the application deadline to July 31, 2032; projects executed earlier, and their expansions for 10 years, are exempt. (LegiScan, April 17, 2026; Alabama Legislature (ALISON), March 18, 2026; Alabama Legislative Services Agency (ALISON), March 17, 2026) Act 2026-610 (SB 270, 2026, Sen. Bell), effective Oct. 1, 2026, adds Code Section 37-4-22.1: a utility contract with a data center expecting 150 MW or more of peak demand is in the public interest when the Public Service Commission finds it is expected to recover the incremental cost of serving that customer from the customer and to benefit other ratepayers. (Alabama Legislature (ALISON), April 9, 2026; ABC 33/40 (WBMA), Oct. 6, 2026) The PSC opened a generic proceeding on Alabama Power large-load data center contracts by order of July 8, 2026 (initially proposing deemed approval after 60 days), and on Oct. 6, 2026 adopted rules requiring a public summary petition, confidential filing of the full contract and cost analysis with staff and the Attorney General, and a commission vote within 90 days or the contract is deemed approved. (Alabama Public Service Commission, July 8, 2026; ABC 33/40 (WBMA), Oct. 6, 2026) Alabama Power says its large-load data center agreements include minimum bills, minimum terms, upfront payments and collateral, and that the PSC lengthened the post-filing approval period from 10 to 45 days in July 2026 for contracts reviewed before Act 610 took effect Oct. 1. (Alabama Power, Oct. 24, 2026) In north Alabama's TVA territory, the TVA board on Aug. 20, 2026 approved a higher wholesale rate for large data centers, effective Oct. 1, 2026, expected to raise their bills about 10% phased over three fiscal years, so they cover the full cost of serving them. (Local 3 News (WRCB), Aug. 21, 2026) Alabama data centers →