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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Nebius Birmingham AI Factory (BHM01).
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Nebius Group
- Address and locality
- Birmingham · Jefferson County · Alabama
- Official metro area
- Birmingham, AL
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 300 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 28 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001032
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Alabama Power
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 80 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: litigation
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- 30 September 2025
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Industrial Development Board abatement: 80% of construction-related taxes (excluding education) and 65% of non-educational property taxes, 30 years · Industrial Development Board of the City of Birmingham · 2026 · $3.2 billion (as stated) Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Alabama Power (APCO) confirmed as utility per Nebius's official page; APCO to build new switching/substation infrastructure funded by Nebius.
Water. Nebius has said it plans to incorporate a closed-loop cooling system and 56 industrial chillers across both phases. No water-consumption figure disclosed.
Community. Two lawsuits filed by Oxmoor Valley residents seeking injunctions; the first was dismissed May 29 2026, a second filed June 29 2026. Birmingham City Council approved a revised zoning ordinance June 9 2026 adding 20 data-center regulations, ending the moratorium debate over whether the January permit was validly grandfathered.
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- Announced permanent jobs: The source note says the roughly 100 to 125 permanent jobs are a projection kept in the notes, not in the jobs field.
What the source record says
Nebius Group's Birmingham AI Factory (site code BHM01); distinct from nebius-vineland-nj and nebius-independence-mo. Capacity phased: Phase I = 100 MW (targeted H2 2026), Phase II adds 200 MW (full 300 MW by 2027-2028). Land acquisition $90M confirmed (2025-09-30); ~$855M in construction permits issued (April 2026) with $2.1B more under review; total capex described as 'tens of billions' (a projection) - so investmentUsd is omitted. ~100-125 projected permanent jobs (in notes, not jobs). Site: former Regions Lakeshore Operations Center (~80 acres) acquired from UAB, Regions Bank, and U.S. Steel; general contractor Hoar Construction. Coordinates address-approximate (201 Milan Pkwy, Oxmoor Corporate Park).
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-09-30 · source-reported permitted
Land acquisition closed: ~80 acres at Milan Pkwy / Venice Rd acquired for $90M via affiliate Alabama ADC Holdings LLC
- 2026-01-29 · source-reported permitted
Building permit BLD2026-00195 filed; project grandfathered before Birmingham's proposed data-center moratorium
- 2026-04-01 · source-reported under construction
First construction permits issued (~$855M under contract); Hoar Construction begins work
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Nebius x Birmingham, Alabama - Official Project Page · Nebius Group
- Nebius targets data center development in Birmingham, Alabama · Data Center Dynamics
- NBIS Alabama Data Center: Inside the Birmingham AI Factory · Northwise Project
- Permit filed for multibillion-dollar, 75-acre data center in Birmingham · Yellowhammer News
- New Lawsuit Against Nebius Data Center Challenges Validity of Regs and Decisions · Birmingham Watch
- Nebius Birmingham, Alabama - Baxtel (Site Code BHM01) · Baxtel
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD
- Battle Against Oxmoor Valley Data Center Fizzles but Residents Left With Concerns · BirminghamWatch
- Birmingham, Ala., Resident Sues Over Data Center Tax Abatements · GovTech
- $40 million in permits issued for new Birmingham data center · Bham Now
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID nebius-bhm01-birmingham-al. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001032
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Birmingham, AL · Jefferson (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Nebius Group
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 30 September 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-09-30 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-01-29 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-04-01 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 80 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 300 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Alabama Power
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: litigation
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Industrial Development Board abatement: 80% of construction-related taxes (excluding education) and 65% of non-educational property taxes, 30 years · Industrial Development Board of the City of Birmingham · 2026 · $3.2 billion (as stated)
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-28
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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