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Rezoning approved on 21 April 2026: AL Bessemer Land Data Center Project (Bessemer, AL) — city ordinance dated 21 April 2026

The Bessemer City Council adopted, and the Mayor approved, Ordinance No. 3698 on April 21, 2026, rezoning the property in AL Bessemer Land, LLC's application from A-1 vacant Agricultural to I-1 Light Industrial for construction and operation of a multi-phased data center.

What this is. The source (city ordinance, dated 21 April 2026) dates this rezoning approval to 21 April 2026. This event does not establish any later stage.
Event date
'ADOPTED this the 21st day of April 2026' (Council President) and 'APPROVED this the 21st day of April 2026' (Mayor).
Source dated
The ordinance is dated by its printed adoption and approval lines, 21 April 2026; the Jefferson County Judge of Probate recorded it on 28 April 2026.
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Event type
Rezoning approved · Approvals
Evidence basis
Official record · Bessemer City Council
Confidence
HighSigned, recorded ordinance text states the action, date and applicant.
State
Alabama
Linked records
AL Bessemer Land Data Center Project al-bessemer-land-data-center
Linked claims
None linked

What the source says

WHEREAS, AL Bessemer Land, LLC c/o Martin Evans, Agent for (Owner) ... filed an application to re-zone ... for construction and operation of a multi-phased data center ... ADOPTED this the 21st day of April 2026.

Where: Page 1 first WHEREAS clause; page 2 'ADOPTED' line; page 3 'APPROVED' line (scanned document). The PDF is linked from the Bessemer City Clerk page, bessemeral.org/departments/city-clerk.

Source: City of Bessemer Ordinance No. 3698 (AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance)

Internet Archive copy (captured 21 September 2026)

What this does not establish

  • construction
  • building permits
  • operation

Still unknown

  • council vote tally
  • end user or operator
  • building permit or construction start
  • IT and utility capacity

Identifiers

Event ID 017f39134747bf56d66a0d64462e8fab558be20636a4e3de5d3168a31f81fa30. The ID is derived from the event itself and never changes. A later correction would be published as a separate, linked entry.

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