project · AL · last checked 13 September 2026

AL Bessemer Land Data Center Project

Lifecycle label: approved; effective date not established Status evidence: zoning approval only Evidence: Independently source-linked Reuse: Reference only

Facts at a glance

Record ID: al-bessemer-land-data-center
Record type: project
Evidence confidence: high
DataCenterData’s confidence in this record’s sourced fields, not in the project
Developer: Not named in the cited records
Operator: Not named in the cited records
Owner: Owner of record not established
Tenant: Not named in the cited records
Capacity: Unknown No independently supported figure
No data-center MW figure appears in the opened City record. Reported campus-design or utility figures from non-qualifying sources are excluded.
Location: Bessemer, AL
County: Jefferson County
Approximate location — The ordinance lists five addresses plus parts of five tax parcels in Sections 26 and 27, Township 19S, Range 5 West. Because this is a multi-address, partial-parcel zoning area, no single project address or coordinate is asserted.
Physical scale: The ordinance calls the approved land use a multi-phased data center but provides no phase count, building count, floor area, site acreage or electrical scale.

What the sources support

City of Bessemer Ordinance No. 3698, adopted and approved April 21, 2026, rezones the described property from A-1 vacant Agricultural to I-1 Light Industrial for construction and operation of a multi-phased data center. This establishes zoning approval only; the opened record does not establish a building permit, construction, completion or operation.

Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.

What remains unknown

single site address or complete parcel boundary
coordinates
separately verified property owner
developer
operator or tenant
critical IT capacity
utility request or approved service capacity
building count or floor area
building permit or construction start
completion or opening evidence

Sources

City of Bessemer City Clerk — AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance →Gov. recordgovernment · published 21 April 2026 · retrieved 2026-09-13

Exact location Link labeled 'AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance'; linked scanned Ordinance No. 3698, PDF p. 1 first WHEREAS and Section 1; p. 2 Sections 2 and 4/adoption block; p. 3 mayoral approval

What it supports City publication provenance; application filer and owner-field wording; data-center land use; Bessemer/Jefferson location; listed addresses and partial parcels; rezoning adoption and approval date.

Connected records

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Metro area: Birmingham, AL by the record’s county in the Census 2023 delineation

Dated events

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Rezoning approvedOfficial recordAlabama
Rezoning approved on 21 April 2026: AL Bessemer Land Data Center Project (Bessemer, AL) — city ordinance dated 21 April 2026
Event date
21 April 2026
Source dated
21 April 2026
Added to Latest updates
21 September 2026

Record history

Record history · 21 April 2026 · DataCenterData review

al-bessemer-land-data-center → Record

Why City of Bessemer adopted and approved Ordinance No. 3698 for the multi-phased data-center land use.

Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.

Dated event entry: Rezoning approved · 21 April 2026

DataCenterData record added · 13 September 2026 · DataCenterData review

al-bessemer-land-data-center → Publication

Why Added as one zoning-approved project; company identity, construction, acreage and capacity claims remain excluded.

Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.

Recorded information

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Reviewed record `al-bessemer-land-data-center`

Project. Independently reviewed record. Values are shown with their recorded basis.

Location and precision

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Lifecycle

Recorded status: approved

Area, acreage and buildings

Shown above in Facts at a glance.

Power capacity

Capacity — Not yet recorded here. Recorded reason: No data-center MW figure appears in the opened City record. Reported campus-design or utility figures from non-qualifying sources are excluded.

Not yet recorded here: Roles · Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.

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Facility evidence across sources

Identity

Facility ID: dcd-fac-002425 (public id fac-002425)
Unit: site (campus or building not established)
Name source: AL Bessemer Land Data Center Project · DataCenterData reviewed record al-bessemer-land-data-center
Evidence tier: reviewed

Other names

AL-C0008 registry identifier · DataCenterData reviewed record al-bessemer-land-data-center

Status by layer

Layer	Value	Date	Source
Reviewed (DCD) · verified record	approved Status basis: City of Bessemer Ordinance No. 3698, adopted and approved April 21, 2026, rezones the described property from A-1 vacant Agricultural to I-1 Light Industrial for construction and operation of a multi-phased data center. This establishes zoning approval only; the opened record does not establish a building permit, construction, completion or operation.	Latest source retrieval/capture date 2026-09-13	DataCenterData reviewed record `al-bessemer-land-data-center`

Location

City: Bessemer
County: Jefferson
State: AL
Metro (CBSA): Birmingham, AL 13820

Coordinates not published; precision is city-level.

Address as published by DataCenterData reviewed record al-bessemer-land-data-center. No member source publishes a street address for this facility.

Facts

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No quote-bound fact with a hashed capture is recorded for this facility.

Other values by layer

Field	Value	Layer and basis	Date	Source
physical scale	The ordinance calls the approved land use a multi-phased data center but provides no phase count, building count, floor area, site acreage or electrical scale.	Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed record	Latest source retrieval/capture date date not stated	DataCenterData reviewed record `al-bessemer-land-data-center`

Sources for the reviewed record

These citations belong to the linked reviewed records. They do not establish every figure or present-day operating status. Publication and retrieval dates are shown separately; an unstated date remains unknown.

City of Bessemer City Clerk — AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance · record al-bessemer-land-data-center · published 2026-04-21 · retrieved 2026-09-13

Details still needed

33 fields in the shared profile are not established for this record. Each states why; missing information does not mean zero or absence.

Operator · not recorded for this field in the register
Street address · not recorded for this field in the register
Postal code · not recorded for this field in the register
Coordinates · not recorded for this field in the register
Map location precision · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported status · not recorded for this field in the register
Operator-stated status · not recorded for this field in the register
Status in public records · not recorded for this field in the register
Critical IT capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Requested utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Reported total power (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Generation capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Company-announced design capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Data hall or IT floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Site area · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
UPS redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Backup generator redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Tier design rating · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling technology · not recorded for this field in the register
Opening year or expected opening year · not recorded for this field in the register
Network presence · not recorded for this field in the register
Service · not recorded for this field in the register
Certification or compliance claims · not recorded for this field in the register
Rack density · not recorded for this field in the register
Space or power availability · not recorded for this field in the register
Specifications and facility pages · not recorded for this field in the register
Business contact · not recorded for this field in the register
Public registration · not recorded for this field in the register
Fact supported by a source quotation · not recorded for this field in the register

Jurisdiction and policy actions

Policy actions are matched to this facility by jurisdiction (state, county, municipality or utility), never by the facility's name. A match means the action covers the place, not that it names or affects this facility.

3 state-level policy actions recorded for Alabama jurisdiction match on state AL

Updates, corrections and review

Last checked 2026-09-13

How often we re-check

We plan to re-check this facility every 90 days because it has a reviewed record whose status may still change. Next check due 2026-12-12. The last-checked date is the newest evidence date among this facility's sources. Dates are measured against the newest input date, 2026-10-18, not the day this page was built.

Update events

Rezoning approved · 2026-04-21