Facts at a glance
- Record ID
al-bessemer-land-data-center- Record type
- 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 — 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
- 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
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City of Bessemer City Clerk — AL Bessemer Land LLC Rezoning Ordinance →Gov. record
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.
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.
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.
Data + actions
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