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Aug 21, 2026
New York Times Reports Voters Are Removing Officials Who Approved Nebius Tax Breaks
The New York Times traveled to Independence, Missouri, another American city where Nebius is building an AI mega factory. What they found was nothing short of a voter revolt.
On September 1, Independence will hold one of the first recall elections in the country motivated by a data center.
The councilman on the recall ballot voted to give Nebius an estimated $6.26 billion in property tax breaks over 20 years. Two of his colleagues who voted the same way have already lost their seats.
Aug 17, 2026
AI Data Centers: Cautionary Tales from Other Communities
Every community that faces what Oxmoor Valley faces was quiet once. Here is the record of what came after the earthmovers, in the towns that already said yes to a data center, and the few that managed to say no in time.
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Aug 15, 2026
Residents' Lawsuit Against the AI Mega Factory Is Going to Trial
AL.com is reporting that the lawsuit brought by Oxmoor Valley residents Robert and Gail Sansome against Nebius, the City of Birmingham, and Hoar Construction will go to trial next March.
Wednesday's ruling does not pause construction.
It does guarantee that the questions Oxmoor Valley has been asking since the beginning will be answered where they should be: in a courtroom.
A status conference is set for August 27. The class action brought by neighboring homeowners, also before Judge Crayton, holds a status conference September 24, and the Greater Birmingham Humane Society's lawsuit is pending as well.
Aug 5, 2026
AL.com: Nebius AI Mega Factory Has Already Cost GBHS $18 Million in Fundraising
AL.com is reporting that the Nebius AI Mega Factory has already cost the Greater Birmingham Humane Society $18 million in donor pledges for its planned Oxmoor Valley campus, according to GBHS CEO Allison Black Cornelius.
The story reads, in part:
“Everything just stopped,” Cornelius told AL.com. “Every pledge, people that had pledges here for this project called and said, ‘Listen, I have reservations. I’m not trying to let you down. We’ll still let you keep the money, but you got to find somewhere else to go.’”
Jul 31, 2026
Bloomberg Reports On How Nebius AI Mega Factory Would Disrupt GBHS Oxmoor Campus
Bloomberg.com has joined the ranks of national media outlets reporting on the ways the Nebius AI Mega Factory in Oxmoor would disrupt the Greater Birmingham Humane Society’s animal welfare campus in Oxmoor Valley.
Bloomberg quotes GBHS CEO Allison Black Cornelius who says the animal welfare charity is concerned about industrial noise, vibration, heat, light and traffic affecting its campus and nearby neighbors, including an elementary school, a golf course and a center serving children and adults with disabilities.
The story reads, in part:
Data-center noise has been the source of several lawsuits, and with dogs able to hear much better than humans, Cornelius said she can’t subject animals “living in a kennel trying to recover from surgery, gunshots and abuse” to continuous low-frequency hum.
Jul 29, 2026
Greater Birmingham Humane Society Lawsuit in Business Insider
A lawsuit by the Greater Birmingham Humane Society was featured in Business Insider magazine.
The organization’s lawsuit says the AI Mega Factory being built by Nebius could deprive it of the full use of its property, which was purposefully designed to create a quiet, peaceful setting for animals to be socialized and made ready for adoption.
The magazine reported the Nebius AI Factory would sit just 160 feet from the humane society’s animal welfare campus and outdoor rehabilitation areas.
Jul 28, 2026
Towns Who Said No to AI Factories—And Meant It
In town after town across America, residents were told that the deal was done, that the votes were counted, that the earthmovers were coming, and the only question left was how gracefully to accept it.
These are the stories of towns who refused to be silenced and the places where voters remembered on election day and held local officials accountable.
Jul 10, 2026
GBHS Files Lawsuit Over Nebius AI Mega Factory
THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY today filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County seeking judicial review of the approvals and permits issued for the proposed Nebius AI Mega Factory.
The hyperscale data center is planned to be immediately adjacent to the organization’s future medical-model animal welfare campus in Oxmoor Valley.
The lawsuit names the City of Birmingham, Alabama ADC Holdings, LLC, and 201 Milan Birmingham, LLC as defendants.
According to the complaint, GBHS pursued every available administrative avenue before filing suit, including participating in public hearings, submitting technical concerns, seeking administrative review, and challenging decisions related to the project’s approval.
“This lawsuit is not a step we take lightly,” said Allison Black Cornelius, President and CEO of the Greater Birmingham Humane Society. “For nearly a decade, we have worked to build a campus that will serve animals and the people who love them for generations to come. We believe important legal questions remain about how this project was approved, and we believe those questions deserve to be answered by the courts.”
Jul 6, 2026
Judge Recuses Herself in Lawsuit Against Nebius
A lawsuit brought by two Oxmoor Valley residents against Nebius, Inc., Hoar Construction, Lakeshore Data Center, LLC, and the City of Birmingham must begin again after Judge Tamara Harris Johnson recused herself from the proceedings.
Prior to the recusal, the plaintiffs had sought an injunction to immediately halt construction on the AI Mega Factory. The request was not granted after defendants agreed to proceed with an immediate trial.
Meanwhile, construction work continues on the 300MW facility.
Jun 29, 2026
New Lawsuit: Nebius AI Mega Factory Violates Zoning Ordinance
Two Birmingham homeowners, each living within 1,000 feet of the Nebius AI Mega Factory site, have filed suit in Circuit Court, insisting the project was never authorized under Birmingham’s zoning law and should be halted.
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