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Aerial view of Lakeshore Parkway running diagonally through wooded land in Oxmoor Valley, with a small lake at lower right and, along the top of the frame, a large cleared Nebius construction site of bare earth dotted with earthmoving equipment.

Jun 22, 2026

Birmingham City Council Can’t Have it Both Ways on Data Center Ordinance

At the podium, Councilor Hunter Williams warned Birmingham residents that if the Council delayed the June 9 vote, the Oxmoor Valley data center project would have “free rein to do whatever they want.” He looked directly to the City Attorney for confirmation. She gave it.

The Birmingham City Council seated at a curved dais beneath the city seal during the June 9 public hearing, with two presenters at a table facing the council and rows of residents filling the gallery in the foreground.

Jun 11, 2026

The City Passed Its Data Center Ordinance. What It Does and What It Took Away.

After a four-hour public hearing, the Birmingham City Council passed the city’s first data center ordinance on June 9, then eliminated the special-exception hearing that hyperscale projects once required. Here is what the ordinance does, what it took away, and what it means for Oxmoor Valley.

Simon, a gray, nearly hairless rescue dog on a yellow leash, standing on a grassy lawn with his mouth open in a happy smile; an overlaid headline reads 'Simon Says No to a 300-Megawatt AI Factory — and GBHS Does Too.'

Jun 7, 2026

Sign the Petition: Animals Need Healing, Not an AI Mega Factory

You may remember Simon. When the Greater Birmingham Humane Society found him Easter Sunday of 2020, he was hairless, starving, and wandering the streets after years of neglect.

Months of loving care later, Simon is a healthy, happy dog.

But other dogs deserve the same chance.

Sign our petition to give them that chance.

SIGN THE PETITION

Jun 5, 2026

A Foreign Company Wants a 79-Acre AI Factory in Your Neighborhood. Speak Up June 9th

Allison Black Cornelius explains why the debate about the AI Mega Factory proposed for Oxmoor isn’t about technology. It’s about whether Birmingham residents have a meaningful voice.

This column was originally published on ComebackTown.com, a website created by former Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce chairman David Sher “to give voice to the people of Birmingham and Alabama.”