NEW: Bessemer Mayor says city is "encouraged" by the commitment from QTS Data Centers. Whether the company will seek out other incentives is TBD www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: What data center company will operate the massive development called Project Marvel planned for 1,600 acres in a rural pocket of Bessemer? Now, we know. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: More residents are taking the city and Nebius Inc. to court, demanding a judge to immediately stop the construction of the data center planned for Oxmoor Valley www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: This marks the fourth known city in Alabama to approve a moratorium on data centers. www.al.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: A third Alabama city enacts a moratorium on data centers for at least a year www.al.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: The AI cloud company building a multibillion-dollar data center in Birmingham is revising its plans after the city passed regulations for the industry. www.al.com/business/202...

Alabama women have to take a monthly pregnancy test to get a cannabis rx filled. Where it begins is never where it ends www.al.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: Alabama stands out with some of the strictest conditions for medical cannabis. No other state requires this level of pregnancy testing for patients, which critics call "surveillance" www.al.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: Next door to Alabama, Mississippi is having its own reckoning with data centers. Residents there are suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX over the company’s gas plant that powers nearby data centers www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Several Birmingham City Council members are responding to an outcry from residents after their vote on new data center regulations. www.al.com/business/202...

BREAKING: Birmingham approved new regulations for data centers on Tuesday, with city leaders calling the addition to zoning policy among the strongest nationwide. Many residents argued it wasn't strong enough www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: Another Alabama city is blocking new data center development, at least temporarily. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Protestors gathered outside a middle school in the county seat of Lowndes County to fight against the data center developer planning an 800-acre data center. Inside, Cloverleaf execs held an open house meeting for residents. Why they're concerned: www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Project Red Clay is a data center proposal from Cloverleaf Infrastructure that would span 800 acres in Lowndes County. The company is hosting an open meeting tonight in Hayneville www.al.com/business/202...

From luxury trips to bird hunting and football tickets, @hdenham.bsky.social combed through pages of documents to see what gifts were received by Alabama's federal judges. Here's what she found. www.al.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: I dug into hundreds of financial docs from Alabama's federal judges for 20 years to analyze what sorts of gifts they accept and who they're from, with data support from @oregonian.com. Here's what I found: www.al.com/news/2026/06...

NEW: A Jefferson County Circuit Court judge has dismissed Nebius' lawsuit against Birmingham’s zoning board over its AI factory plans for the Oxmoor Valley community www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Baldwin County is dominating much of the state’s – and even the country’s – growth, including this one stop on the way to the beach. with @ramseyarchibald.bsky.social + Lawrence Specker: www.al.com/news/beaches...

NEW: The AI cloud company planning to build a multibillion-dollar data center in Birmingham is suing the city’s zoning board. Here's why: www.al.com/news/birming...

BREAKING: Birmingham residents sue the city, data center company Nebius Inc., among others to stop the construction of a multibillion-dollar AI factory www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: 31 physicians in Alabama now are registered with active licenses to recommend medical cannabis products to patients. Here's where they're located around the state: www.al.com/news/2026/05...

NEW: Today Birmingham city staff presented their draft of regulations that would be added to the city’s zoning ordinance. Once approved, these will apply to any future data center projects www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: Mayor Randall Woodfin sat down for an exclusive interview with AL.com to address residents’ concerns about the planned Nebius AI factory. Here's what we know about the project's plans: www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: Birmingham's mayor took to social media today to emphasize why he couldn't interfere with plans for a multibillion-dollar AI factory, despite recent pushback from residents. www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: The rural Alabama site slated for a $14.5 billion data center campus just got bigger. www.al.com/news/2026/04...

~50 Alabama-based businesses have received ICE contracts for work across the country: $124 million since 2008. You can zoom in to the map to learn more about these companies, purpose of the contract and how much cash: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Z5fZY/13/

NEW: We dug into ICE contracts with Alabama ties. Here's what we found: state matches national trends of a ballooning budget and a concentrated marketplace A big thank you to @goodjobsfirst.org for their national report www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Here's where the latest federal lawsuit against Alabama officials including Gov. Kay Ivey involving legislative oversight of Central Alabama Water stands after today's hearing in Birmingham www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: Disproportionately, residents in Alabama's poorest and most rural region have to commute outside of their home counties for work. And they have to take long, winding routes to get there. Why this matters: www.al.com/news/2026/04...

Gas prices are skyrocketing, including in Alabama. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: Saddle Creek Logistics Services announced the layoffs are slated for April. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: The moratorium doesn’t apply to any data center applications that are complete or already under city review. www.al.com/news/birming...

BREAKING: City of Birmingham passes temporary suspension on data centers. Story to come

NEW: Clean energy and industry leaders weigh in on Trump's pledge for tech companies handling their own data center power needs www.al.com/politics/202...

Roughly 6,000 children are in foster care across Alabama. Here's what we know about where they're located and why it matters: www.al.com/news/2026/02...

NEW: It's been "all things data center," says the mayor of Columbiana, a small town of less than 5,000 south of Birmingham. The debate there mirrors similar restrictions on future data centers that are being considered elsewhere in the state. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: It doesn’t look like Project Marvel will be moving far. Here's what we know: www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: In-state donations have fueled the campaigns for both U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R, and former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D. www.al.com/politics/202...

NEW: A wholesale salon and beauty supply distributor located near Birmingham is planning to close its facility, laying off nearly 80 workers. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: ICE agents are arresting and detaining more and more children in Alabama amid President Trump's crackdown. Here's what we know about them: www.al.com/news/2026/01...

NEW: Richard Scrushy lost his attempt to get former law firm ousted from a related case this week. Here's where one of Alabama’s most powerful and controversial business leaders stands with his renewed legal battles: www.al.com/business/202...

Not so fast: Former Birmingham Water Works board members dispute new state audit findings of poor management, incorrect payments and lackluster compliance under their watch as a politically motivated PR stunt. The audit was requested by the new board after it took over. www.al.com/news/birming...

NEW: It's no secret that ICE arrests and detentions of immigrants are surging across the country. In Alabama, monthly arrests have more than doubled in roughly the last year. www.al.com/news/2025/12...

NEW: Hiring in Alabama stayed consistent in August, while the number of job openings dipped. The data is late to release because of the government shutdown: www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: The median alumni salary for graduates in Alabama is $42,905. www.al.com/education/20...

NEW: “The John Boy and Billy Show” is signing off at the end of 2025, after nearly five decades on air www.al.com/business/202...

Didn't anticipate explaining 6-7 for AL.com's audience today, but that's why journalism teaches you to expect the unexpected www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: McDonald’s is launching a new Disney-themed Happy Meal to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Disneyland Resort. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: A break in a sewage line resulted in Thanksgiving Day flooding at a Selma hotel, prompting an outcry over a lack of response from the county. www.al.com/business/202...

NEW: These employers reported the highest combination of severe workplace injuries and deaths in the last decade. www.al.com/business/202...