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Birmingham darter fish

A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter

With the City Council in Bessemer scheduled to vote Tuesday on a “hyperscale” data center, challenges from an environmental group and the Alabama Department of Transportation present potential obstacles for the wildly unpopular project.

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

A specimen of the Birmingham darter documented by Yale biologist Thomas Near and his research team. Credit: Konstantinos Andriotis
Bessemer residents attend a City Council meeting on July 15 to express opposition to a proposed data center. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

The watercress darter, an endangered fish found only in central Alabama, could be put at risk by a proposed data center. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Bessemer, Alabama, Could Face Legal Action Over Environmental Impacts From a ‘Hyperscale’ Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth

Brad Kaaber, a representative of the proposed data center developer, speaks to zoning commissioners during a Tuesday meeting in a room of residents opposed to the project. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers

By Lee Hedgepeth

Four people are standing out of doors, trees in the background. The two in the middle are holding a piece of paper with the colorful Birmingham darter.

The Darter Fish and the Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

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