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The Digest's tracker follows 3 Alabama data center bills: 3 that would restrict development, 0 that favor it, and 0 neutral. 2 have advanced past committee (SB 270, HB 399). Local restrictions on data center permits are in effect.

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3data center bills tracked
2advanced past committee
Activelocal moratorium activity
Local restrictions. County and town governments have enacted moratoriums on data center/mining facility siting, though a state zoning preemption gap allowed at least one Bitcoin mining data center to proceed despite the local bans (Aug 2026). See the moratorium layer on the map.

Latest Alabama data center activity

Bill actions and news about Alabama data centers in one timeline, newest first. News is matched to the state by the story's text.

BillSB 270: Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for Restrictive

Enacted, last action Apr 17, 2026

BillHB 399: Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended Restrictive

Enacted, last action Apr 17, 2026

BillSB 265: Tax abatements for data processing centers, exemption period limited, collection of certain taxes on purchases required, sunset date extended Restrictive

In committee, last action Apr 9, 2026

Alabama data center legislation

3 restrictive0 favorable0 neutral

See all 3 Alabama bills in the Legislation tracker

Updated October 23, 2026. Bill labels are the Digest's own classification of each bill's text; market figures come from CBRE, JLL, and utility filings as cited on the map. All Digest news.