Alabama can welcome technology, jobs, and investment — in the right places. Right now a bitcoin-mining data center wants to build feet from homes on a quiet country road near Somerville. Our families, farms, and roads deserve a say first.
A company called VoltCore has proposed a 10-acre bitcoin-mining data center on a 15-acre lot at 369 Union Road in southeast Morgan County. To power it, large transmission lines would cross four families’ land — and all four have said no. Neighbors have turned down cash, free internet, and other incentives. The catch: the county has no zoning rules that would let it stop a facility like this.
We’re not against technology or investment. We’re for putting it where it fits — and for the basic protections most Alabama communities don’t yet have.
Union Road is a narrow, rural road that was never engineered for heavy industrial traffic or the equipment a build like this requires.
Bitcoin-mining sites run cooling fans 24/7. In other states the constant drone has driven whole towns to organize. Limits should be independent and enforceable.
Neighbors found out by being knocked on. Communities deserve real notice, real hearings, and a real say before industrial rezoning — not after.
We track proposed projects like the Union Road site alongside the data centers already operating across Alabama, so neighbors can see what’s coming before it arrives.
Industry trackers count roughly two dozen data centers operating or planned in Alabama — with far more capacity proposed than is running today. The Union Road project would put one of them next to homes.
Two things will decide this: enough neighbors standing together, and smart rules at the state level so no Alabama community has to fight this alone. We’re drafting legislation now and we want your input first.