Tuberville’s Data Center Push vs Public Backlash | Birmingham News

Birmingham AL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 18, 2026 · 2m

Senator Tommy Tuberville is aggressively pushing Alabama to embrace data centers, dismissing public concerns as “bullcrap” and blaming outside forces. While he sees them as the future of economic growth, voters in Georgia have shown strong bipartisan opposition, electing officials who reject new data center projects. Meanwhile, towns like Sterling, Virginia, are being transformed by these massive facilities — concrete behemoths that bring noise, pollution, and disruption, often powered by constant-running generators. Though touted for tax revenue, the jobs created are limited, and resources…