Data Center Atlas
Nebius Birmingham AI factory (Lakeshore Parkway)
Announced
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Nebius has proposed a two-building AI factory on about 80 acres it owns off Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham, Alabama, reusing a former bank back-office building. Local television reported in February 2026, without naming who supplied the figure, that Alabama Power would serve the 300 MW facility; it also reported an early-phase permit application with the city and a proposed six-month pause on new data centers. Nebius listed Birmingham among its US data center locations in July 2026. No investment figure, job count or schedule appears in the cited sources.
Source record as of 2026-02-10 · Details and sources
Nebius's public answer document dated 26 October 2026 ('A PUBLIC ANSWER FROM NEBIUS 10.26'), linked from its Birmingham project page, describes 'our project' in Birmingham: an AI facility on the site of the former Regions facility off Lakeshore Parkway, using closed-loop cooling and less than 1 million gallons of water a year, with four backup generators, at least 78 jobs at the facility and an average of $85.7 million a year in taxes, for which Nebius held a construction job fair on 21 October. Nebius's project page identifies the site as the former Regions Bank back-office site in Birmingham's Oxmoor neighborhood, 75 acres at 201 Milan Parkway acquired in September 2025, and says Nebius is 'in the planning stages for this AI factory'. This dated primary source identifies the project, so the imported 'proposed' record moves to announced as of 26 October 2026. No permit, site work, construction, completion or operation is established; the page's construction and commissioning dates are forecasts. evidence
Nebius Group N.V. · published 2026-10-26
Location
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Projects (1)
Nebius Birmingham AI factory (Lakeshore Parkway)
Announced last observed as of · Project announcement
This record reports proposed as of 2026-02-10. WBRC
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, US. City centroid from the Wikipedia infobox for Birmingham (s3). The report places the site off Lakeshore Parkway without an address, so the point is the city centroid, not the site. Birmingham spans Jefferson and Shelby counties, so no county is given. WBRC; Nebius; Wikipedia
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 300 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-02-10 | Unattributed figure: WBRC reported it as information it was told without naming the source; Nebius is not quoted on it. | WBRC |
| Land area | about 80 acres | Acquired · Campus | 2026-02-10 | WBRC | |
| Buildings | 2 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-02-10 | WBRC |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebius | Developer | WBRC; Nebius | |
| Nebius | Owner | Reported to own about 80 acres off Lakeshore Parkway. | WBRC |
| Alabama Power | Utility | WBRC said it was told Alabama Power would serve the facility; the source of that statement is not named. | WBRC |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | Other | Actual | WBRC reported the proposal and an early-phase permit application with the city. | WBRC |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Reported to be served by Alabama Power. | WBRC |
Sources for these details
- 'AI factory' being proposed along Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham — WBRC; 2026-02-10
- Nebius x Vineland, NJ fact sheet — Nebius; 2026-07-10
- Birmingham, Alabama — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- Nebius: 'Ask Us Anything' - a public answer from Nebius on its Birmingham, Alabama project (dated 10.26, i.e. 26 October 2026) evidence row
Nebius Group N.V. · published 2026-10-26 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 1 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 33.51750, -86.80940
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- City centroid from the Wikipedia infobox for Birmingham (s3). The report places the site off Lakeshore Parkway without an address, so the point is the city centroid, not the site. Birmingham spans Jefferson and Shelby counties, so no county is given.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 8039fb20
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'AI factory' being proposed along Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham Archived copy | WBRC News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Owner claim, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | WBRC | 6e53dbd1366fb0f018b0f7f36e949bc8968ab627427d9bf0d0cadabeb2ca1d87Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Birmingham, Alabama Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 2091c053841e08539b59ea376ecfbf0058b2bf6e94d3019a71dcd81ab4a2b21aFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Nebius x Vineland, NJ fact sheet Archived copy | Nebius Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Nebius | b7c5eda4bd0fbc84cda9095272bcefbddc78f3e241a319325986ad84e2a5b4cdFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Nebius: 'Ask Us Anything' - a public answer from Nebius on its Birmingham, Alabama project (dated 10.26, i.e. 26 October 2026) Archived copy | Nebius Group N.V. Company disclosure | Project announcement | all-rights-reserved | Nebius | efce6c43ad76482b4569288e4d9556fcde7819e3d5f8f1ccb88a72cb10f7a51fRetained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Nebius Birmingham AI factory (Lakeshore Parkway) [site vcc-site-8cdb2274a5a7f5abf1c9]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-8cdb2274a5a7f5abf1c9/
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