Alabama Rivers Alliance
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Protecting Alabama's 132,000 miles of rivers through organizing alliance members + advocating for sound policy and its enforcement. Water IS Life! #DefendRivers
If you think that the City of Bessemer and whatever big tech company is actually behind this project need to slow down and be transparent with the public, let the Bessemer City Council know: alabamarivers.salsalabs.org/BessemerDataCe…
Standard playbook from the tech companies here. Someone developing what would be the world's third-largest data center in Bessemer, AL got all their elected officials to sign NDAs, and the co's representative refused to answer questions about how much water the project will use.
ARA's Water is Life Zoom Talk returns Tuesday, July 15 for Water is Life: Data Centers with ARA and SELC! With the rapid advances and uses of AI technology, hyperscale data center projects are popping up all across the Southeast, including here in Alabama. alabamarivers.org/wil/
GOOD NEWS! The motion to vote today FAILED at the Bessemer City Council! The same motion will be reconsidered next meeting but the community SPOKE and they were HEARD! THANK YOU to everyone who sprung into action! Stay tuned for next steps!
“Secrecy is a big reason that the residents of Bessemer and the other people in this community where the data center is proposed are so upset. When they have questions, nobody is giving them a straight answer.”
“The lack of clarity around how much water this project will use is the product of one thing: the secrecy of this developer, and whatever big tech company is actually behind this,” Miller said...
A local water utility told data center developers it could not provide the 2 million gallons of water per day they've requested without "significant upgrades." Full story: insideclimatenews.org/news/12072025/…
Full house at the Bessemer City Council meeting to oppose rezoning for a data center
We’ll be there and hope you will be too! : ) #DefendRivers
Rojo Birmingham will donate 10% of all sales to Black Warrior Riverkeeper from 5 to 10PM on Tuesday, July 29! facebook.com/share/1BNy5eGV…
Rojo Birmingham will donate 10% of all sales to Black Warrior Riverkeeper from 5 to 10PM on Tuesday, July 29! facebook.com/share/1BNy5eGV…
It was great to talk with @MGMAdvertiser about the Alabama River and what the City can do to help provide better access to the river for the whole community! Read more: What's next for development around the Alabama River? Here's your chance to weigh in yahoo.com/news/whats-nex…
These facilities require 100s of acres of land + computers requiring unprecedented amounts of energy and water to operate. We'll hear how data centers are impacting communities and ecosystems across the southeast and more about the impacts. Register here: alabamarivers.org/wil/