Data center profile · 1055 Hyundai Blvd., Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama

Meta Montgomery

Meta's own AI data center campus across from the Hyundai plant in Montgomery, Alabama: grid-powered by Alabama Power, with the contract's megawatts redacted and solar subscriptions drawing local backlash

Phased opening. Press reports say Meta operates in Montgomery, and state air permits cover six backup generator groups, with a seventh in draft as of Sept. 2026. No public source says how many buildings or megawatts are live, and the capacity in Alabama Power's contract is redacted.
$1.5B+
Meta's total Alabama investment after the 2025 expansion
up from $800M announced in May 2024
1.3M sq ft
full campus size
first announced as 715,000 sq ft; 1,500-acre site
Redacted
contract capacity with Alabama Power
term, minimum billing, capacity and price are blacked out in the public copy
OperatorMeta Platforms (through its subsidiary Dotier, LLC)
CustomerMeta itself (owner-occupied)
Planned IT capacity358 MW at full build-out (our estimate)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2027 (range 2026 to 2028); company says 2026.
Next deadlineDec. 2026: Campus expected online by end of 2026 per the May 2024 state announcement; no update published
Power

Power and the grid

Contracted, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Related generation and energy contracts (context, not added to campus supply)

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Dec. 2, 2025
    Commission approves Stockton solar contracts
    The Alabama Public Service Commission votes unanimously for 25-year purchases of 260 MW of solar subscribed by Meta's company. News report · March 2026
  2. June 18, 2026
    Electric service contract filed
    Alabama Power files its special contract with Dotier; the public copy hides term, minimum billing, capacity and price. see Permits
  3. Aug. 2026
    Clearview Ranch approved
    The commission approves the 200 MW solar and battery project and Meta's subscription unanimously. News report · Aug. 2026
  4. Aug. 21, 2026
    Utility describes the contract terms
    Alabama Power tells the commission its contracts have initial terms of more than a decade (press). News report · Sept. 2026
  5. Oct. 6, 2026
    New review procedure for large contracts
    The commission adopts a 90-day vote window for data center contracts of 150 MW or more; contracts filed before Oct. 1 are exempt. News report · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

1 draft · 1 pending · 4 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1.5B+
total Alabama investment
state Commerce Department, Sept. 2025 State agency · Sept. 2025
$800M
first announced investment
Governor's release, May 2, 2024 State agency · May 2024
$42M
estimated state tax exemption in the original deal (press)
executed agreement is not public News report · July 2026
540 MW
renewable project options Alabama Power says it delivered for Meta
against a 400 MW goal; includes Hope Hull, Stockton, Clearview Ranch Company · 2025
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. 2024
    Permits State permits the first emergency generator groups State agency · Aug. 2025
  2. May 2, 2024
    Money Governor and Meta announce an $800M, 715,000 sq ft data center; site already being cleared State agency · May 2024
  3. July 14, 2025
    Permits Applications filed for generator groups 5 and 6 State agency · Aug. 2025
  4. Sept. 23, 2025
    Money Meta announces an expansion: more than $1.5B total and a 1.3M sq ft campus State agency · Sept. 2025
  5. Dec. 2, 2025
    Power Utility commission approves 260 MW of Stockton solar contracts for Meta's subscription News report · March 2026
  6. Feb. 2026
    Site Stockton residents organize against the solar project; 2,000+ join an opposition group (press) News report · Feb. 2026
  7. June 4, 2026
    Permits Application filed for generator group 7 State agency · Sept. 2026
  8. June 18, 2026
    Power Alabama Power files its redacted electric service contract with Meta's subsidiary News report · Sept. 2026
  9. Aug. 2026
    Power Commission approves the Clearview Ranch solar and battery project News report · Aug. 2026
  10. Oct. 6, 2026
    Power Commission adopts a new 90-day review for large data center contracts News report · Oct. 2026
  11. Dec. 2026
    Construction Campus expected online by end of 2026 (state announcement target) State agency · May 2024
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Aug. 2024: 9 FAA filings (Aug. 2024 to Sept. 2026): tallest crane 317 ft (Sept. 2024).

FAA filings
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 7. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

715,000 sq ft
first building as announced in 2024
State agency · May 2024
1,500 acres
site across Interstate 65 from the Hyundai plant
Company · May 2024
6 + 1 groups
emergency diesel engine groups and a fire-pump group permitted
State agency · Sept. 2026
1,500 workers
skilled trades at peak construction
State agency · Sept. 2025
100+ jobs
operating jobs once complete
State agency · Sept. 2025
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Meta Platforms, Inc.: developer and sole occupant
  • Dotier, LLC: Meta subsidiary; permit holder and Alabama Power counterparty
Decision-makers
  • Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management: air permits
  • Alabama Public Service Commission: utility contracts and solar approvals
Power partners
  • Alabama Power (Southern Company): serving utility
  • Silicon Ranch: developer of the Stockton solar farms
Opponents
  • Stop Solar in Stockton residents group (against the solar farm, not the campus)
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

115 records from 24 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, company statements and public and commercial datasets, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 11State agency 9Company 3Dataset 2
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (14)
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “The Montgomery Data Center currently includes three groups of diesel-fired emergency compression ignition internal combustion engines (CI ICE) with associated diesel fuel storage tanks (Synthetic Minor Operating Permit Nos. X001 - X003)”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Owner companies: Dotier, LLC (project company; ADEM permittee and Alabama Power contract counterparty)
    “On June 4, 2026, the Air Division received complete applications from Dotier, LLC (Dotier) for the proposed construction and operation of a group of emergency compression ignition internal combustion engines (CI ICE)”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “The facility will connect to Alabama Power's electric system, where its electricity will be combined with electricity from other generation resources to serve customers”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Alabama Power Company
    “Meta is supporting the solar project through Alabama Power's Renewable Subscription Program and will receive all the renewable energy credits generated by the solar project”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: not stated
    “Meta's new 715,000-square-foot, AI-optimized data center will be built off Interstate 65 in Montgomery, across from the Hyundai automotive assembly plant”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Alabama Power reports it exceeded a 400 MW goal of renewable options for Meta, delivering 540 MW of project options: preferred developer projects Hope Hull and Stockton plus its first self-build, Clearview Ranch (utility
    “Exceeded the goal of 400MW of renewable options for Meta, delivering 540MW of project options, including preferred developer projects (Hope Hull and Stockton) and the first APC self-build (Clearview Ranch)”
    Company · 2025 · grade B
  • Renewable matching: 100% renewable energy support claimed at announcement; implemented through Alabama Power Renewable Subscription Program subscriptions (Clearview Ranch; Stockton I/II)
    “It will be supported by 100% renewable energy and reach net zero emissions”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “In each one, the contract length, minimum billing requirement, contract capacity and pricing were redacted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Utility service: not stated
    “For minimum billing: no less than the greater of (i) [redacted] … or (ii) [redacted] of the applicable Contract Capacity”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Southern Company portfolio disclosure (Q2 2026, all Alabama Power data center contracts incl. Dotier/Meta Montgomery): Alabama Power added approximately 3 GW of contracted data center projects in a single quarter. Not a
    “CEO Chris Womack said Alabama Power had "added approximately 3 gigawatts" of contracted data center projects in a single quarter.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • All three Alabama Power data center contracts filed in 2026 (Dotier/Meta, June 18; Alabama ADC Holdings/Nebius, July 24; Woostor, August 14) redact term, minimum billing, contract capacity and pricing in their public
    “Attorney General Steve Marshall's office has challenged the PSC's practice, in place since 1996, of allowing staff to approve large-load contracts without a public vote by commissioners”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: contracted, Alabama Power special contract with Dotier, LLC (Meta) filed with the Alabama PSC on June 18, 2026; capacity redacted in the public copy; campus under construction (Montgomery County)
    “The utility filed three data center contracts with the Alabama Public Service Commission this year. In each one, the contract length, minimum billing requirement, contract capacity and pricing were redacted”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • large load interconnection request: special contract filed
    “Alabama Power filed contracts with Dotier, LLC, a subsidiary of Meta, on June 18”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Residents of Stockton (Baldwin County) organize against the 260 MW Stockton solar project subscribed by Dotier for this campus: more than 2,000 people joined a Stop Solar in Stockton group and more than 300 attended a ci
    “Since the commission's vote, more than 2,000 people have joined the Facebook group Stop Solar in Stockton, and more than 300 people showed up to a meeting at the Stockton Civic Club last week to express their disapproval”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (33)
  • renewable subscription (Clearview Ranch): regulatory approval, PSC approved the project and the related Renewable Subscription Program agreement
    “Yes. The Alabama Public Service Commission reviewed and approved Alabama Power's proposal and the related Renewable Subscription Program agreement”
    Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • renewable subscription (Clearview Ranch): termination, FINDING: no termination, cancellation or exit clause for the subscription agreement is stated in any public source opened
    “Meta is supporting the solar project through Alabama Power's Renewable Subscription Program and will receive all the renewable energy credits generated by the solar project”
    Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenants: Meta Platforms, Inc. (owner-occupied, self-use)
    “Once completed, the Montgomery Data Center campus will total more than 1.3 million square feet and support over 100 operational jobs”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Campus sq ft full: 1300000 sq ft
    “Once completed, the Montgomery Data Center campus will total more than 1.3 million square feet and support over 100 operational jobs”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Capital cost total: 1500000000 USD
    “Meta plans an expansion of its Montgomery Data Center, bringing the technology company's total investment in Alabama's capital region to more than $1.5 billion”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Jobs operational full: over 100 jobs
    “Once completed, the Montgomery Data Center campus will total more than 1.3 million square feet and support over 100 operational jobs”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Meta announces an expansion during a closed construction tour: total capital-region investment above $1.5B, completed campus above 1.3 million sq ft, over 1,500 skilled trade workers at peak construction
    “The news was shared during a closed construction tour with state and regional leaders”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Name: Meta Montgomery (Montgomery Data Center)
    “technology company Meta Platforms plans to open an $800 million data center in Alabama's capital city that will support 100 operational jobs”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Capital cost initial: 800000000 USD
    “technology company Meta Platforms plans to open an $800 million data center in Alabama's capital city that will support 100 operational jobs”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Jobs operational initial: 100 jobs
    “plans to open an $800 million data center in Alabama's capital city that will support 100 operational jobs”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • First announced: May 2, 2024
    “Governor Kay Ivey announced today that technology company Meta Platforms plans to open an $800 million data center in Alabama's capital city”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Meta announces the Montgomery data center ($800M, 715,000 sq ft, 100 operational jobs) at a Montgomery Whitewater ceremony with Governor Ivey; the Governor's release states the site was already being cleared for construc
    “The Montgomery site that will house the Meta data center is already being cleared for construction to begin”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Tenant status: operating, owner-occupier; first buildings in service during 2026, expansion construction continuing
    “Meta operates data centers in Huntsville and Montgomery”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: operating-partial
    “Montgomery's center is nearly 1.3 million square feet and supports more than 100 jobs”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): scope
    “Alabama Power filed contracts with Dotier, LLC, a subsidiary of Meta, on June 18”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): term, FINDING: redacted in public copy
    “The contracts stated: The Initial Term of this Contract shall be [redacted] years”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): minimum billing, FINDING: percentages redacted in public copy
    “For minimum billing: no less than the greater of (i) [redacted] … or (ii) [redacted] of the applicable Contract Capacity”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): contract capacity, FINDING: redacted in public copy; no campus MW is publicly stated
    “In each one, the contract length, minimum billing requirement, contract capacity and pricing were redacted”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): pricing, FINDING: redacted in public copy
    “In each one, the contract length, minimum billing requirement, contract capacity and pricing were redacted”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): termination, FINDING: no termination or exit clause is visible in the public (redacted) copy; whether the executed contract contains one cannot be determined from public sources
    “As the Oct. 1 deadline approaches, the public copy of every contract Alabama Power has filed remains a document of promises with the numbers removed”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): term (as characterized by Alabama Power to the PSC, August 21, 2026 filing) more than a decade years
    “In an Aug. 21 filing, Alabama Power told the PSC that its contracts include initial terms of more than a decade and a billing capacity ratchet of at least 80 percent”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service (special contract): minimum billing ratchet (as characterized by Alabama Power to the PSC, August 21, 2026 filing) 80 percent of contract capacity (at least)
    “In an Aug. 21 filing, Alabama Power told the PSC that its contracts include initial terms of more than a decade and a billing capacity ratchet of at least 80 percent”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • regulatory consent agreement: regulatory treatment, contracts submitted before October 1, 2026 are judged under the interim rules and exempt from the Docket 33709 procedure
    “Alabama Power filed a consent agreement in July stating that any contract submitted before Oct. 1 would be judged under the current, interim rules and exempt from whatever new regulations the PSC adopts in Docket 33709”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • renewable subscription (Clearview Ranch): scope, Alabama Power constructs, owns and operates; Dotier finances the solar facility's construction
    “Alabama Power, the state's largest utility, will construct, own and operate the two elements that make up the Clearview Ranch Project but won't pay for the construction of the solar portion”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • renewable subscription (Clearview Ranch): term, subscription fee and 100% of renewable energy credits to Dotier 20 years
    “Meta subsidiary Dotier, LLC is financing the solar facility and will pay a subscription fee to receive 100% of the renewable energy credits the facility generates for a 20-year term”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • renewable subscription (Clearview Ranch): scope, battery storage element 200 MW (2-hour duration; 20-year expected life)
    “The 200-megawatt battery energy storage system has a shorter expected lifespan of 20 years and has a duration capacity of two hours”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • renewable subscription (Clearview Ranch): completion deadline, target commercial operation date in PSC filings
    “Documents filed with the PSC list the facility's target commercial operation date as June 30, 2029”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • tax incentives (state data center program): estimated value of tax exemption in the original 2024 deal (press estimate) 42000000 USD (estimated)
    “The original Montgomery deal included an estimated $42 million tax exemption”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • tax incentives (state data center program): eligibility (statutory framework as reported)
    “Alabama law has allowed a data center that invests at least $400 million to receive both sales tax relief and property tax abatements if it creates only 20 jobs paying at least $40,000 a year”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • tax incentives (state data center program): terms, FINDING: the executed project agreement, abatement percentages, durations and any clawback or job-maintenance clauses for this campus are not public; only a press estim
    “The original Montgomery deal included an estimated $42 million tax exemption”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • power purchase (Stockton I & II solar): scope 260 MWac (80 + 180)
    “On November 12, 2025, Alabama Power submitted a proposal to the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) for two massive solar installations: Stockton I, an 80-megawatt facility, and Stockton II, at 180 megawatts”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • power purchase (Stockton I & II solar): term 25 years
    “By December 2, the full Commission voted unanimously, with no discussion, to approve 25-year power purchase agreements for the entire 260-megawatt project”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • power purchase (Stockton I & II solar): offtake / subscription, 100% of output subscribed by Dotier, LLC, which retains all renewable energy credits 100 percent of output
    “One hundred percent of the output is subscribed by Dotier LLC, a corporate subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (31)
  • County code: Montgomery County, AL (01101)
    “Dotier, LLC has applied for Synthetic Minor Operating Permits that would authorize the construction and operation of two groups of emergency diesel-fired compression ignition internal combustion engines to be located at 1055 Hyundai Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36105”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Aliases: Montgomery Data Center; Dotier Data Center (ADEM facility name)
    “PERMITTEE: DOTIER, LLC FACILITY NAME: DOTIER DATA CENTER LOCATION: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Generator set permit fleet: 6 emergency generator groups (SMOPs X001-X003, X005-X007) plus 1 fire-pump engine group (X004), ADEM Facility No. 209-0108
    “In addition to the permitted emergency CI ICEs, there are currently eight emergency boilers located onsite for the purposes of construction and to replace insufficient electrical load banks previously used to support commissioning”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Air permit posture: Synthetic minor source under Title V and PSD, maintained by limiting each emergency engine group to 500 hours of operation per consecutive 12 months
    “Dotier has requested to limit the hours of operation for these emergency CI ICE in order to synthetically reduce emissions below the Title V major source threshold”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): issued (in effect)
    “one group of diesel-fired emergency compression ignition internal combustion engines (CI ICE) with associated diesel fuel storage tanks (Synthetic Minor Operating Permit No. X005)”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): complete application received
    “On June 4, 2026, the Air Division received complete applications from Dotier, LLC (Dotier) for the proposed construction and operation of a group of emergency compression ignition internal combustion engines (CI ICE)”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): draft permit and engineering analysis published for 15-day public comment
    “209-0108-X007 >2,237 kW (3,000 hp) Emergency Compression Ignition Internal Combustion Engine Equipped with Diesel Fuel Storage Tank (Group 7)”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • ADEM's X007 analysis records eight emergency boilers on site used for construction and to replace insufficient electrical load banks previously used to support commissioning, evidence the first buildings were in commiss
    “In addition to the permitted emergency CI ICEs, there are currently eight emergency boilers located onsite for the purposes of construction and to replace insufficient electrical load banks previously used to support commissioning”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Address: 1055 Hyundai Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36105
    “Dotier, LLC has applied for Synthetic Minor Operating Permits that would authorize the construction and operation of two groups of emergency diesel-fired compression ignition internal combustion engines to be located at 1055 Hyundai Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36105”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): public notice of proposed permits (15-day comment period)
    “Dotier, LLC has applied for Synthetic Minor Operating Permits that would authorize the construction and operation of two groups of emergency diesel-fired compression ignition internal combustion engines to be located at 1055 Hyundai Boulevard, Montgomery, AL 36105”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): issued
    “The Montgomery Data Center currently includes three groups of diesel-fired emergency compression ignition internal combustion engines (CI ICE) with associated diesel fuel storage tanks (Synthetic Minor Operating Permit Nos. X001 - X003)”
    State agency · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): complete applications received
    “On July 14, 2025, the Air Division received complete applications from Dotier, LLC (Dotier) for the proposed construction and operation of two groups of emergency compression ignition internal combustion engines (CI ICE)”
    State agency · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • air permit (synthetic minor operating permit): engineering analysis completed, issuance recommended
    “I recommend that Synthetic Minor Operating Permit Nos. 209-0108-X005 - X006 be issued to Dotier for the installation of Group 5 and Group 6 emergency diesel-fired CI ICE”
    State agency · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-18948-OE: Crane, Mobile crane, 200 ft AGL, 440 ft AMSL, 32.26844444,-86.32915, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-09-27”
    FAA · Sept. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-18966-OE: Project Slate, Mobile crane, 317 ft AGL, 553 ft AMSL, 32.26808056,-86.32927222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-09-27”
    FAA · Sept. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-15171-OE: Mobile Crane, Mobile crane, 300 ft AGL, 543 ft AMSL, 32.27724167,-86.33552222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-08-01”
    FAA · Aug. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-15172-OE: Mobile Crane, Mobile crane, 300 ft AGL, 523 ft AMSL, 32.26570833,-86.3349, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-08-01”
    FAA · Aug. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-15173-OE: Mobile Crane, Mobile crane, 300 ft AGL, 501 ft AMSL, 32.27750278,-86.31951667, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-08-01”
    FAA · Aug. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-15174-OE: Mobile Crane, Mobile crane, 300 ft AGL, 545 ft AMSL, 32.26599722,-86.31983056, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-08-01”
    FAA · Aug. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ASO-15175-OE: Mobile Crane, Mobile crane, 300 ft AGL, 532 ft AMSL, 32.27128333,-86.32511389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-08-01”
    FAA · Aug. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ASO-17189-OE: Mobile Crane for MML, Crane, 275 ft AGL, 509 ft AMSL, 32.27222,-86.32861, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-09-28”
    FAA · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ASO-17110-OE: Mobile Crane, Crane, 275 ft AGL, 510 ft AMSL, 32.27222,-86.32861, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-08-27”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • renewable generation certificate / subscription approval: Clearview Ranch construction and Dotier Renewable Subscription Program agreement approved
    “Yes. The Alabama Public Service Commission reviewed and approved Alabama Power's proposal and the related Renewable Subscription Program agreement”
    Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • regulatory procedure (data center contracts): new data-center contract evaluation procedure adopted
    “The Alabama Public Service Commission unanimously adopted a procedure Tuesday allowing automatic approval of Alabama Power's contracts with large load data centers if the commission fails to take a vote within 90 days of submission”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Act 2026-610 (Senate Bill 270) takes effect: Alabama Power data center contracts must be shown to recover full incremental cost and provide positive benefits to other customers; the Dotier special contract (filed June 18
    “That legislation, which established that data centers are in the public's interest only if they promote positive benefits to other customers, went into effect Oct. 1”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Alabama Public Service Commission: Adoption of new procedure for evaluating Alabama Power contracts with large load data centers (Docket 33709 general proceeding under Act 2026-610 / SB 270)
    “Though she ultimately introduced an amendment setting up an automatic approval in the case of the PSC's inaction, PSC President Cynthia Almond said she felt strongly that the commission should take a public vote on data centers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • special contract filing: Alabama Power filed the Dotier, LLC electric service special contract (public copy redacted)
    “Alabama Power filed contracts with Dotier, LLC, a subsidiary of Meta, on June 18”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Alabama Public Service Commission: Approval of Clearview Ranch Project (200 MW solar + 200 MW battery storage, Macon and Bullock Counties) and the Dotier, LLC Renewable Subscription Program agreement
    “The Public Service Commission unanimously approved a 1,400-acre, 200-megawatt solar power and battery storage project in Macon and Bullock Counties proposed by Alabama Power at its meeting this week”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • power purchase approval: 25-year PPAs approved (Stockton I & II solar)
    “By December 2, the full Commission voted unanimously, with no discussion, to approve 25-year power purchase agreements for the entire 260-megawatt project”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Backlash to the Stockton approval produces statewide bills: SB 354 (Sen. Albritton) would pause utility-scale solar construction for one year; the law-firm summary notes Stockton residents argue a lack of communication d
    “Despite approval of the project by the Alabama Public Service Commission in December 2025, Stockton residents argue a lack of communication, providing they were unaware until just recently”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Alabama Public Service Commission: Approval of 25-year PPAs for Stockton I (80 MW) and Stockton II (180 MW) solar (Silicon Ranch, Baldwin County), output subscribed by Dotier, LLC
    “By December 2, the full Commission voted unanimously, with no discussion, to approve 25-year power purchase agreements for the entire 260-megawatt project”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
Site and other (9)
  • Construction jobs peak: 1500 workers
    “It will support over 1,500 skilled trade workers on site at peak construction, according to the Chamber”
    State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    “Meta's new 715,000-square-foot, AI-optimized data center will be built off Interstate 65 in Montgomery, across from the Hyundai automotive assembly plant”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Site acres: 1500 acres
    “Meta Platforms announced Thursday that it will build the 715,000-square-foot data center on a 1,500-acre site across Interstate 65 from the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant in Montgomery”
    Company · May 2024 · grade B
  • Building sq ft initial: 715000 sq ft
    “Meta's new 715,000-square-foot, AI-optimized data center will be built off Interstate 65 in Montgomery, across from the Hyundai automotive assembly plant”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Original target date: 2026
    “The facility is expected to go online at the end of 2026”
    State agency · May 2024 · grade B
  • Construction stage: operating (partial), first buildings in service in 2026; expansion under construction
    “Meta operates data centers in Huntsville and Montgomery”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: 2026
    “Meta operates data centers in Huntsville and Montgomery”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Mid-Oct 2026 reporting on Meta's expansion announcement puts the first facility's go-live at end of 2026; Meta calls it an in-development campus.
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    News report · May 2024 · grade C