JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — ABC 33/40’s I-Team continues to follow developments surrounding the planned Bessemer data center, as nearby homeowners say they’re being approached about selling their properties and the newly sworn-in mayor says the city has sent a letter seeking to halt construction.
Property owners being approached to sell
A homeowner near a massive data center development in Bessemer is weighing whether to sell the home she and her husband built more than three decades ago. She is among several homeowners who say they have been approached about selling property near the project.
Tina Mann lives on Rock Mountain Lake Road in Jefferson County. She and her husband built their home in 1992, and the property holds decades of family memories.
“My husband and I built this home in 1992. It was a few years after we got married, so we’ve been here most of our lives,” Mann said. “Everything that you see planted in the yard, we planted along with our family members who helped. I have azalea bushes that I have blooming for the first time this year that I’m so proud of.”…