A decision regarding a new AI factory and data center project, set to go along Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham, is temporarily on hold after neighbors raised concerns to city leaders.
Nebius is planning to build its facility at the old Regions Operations Center off Lakeshore Parkway. The company also has plans to build a substation that will be used to provide the massive amount of power the AI factory needs in order to run.
The public hearing by Birmingham’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, Thursday, was attended by many neighbors who say they don’t want to live near an AI factory or data center, citing concerns about how much power it will use, how loud it will be and how close it is to neighbors…