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Hensel Phelps has been chosen to construct an $800 million data center in Montgomery, Alabama for technology company Meta. The facility, which will be Meta's 24th data hub and its 20th in the U.S., is designed to have net-zero operational carbon emissions and will be completely powered by renewable energy. The project is seeking LEED Gold certification and will incorporate water-efficient cooling technology, rainwater capture systems, and native vegetation. Completion of the project is expected in late 2026 and will involve over 1,000 construction workers. [Extracted from the article]

Facebook Inc. plans to light up a data center in Huntsville, Alabama, with power from the largest solar installations to be built in Tennessee and Alabama. AttributionMargot Habiby: editor primaryCatherine Traywick: editor secondaryBrian Eckhouse: by reporterJoe Ryan: editor responsible. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on plans of technology firm Google to build data center on the former site of a Widows Creek coal-fired power generation plant in Alabama. Topics discussed include views of Patrick Gammons, senior manager of data center at Google; use of facility's transmission lines to bring in renewable energy to its data center, and installation of energy-efficient servers, home-built data center cooling technologies and neural networks at the data center.