# @aldotcom on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q90PSztgNLk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/56798425-aldotcom-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-18T21:30:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AL.com (@aldotcom) — https://gondola.cc/aldotcom

## Caption

Columbiana updated its zoning rules to require data centers to meet new building standards. This ordinance also applies to junkyards.

Development of a $200 million data center in the city’s industrial park has prompted the changes, as residents worry about environmental impacts.

As a response, the city council for the Shelby County seat voted unanimously to restrict future data centers.

According to a copy of the ordinance obtained by AL.com, some of those restrictions include:
• A landscape buffer between the data center and the public
• Studies to determine that noise from a data center isn’t too disruptive

The ordinance also requires data centers to document their projected water and power needs.

Reporting by Hannah Denham

#datacenter #AI #artificialintelligence #environmentalhealth

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## Tags

environmentalhealth, ai, datacenter, artificialintelligence

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