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Calhoun County

Neutral Data Center Policies

Calhoun County’s listed measure concerns residential facilities, not data centers, and appears to have no clear practical effect on data-center development or operation.

Incentives

Land discountsInfrastructure funding

Authorizes Calhoun County and its municipalities to grant industrial-site projects to public or private recipients and develop roads, sewers and utilities serving those projects, benefiting industrial and related facility developers.

Alabama Constitution, Title 8, § 8-4.20 (Amendment 415)

current law · County measure
Authorizes the acquisition and development of industrial parks in Calhoun County under Constitutional Amendment 415, as listed in the county’s industrial development provisions (“Acquisition and development of industrial parks authorized”).Alabama Constitution, Title 8, § 8-4.20 (Amendment 415)

What this means

The source lists no data-center-specific bans, incentives, or requirements. It mentions authority to regulate residential facilities, but that does not directly address data centers, so the measure has no clear meaningful effect on their development or operation.

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  • The County Economic Development Council may issue bonds and contract for economic and industrial development promotion](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/lsa/Legal/Local_Laws/LL_CALHOUN.pdf#:~:text=Council%20empowered%20to%20contract%20for%20economic%20and%20industrial%20development%20promotion). These powers can support financing and development arrangements for qualifying data-center projects.

  • Acquisition and development of industrial parks are authorized. A data center located in an industrial park could benefit from this site-development framework.

  • Anniston is authorized to develop industrial parks, and industrial parks were established under a separate local provision. This supports industrial-site availability within the city.

  • The county commission may dispose of certain Fort McClellan property within the development commission's boundaries. This provides a mechanism for qualifying projects to obtain or use designated redevelopment property.

  • Contracts may address payments in lieu of school ad valorem taxes and the levy, collection, and assessment of property ad valorem taxation. This creates a statutory framework for negotiated property-tax arrangements, subject to the provision's stated school-tax and assessment conditions.

  • A water authority is created, and Anniston's waterworks and sewer board is restructured. These provisions establish public entities responsible for water and sewer functions that can serve industrial facilities.

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