This past week, seven new building permits were issued across Alabama for construction projects exceeding $1 million. These permits include projects in the Birmingham metro, Huntsville and Auburn.

The most expensive of this week’s permits is for a data center project in Shelby County.

Digi Power X turning bitcoin mining location into AI data center

US Data Centers, a subsidiary of Digihost Technology Inc., is leading a transformation project at its Columbiana, Alabama site. This initiative aims to convert the existing facility (formerly used as a bitcoin mining center) into a Tier 3 data center, purpose-built to support high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

The project will be executed in two phases, with a total planned capacity of 55MW. The first phase, scheduled for completion in Q2 2026, will deliver 22MW of HPC capacity, requiring an investment of $176 million. The second phase, expected by Q1 2027, will add 33MW, bringing the total investment to $440 million. The development will be financed primarily through debt, leveraging anticipated future revenues.

This past week, a $7 million building permit was issued to Dunn Building Co. for part of this project.

More $1M+ building permits in Alabama

Thanks to our friends at Report Construction LLC, we have the list of all of the new million-dollar-plus construction projects approved in Alabama last week. Each week, they pull together information from building permits issued to get all the details on these projects. You can get access to all of their construction permits right here.

Here’s more on these new building permits in Alabama this week (Pro tip for mobile users: turn phone sideways for best viewing experience):

Date	City	Builder	Owner of Project	Project Address	Amount
06/25/2026	Auburn	Chris Bailey	Chris Bailey	2027 S Collage St	$1,100,000
06/26/2026	Huntsville	Cardinal Custom Enterprises	Shah	422 McClung Ave Se	$3,000,000
06/22/2026	Shelby County	Highland Construction and Preservation LLC	Ralph C Bishop Jr	126 Smyer Lake Way	$1,076,000
06/22/2026	Shelby County	Cary James White	Dogwood Grove Baptist Church	56 Church Dr	$1,504,000
06/22/2026	Shelby County	Elm Construction	James C Butts	118 Swan Lake Circle	$1,750,000
06/22/2026	Shelby County	Elm Construction	Harris Steven P	88 Ridge View Lane	$1,100,000
06/22/2026	Shelby County	Dunn Building Company LLC	Digihost TEchnology Inc	130 Industrial Parkway	$7,024,000