September 2, 2026 — Birmingham, AL
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Doug Jones used a Birmingham press conference Wednesday to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville over stock trades and holdings in companies tied to artificial intelligence, data centers and the utilities that serve them, and called on Tuberville to sell those investments.
Jones laid out a set of campaign planks on data centers and stock trading — including tighter ethics and disclosure rules for statewide officials — and invited Tuberville to adopt them.
The exchange keeps data centers at the center of the governor’s race as the Public Service Commission works through Docket 33709, its proceeding on how contracts between Alabama Power and large-load data center customers get reviewed. The attorney general’s office has asked commissioners to vote on those contracts in public.
Source: Alabama Daily News / al.com
From the Opelika Weekly News Digest — August 31 – September 6, 2026 | Vol. 1, No. 22 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News
