This past week, 15 new building permits were issued throughout the state for construction projects exceeding $1 million. The permits include projects in Huntsville, Auburn, Tallapoosa County and the Birmingham metro.

The priciest of these permits is for a data center in Auburn for Core Scientific. Here’s more:

Core Scientific data center in Auburn

51967553254 9F94Face4F K Edited — The Core Scientific Data Center will be located at the existing AUBix facility. (Hal Yeager)

Core Scientific Inc. will build a new high-performance computing facility in Auburn, and a $55 million building permit was issued for that purpose.

The Core Scientific Auburn data center, housed within the existing AUBix facility, will launch with a capacity of 16 megawatts and has potential for further expansion. Core Scientific is planning to make an initial investment of approximately $135 million in the facility, with total investment in the project expected to exceed $400 million, including substantial capital expenditures from future partners.

In the process of becoming the operator of the Samford Avenue facility, Core Scientific has leased the building and is planning to execute an option to purchase. It has retained the facility’s 11 full-time employees as part of its commitment to the local workforce. The company plans to increase its team to a minimum of 20 full-time employees.

Brasfield & Gorrie is listed as the lead contractor.

More on these new building permits

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	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	ProjectSubdivision	ProjectState	ProjectZip Code	Amount
02/19/2026	Alabaster	Doster Construction Co Inc	owner not listed	700 Industrial Park Dr		AL		$1,717,227
02/19/2026	Albertville	The Stewart Perry Co. INC.	Sand Mountain Marketplace Shops	431 US Highway Shops C		AL		$1,238,979
02/19/2026	Auburn	Juneau Construction LLC	owner not listed	712 W Glenn Ave		AL		$5,139,154
02/19/2026	Auburn	Brasfield & Gorrie LLC	owner not listed	1571 W Samford Ave	Shug Jordan Commercial Park	AL		$55,000,000
02/19/2026	Auburn	Michael Allen General Contractors LLC	owner not listed	2256 E University Dr	The Vintage Expansion	AL		$1,422,540
02/19/2026	Hoover	Joe N Guy Co	PME Hoover LLC	1584 Montgomery Highway		AL		$1,800,000
02/16/2026	Hoover	Flanagan Contracting LLC	Frontier Bank	4750 Everlee Parkway		AL		$5,272,710
02/16/2026	Hoover	Rives Construction Company Inc	John Joseph First Financial Bank	1560 Montgomery Highway		AL		$1,800,000
02/16/2026	Madison County	Huntsville Design & Construction Inc	Grace & Truth World Outreach Church	8755 Wall Triana Highway		AL		$1,313,503
02/16/2026	Madison County	Joe N Guy Co	Ireit Harvest Square LLC	5850 Highway 53		AL		$1,605,175
02/16/2026	Madison County	Burleson Pool	Madison County Commission	4301 Highway 72 E		AL		$1,617,750
02/16/2026	Madison County	PGD Construction	Sandipkumar Patel	810 Slaughter Rd		AL		$5,000,000
02/16/2026	Opelika	Bailey Harris Construction Company Inc	owner not listed	2272 Interstate Dr		AL	36801	$2,700,000
02/19/2026	Prattville	Novak Construction	Novak Construction	1099 Doster Rd		AL		$3,000,000
02/18/2026	Tallapoosa County	Rpr Companies LLC	Rpr Companies LLC	1700 Happy Hollow Rd		AL		$1,215,087