After the Bessemer City Council voted 5-2 to rezone nearly 700 acres of agricultural land for the “hyperscale” server farm, a dissenting council member said city officials who signed non-disclosure agreements weren’t being transparent with citizens.

By Lee Hedgepeth

BESSEMER, Ala.—Cleo King prays about every vote he casts on behalf of the people he represents in this city of 25,000 just southwest of Birmingham.

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