On the Historic Route From Selma to Montgomery, an AI Cloud Looms
Key takeaways
- June 10, 2026 Share This Article Republish Hayneville residents gather in a middle school now closed due to a declining local population for an open house with developers of a proposed hyperscale data center campus.
- Two weeks after state troopers had violently attacked nonviolent demonstrators on that highway’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabamians took back to the street.
- More than six decades later, residents and civil rights activists are engaged in a new fight on that historic road.
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June 10, 2026 Share This Article Republish Hayneville residents gather in a middle school now closed due to a declining local population for an open house with developers of a proposed hyperscale data center campus. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News Related New York State Gets One Step Closer to a Data Center Moratorium In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers This Small Alabama Town Was Part of the Manhattan Project. Now It May Host a Hyperscale Data Center. Share This Article Republish Most Popular New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation Dolphins, Sharks, Turtles and Workers Are All Victims of Unregulated Squid Fleets HAYNEVILLE, Ala.—When Alabamians marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 to demand voting rights for African Americans, Highway 80 became their path toward freedom.
Two weeks after state troopers had violently attacked nonviolent demonstrators on that highway’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabamians took back to the street. Led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., thousands of citizens marched the 54 miles to Montgomery over three days, camping alongside Highway 80 in makeshift camps hosted by residents and business owners.
More than six decades later, residents and civil rights activists are engaged in a new fight on that historic road.