DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center
Operating
The DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center is an operating colocation facility at 433 6th Street South in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, opened in 2019. DC BLOX specifies up to 5 MW of critical load today, expandable to 60 MW, and says the facility currently uses less than 1 MW. Alabama Power is the utility. Planned work includes an approximately 5 MW extension of the existing building and a larger expansion of up to 60 MW on an adjacent parcel that is under evaluation.
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Overview
- Campus power
- Up to 5 MW
- Critical IT Load · Operating
- Status
- Operating
- Operating campus
- IT floor area
- Not disclosed
- Campus
- Compute profile
- Colocation
- Cooling design
- Waterless cooling system at the existing facility
- Hybrid air and closed-loop water cooling for the planned 60 MW expansion
- Project scope
Power and grid
| Capacity | Basis | Status | Scope | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 5 MW | Critical IT Load | Operating | Exact Asset | — |
| Existing colocation facility specification | ||||
| Up to 60 MW | Critical IT Load | Proposed | Exact Asset | — |
| Expansion ceiling in the company's facility specification | ||||
| Up to 1 MW | Energized Power | Operating | Exact Asset | — |
| Operator-reported current power use | ||||
| About 5 MW | Capacity basis unspecified | Proposed · target 2027 | Exact Asset | — |
| Planned extension of the existing building | ||||
| Up to 60 MW | Capacity basis unspecified | Proposed | Exact Asset | — |
| Larger expansion under evaluation on an adjacent 16-acre parcel | ||||
| Up to 2.4 MW | Reported IT Power | Operating | Exact Asset | — |
| High-performance computing data hall completed 2024 | ||||
| 7.5 MW | Capacity basis unspecified | |||
Facility and development
- Facility class
- Colocation
- Cooling systems
- Hybrid air and closed-loop water cooling for the planned 60 MW expansion
- Cooling medium
- Waterless cooling system at the existing facility
- Grid record
- Alabama Power Company
Organizations
DC BLOXOwner · OperatorExact Asset