DC BLOX completes Birmingham data center expansion

DC BLOX has completed the expansion of its Birmingham, Alabama data center.

A premier provider of secure and reliable data centers and fiber network solutions throughout the Southeast, the DC BLOX expansion includes a new data hall design, tailored to meet the burgeoning demand for High-Performance Compute (HPC) applications.

DC BLOX’s commitment to Birmingham

“This expansion underscores DC BLOX’s steadfast dedication to empowering the technology-based economy of Birmingham and beyond. Our innovative mixed-hall design and HPC capability are testaments to our commitment to respond to the specific needs of our customers in Birmingham. And our new HPC-enabled data hall can be added to the data centers in any of our markets, as demand requires.”

~ Jeff Uphues, CEO of DC BLOX

DC BLOX: Calling Birmingham home since 2019

DC BLOX opened the Birmingham data center back in 2019 at the site of the old Trinity Steel site in the Titusville neighborhood. The footprint of the campus encompasses: 

• 13,000 square feet of office space 
• 18,000 square feet of data center space

The new data hall houses up to 240 standard retail cabinets and 36 HPC-capable cabinets, each supporting up to 35kW of power.

Key partner with UAB

“DC BLOX Birmingham is a key partner for our strategy at UAB IT—Research Computing. The facility, operations, and staff enable us to design and deploy cutting-edge cyber infrastructure in support of the world-class research conducted at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

~ Ralph Zottola, AVP for UAB Research Computing

In addition to the DC BLOX Birmingham data center, the company has facilities in Atlanta, GA, Huntsville, AL, Chattanooga, TN, Greenville, SC, Myrtle Beach, SC. There are several more centers in development.

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