DC BLOX has completed expansion of its Birmingham, Alabama data center.
The expansion of DC BLOX, a leading provider of secure and reliable data center and fiber network solutions throughout the Southeast, includes new additions tailored to meet the rapidly growing demand for high performance computing (HPC) applications. Includes data hole design.
DC BLOX’s commitment to Birmingham
“This expansion highlights DC BLOX’s unwavering dedication to strengthening the technology-based economy of Birmingham and the rest of the world. Our innovative mixed hall design and HPC capabilities are tailored to the specific needs of our Birmingham customers. “And our new HPC-enabled data halls can be added to any of our market data centers based on demand.”
~ Jeff Upfuse, DC BLOX CEO
DC BLOX: Making Birmingham home in 2019
DC BLOX opened its Birmingham data center in 2019 at the former Trinity Steel site in the Titusville area. Campus grounds include:
- 13,000 square feet of office space
- 18,000 square feet of data center space
The new data hall will house up to 240 standard retail cabinets and 36 HPC-enabled cabinets, each supporting up to 35kW of power.
UAB's key partners
“DC BLOX Birmingham is a key partner in our strategy at UAB IT (Research Computing). Its facilities, operations, and staff provide a state-of-the-art cyber infrastructure that supports the world-class research conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. can be designed and deployed.
~ Ralph Zottola, AVP of Research Computing at UAB
In addition to the DC BLOX Birmingham data center, the company has facilities in Atlanta, Georgia, Huntsville, Alabama, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Greenville, South Carolina, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Several more centers are in development.
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