Birmingham Data Center

Alabama Colocation with High Speed Connectivity to the World

The Birmingham data center is located in downtown Birmingham near UAB’s campus and the Innovation Depot, with easy access from Birmingham Shuttlesworth Airport and I-65. It is a 31,000 square foot colocation facility, and is phase 1 of our plan to develop a Technology and Innovation Campus that will drive the connected digital economy in Birmingham and all of Alabama.

The Birmingham Data Center is Certified by Uptime Institute

The DC BLOX Birmingham facility is the first multi-tenant data center in the state of Alabama to receive Uptime Institute’s Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF). The Tier III Certification ensures that the facility has been constructed as designed, capable of meeting the defined availability requirements. The Tier III Tier Certification of Constructed Facility award confirms that the data center is concurrently maintainable, requiring no shutdowns when equipment needs maintenance or replacements and no impact to IT operations.

Uptime Institute Tier III Design and Facility logos

DC BLOX Birmingham data center lobby

DC BLOX Birmingham data center conference room

DC BLOX Birmingham data center server row

DC BLOX Birmingham data center meeting room

DC BLOX Birmingham data center kitchen area

Birmingham Data Center

Birmingham Data Center

433 6th Street South

Birmingham, Alabama 35233

Phone: 877.590.1684
Email: marketing@dcblox.com

Birmingham Colocation Features

Building Specifications

31,000 sq. ft. initially; expandable up to 200,000 sq. ft.
13,000 sq. ft. of tenant space with conference rooms, demo space, hoteling cubes and work stations
48U lockable cabinets
Precast concrete shell
Reinforced concrete slab in data halls
Turn-key and build-to-suit options available
150 mph wind-rated structure
High density options available

Connectivity

Private, optical connectivity across the Southeast – 100% SLA
Carrier-neutral with virtual cross-connects to carriers in any DC BLOX data center including: AT&T, Comcast, Charter/Spectrum, Cogent, Zayo, CenturyLink and more
100G+ optical connectivity powered by Ciena
Low-latency to internet exchanges = hundreds of carrier connections
Private connectivity to public cloud providers
Software-defined network (SDN) for rapid provisioning

Security

Enhanced security built to CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) standards
Perimeter fencing
24x7x365 manned security desk
Vehicle gate
Secure customer lockers
Layered security from the perimeter to each cabinet
CCTV at perimeter, ingress/egress, office, data hall and cabinets
Documented path for up-scope of security

Power

Up to 5MW critical load; expandable up to 60MW
N+1 generator backup
N+1 UPS systems
Dual UPS feeds to all cabinets
24-hour on-site fuel storage

Cooling

N+1 cooling
Hot aisle containment
High efficiency Direct Expansion (DX)

High-Density Colocation

Supports up to 32kW per 48u cabinet
Water-cooled rear-door heat exchangers per cabinet
Larger cabinet size – 800×1200
Mix standard cabinets and HPC cabinets in same data hall

High Performance Computing

Get Birmingham Data Center Sheet

DC BLOX Birmingham Videos

Birmingham Technology & Innovation Campus

Birmingham Data Center Construction

Schedule Birmingham Data Center Tour

Corporate Headquarters:
1040 Crown Pointe Pkwy
Suite 560
Atlanta, Georgia 30338

P: 877.590.1684

Data Center Solutions

Cable Landing Station

Disaster Recovery

High Performance Computing

Connectivity & Fiber

Connectivity eXchange

Custom Network Construction

Dedicated Internet Access

Ethernet Services

Rural Broadband

Company

Data Center Map