[CPEO-BIF] Data center at former Trinity Steel site, Birmingham, Alabama

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DC BLOX to Invest $785M in AL Data Center
The company will break ground next month on a facility estimated to have a statewide economic impact of $99 million. The campus will be scalable up to 200,000 square feet.


by Tudor Scolca
Commercial Property executive
July 11, 2018

	
DC BLOX has chosen a 27-acre site in Birmingham, Ala., for its newest data center campus. Construction will begin next month on what will be the company’s flagship property and its second facility in the state. DC BLOX is committed to invest approximately $785 million over the next 10-year period in the campus.

After talks with local government authorities in the search for a proper location, DC BLOX set its sights on the former Trinity Steel site, at 600 S. Fourth Ave. in downtown Birmingham. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the area is classified as a brownfield property, meaning the development process will include environmental remediation and regular testing after its completion.

The first phase of development is slated for an early 2019 completion, delivering an initial 31,000 square feet and 5 megawatts. Eventually, the campus will be scalable to more than 200,000 square feet of IT space, according to demand. DC BLOX currently has another data center under construction in Huntsville, Ala., and will apply the same principles to the Birmingham project. Specifically, the data center will be constructed with N+1 redundancy and robust security features, including multifactor access, Controlled Unclassified Information standards and 24/7 CCTV manned surveillance.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.cpexecutive.com/post/dc-blox-plans-785m-data-center-investment-in-al/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
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