Data Center Registry

G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center)

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 18, 2026

G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center) is an operating data center in Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County), operated by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. The public record puts it at 25 acres, a reported $55 million investment.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
Facility type: Data center
Location: Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Coordinates: 33.4084, -86.9094 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 25 acres
Investment: $55 million
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: No reception on record
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

2010
Operating
Occupancy planned for 2010 per the 2008 announcement; Uptime Institute lists Tier III Design Documents and Constructed Facility awards for the facility Source: Data Center Knowledge

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 18, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center) in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

A 55,000 sq ft enterprise data center on 25 acres in Jefferson Metropolitan Park Lakeshore (Oxmoor Valley). The $55M investment and 25 acres are 2008 planned figures. The coordinates are the OSM locality point for Jefferson Metropolitan Park Lakeshore, not the building footprint. Capacity is not disclosed.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center) in Birmingham?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center)?

No lawsuit over G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center) appears in the record we track as of October 18, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center) use?

No water withdrawal figure for G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center), and how big is it?

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 25 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center)," updated October 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/bcbs-alabama-pope-technology-center-birmingham-al.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/bcbs-alabama-pope-technology-center-birmingham-al, retrieved October 22, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Another Data Center for Birmingham, Alabama (June 16, 2008) · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved October 18, 2026
2.Uptime Institute Awards: G. Phillip Pope Technology Center · Uptime Institute · retrieved October 18, 2026

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