Data Center Registry
DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida · All 29 DataBank sites
DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami is an operating data center in Miami, Florida (Miami-Dade County), operated by DataBank. The public record puts it at 1.6 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- DataBank
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 36 NE 2nd Street Suite 700, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL, 33132
- Coordinates
- 25.7758, -80.1930 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1.6 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida 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
11,030 sq ft of IT space with a 1.6MW critical IT load, across the street from the NAP of the Americas. Occupies suites in the 36 NE 2nd Street carrier hotel, a building that also houses separately-operated facilities (Digital Realty MIA10, Equinix MI2, ColoHouse).
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- 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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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Digital Realty MIA10 · Miami · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
- Equinix MI1 (NAP of the Americas) · Miami · Equinixunder 1 mile · Operating
- CoreSite MI1, Miami · Miami · CoreSite3 mi · Operating
- Iron Mountain MIA-1 · Westview · Iron Mountain8 mi · Under construction · 16 MW · Contested
- CoreSite MI2, Doral · Doral · CoreSite9 mi · Operating
- Equinix MI6, Doral · Doral · Equinix10 mi · Operating
- QTS Miami (MIA1) · Sweetwater · QTS Data Centers12 mi · Operating · 2 MW
- RadiusDC Miami I · Sweetwater · RadiusDC12 mi · Operating · 9.2 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami data center in Miami?
Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida 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.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami data center?
No lawsuit over DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami appears in the record we track as of September 14, 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 DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami use?
No water withdrawal figure for DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami 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 DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami, and how big is it?
DataBank is the operator on record. We hold 29 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.6 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DataBank MIA1, Downtown Miami," updated September 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/databank-mia1-miami-fl.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/databank-mia1-miami-fl, retrieved October 1, 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.DataBank, Miami (MIA1) data center page: 36 NE 2nd Street Suite 700, 11,030 IT sq ft, 1.6MW critical IT load, 28 on-site carriers · DataBank · retrieved September 14, 2026
- 2.PeeringDB facility registry, "DataBank Miami (MIA1)", 36 NE 2nd Street · PeeringDB · retrieved September 14, 2026
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