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DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama · All 12 DC BLOX sites

OperatingNo reception on recordAI mixed useRecord updated September 9, 2026

DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus is an operating data center in Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County), operated by DC BLOX. The public record puts it at 60 MW planned.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
DC BLOX
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
433 6th Street South, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL
Coordinates
33.5007, -86.8208
Power capacity
5 MW operating; 60 MW planned
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 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus 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

Operator spec page states verbatim: "Up to 5MW critical load; expandable up to 60MW" and "31,000 sq. ft. initially; expandable up to 200,000 sq. ft.", with a planned expansion building of 263,000 SF. A campus-level stat block on the same page reads "4 Data Centers (Operational & in Development)", "294,000 Square Feet", "49 Critical MW (Committed & Planned)", the 60MW and 49MW figures are stated on the same page and are not reconciled by DC BLOX; both recorded here verbatim rather than normalized. Cooling: the source says only "N+1 cooling", "Hot aisle containment" and "High efficiency Direct Expansion (DX)" and does not state whether a recirculating water circuit is present, so coolingType is deliberately not classified. Site is the former Ingalls Ironworks building; DC BLOX states it is the first multi-tenant data center in Alabama to hold Uptime Institute Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility. Coordinates are the OSM building polygon centroid for the parcel, which OSM independently tags as a data centre named "DC Blox Data Center". Investment, jobs and subsidies not stated on any source fetched in this run, not checked at the Jefferson County / City of Birmingham tier, so their absence here is a gap in this research, NOT an audited negative.

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.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus in Birmingham?

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus 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.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus 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 DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

DC BLOX is the operator on record. We hold 12 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 60 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center Campus," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dc-blox-birmingham-al.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dc-blox-birmingham-al, retrieved September 14, 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. 1.Birmingham Data Center - Alabama Colocation · DC BLOX · retrieved September 9, 2026
  2. 2.Nominatim geocode of 433 6th Street South, Birmingham AL 35233, returns OSM way 1019816009, building tagged type=data_center, name "DC Blox Data Center" · OpenStreetMap / Nominatim · retrieved September 9, 2026

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