DC BLOX Expands Birmingham Data Center for High-Performance Computing

DC BLOX, a provider of data centers and fiber network solutions across the Southeastern United States, has announced the completion of its expansion project at the Birmingham, Alabama data center. The expansion features a new data hall design to accommodate the rising demand for High-Performance Compute (HPC) applications, DC BLOX said on Thursday.

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Data Hall Expansion

The expanded data hall can house both high-density cabinets and standard cabinets within the same space, facilitating the deployment of GPU clusters alongside traditional retail racks.

With the ability to support up to 2.4 MW of 3N/2 distributed redundant power, the infrastructure aligns with Tier 3 design standards and can accommodate up to 240 standard retail cabinets and 36 HPC-capable cabinets, each supporting up to 35 kW of power, the company said.

Expansion for Rising Demand

The expansion addresses the “surging demand for HPC applications driven by several factors, including the availability of cost-effective HPC systems based on commodity hardware, specialized processor accelerators such as GPUs, and the escalating utilization of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) applications,” a DC BLOX statement said.

“This expansion underscores DC BLOX’s steadfast dedication to empowering the technology-based economy of Birmingham and beyond,” said Jeff Uphues, CEO of DC BLOX. “Our innovative mixed-hall design and HPC capability are testaments to our commitment to respond to the specific needs of our customers in Birmingham. And our new HPC-enabled data hall can be added to the data centers in any of our markets, as demand requires.”