DataBank BHM1 Birmingham is a data center operated by DataBank in Birmingham, AL, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Birmingham data-center market on the SOCO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 31.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Birmingham — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Birmingham — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Birmingham's data center footprint remains underdeveloped, with 52 tracked facilities totaling just 15 MW across a fragmented operator base. Verizon Birmingham and an unnamed operator each run two facilities, while CenturyLink maintains a split presence across Birmingham and nearby Wolverhampton 2 MW combined. Atos operates a single site in Longbridge. The market lacks dominant regional players and shows minimal consolidation. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is grounded in structural constraints that render acquisition or greenfield expansion economically unfeasible. An excess-power score of 30/100 signals severe scarcity; coupled with a constraint rating of 45/100, the market offers neither adequate spare capacity for expansion nor relief from grid limitations. This mirrors the acute conditions seen in Washington, DC 35/100 excess-power, 50/100 constraint and Johannesburg, where constrained…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DataBank BHM1 Birmingham in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 12 operating generating units totalling 5,170 MW within about 50 km of Birmingham, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Birmingham tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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