DC BLOX
DC BLOX is an Atlanta-based digital infrastructure provider operating vertically integrated Tier III data centers, cable landing stations, and dark fiber networks across the Southeastern US. The company serves hyperscalers, enterprises, governments, and communications providers through a portfolio of 23 facilities spanning 470 MW and 2.78 million square feet.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersAtlanta, United States
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What DC BLOX does
DC BLOX is an Atlanta-headquartered, privately-held digital infrastructure provider (legal name DC BLOX Inc.) operating a vertically integrated platform of Tier III-designed multi-tenant data centers, carrier-neutral subsea cable landing stations (CLS), and a regional dark fiber network concentrated in the Southeastern United States. As of May 2026, the company's portfolio spans 23 data centers (operational and in development), 2,780,376 square feet, and 470 Critical MW committed and planned, with operating facilities in Atlanta GA, Birmingham AL, Huntsville AL, Chattanooga TN, Greenville SC, Myrtle Beach SC, and High Point NC, plus campuses in development across Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and a proposed $2-2.2B Indianapolis IN site. The Myrtle Beach CLS hosts Google's Nuvem and Meta's Anjana subsea cables with capacity for up to five cables (expanding by another five via MYR2), and a second CLS campus in Palm Coast FL is scheduled to open in Q1 2027 with a major hyperscale anchor.
The technology stack combines HPC-capable 'flex space' data halls (up to 240 retail cabinets plus 36 HPC cabinets at 34kW each with 3N/2 distributed redundant power), closed-loop/waterless cooling design for sustainable operations, and the proprietary DC BLOX Connectivity eXchange (DCB-CX) software-defined interconnection platform enabling peering with carriers, public cloud providers, and Internet Exchanges across the 600-mile dark fiber network. The company holds NIST 800-171 compliance across its data centers and pursues DEEP sustainability certification, with capital structured against green/sustainability criteria to access sustainability-linked debt.
The business model is recurring-revenue infrastructure leasing: multi-year contracts across hyperscale build-to-suit leases, colocation (retail and HPC), CLS capacity, dark fiber and managed connectivity, plus managed services via the Infrapoint (acquired 2018) and Ploid (acquired 2019) subsidiaries. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with a direct enterprise field-sales motion for hyperscale and enterprise buyers, a formal channel partner program (MicroCorp named as an example) for mid-market, and a self-serve quote funnel for SMB. Customer segments include hyperscalers (Google, Meta), enterprises (Mohawk Industries, Torch Technologies), communications providers (Windstream, Segra, OFS, Cirion via Windstream), and government/public sector (MARTA disaster recovery contract, EPB). Since 2022 the company has secured more than $2 billion in green loans and equity, including a $265M green Senior Secured Credit Facility (Oct 2024) expanded to $850M (May 2026) and a separate $1.15B green loan for Atlanta (Aug 2025), with a $240M round led by Global Infrastructure Partners closing in January 2026.
DC BLOX firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- DC BLOX
- Legal name
- DC BLOX Inc.
- Website
- https://dcblox.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- DC BLOX is an Atlanta-based digital infrastructure provider operating vertically integrated Tier III data centers, cable landing stations, and dark fiber networks across the Southeastern US. The company serves hyperscalers, enterprises, governments, and communications providers through a portfolio of 23 facilities spanning 470 MW and 2.78 million square feet.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
DC BLOX industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Data Center Services
- NAICS
- Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111)
- SIC
- Computer Communications Equipment (3576)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Interconnection-Focused Colocation (IX / Meet-Me-Room Ecosystems) (HDABACAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Building Management & DCIM for Facilities (BMS/EPMS/DCIM) (HDABAKAJ), Edge Colocation & Distributed Data Center Services (HDABAOAB)
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Where DC BLOX is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Atlanta
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices15 records
Markets served
DC BLOX business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Hyperscale data center leasing: Pre-leased hyperscale data center projects in multiple states including Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Indiana. Land and power committed for hyperscale builds in burgeoning Southeast markets. Generates long-term recurring lease revenue backed by creditworthy hyperscaler tenants.
- Colocation services: Multi-tenant colocation with proximity to Southeast edge markets and the ability to rapidly deploy new capacity. Includes standard retail cabinet offerings and HPC-capable configurations with up to 34kW per cabinet.
- Cable landing station services: Carrier-neutral, Tier III-designed cable landing stations in Myrtle Beach, SC and Palm Coast, FL serving hyperscalers, global telecom providers, and enterprises. New MYR2 facility adds capacity for five more subsea cables. Palm Coast facility is anchored by a major hyperscale tenant.
- Dark fiber and connectivity services: Regional dark fiber network offering and ability to build custom routes, including the completed Myrtle Beach-to-Atlanta dark fiber route. Connectivity services via the DCB-CX (DC BLOX Connectivity eXchange) platform enabling peering with carriers, public cloud providers, and Internet Exchanges.
- Cloud storage and managed services: Secure enterprise cloud storage and managed cloud services following the 2019 acquisition of Infrapoint and Ploid, adding cloud and managed service capabilities to the data center portfolio.
- Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): Connected wagon-wheel design enabling backup and disaster-recovery services from Atlanta to regional secondary markets, with consulting on recovery point objective / recovery time objective requirements.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Quote-based pricing across all services (colocation, hyperscale, dark fiber, CLS) — no public price list |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels8 records
DC BLOX product offering
Product offeringCore offering
DC BLOX operates vertically integrated digital infrastructure across the Southeastern United States, delivering multi-tenant Tier III-designed data center colocation, hyperscale data center campuses, subsea cable landing stations, and a regional dark fiber network. Its portfolio spans 23 data centers, 470 MW of committed and planned capacity, 600 dark fiber miles, and two cable landing stations. The company also offers secure enterprise cloud storage and managed services following its acquisitions of Infrapoint and Ploid, with the DC BLOX Connectivity eXchange (DCB-CX) providing software-defined interconnection across its ecosystem.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Colocation Multi-tenant colocation services with proximity to Southeast edge markets and the ability to rapidly deploy new capacity. Includes standard retail cabinet offerings and HPC-capable configurations with up to 34kW per cabinet for high-density compute customers.
- Hyperscale Data Centers Pre-leased hyperscale data center campuses with land and power committed in multiple Southeastern states, designed for hyperscale cloud and AI operators needing shovel-ready capacity in secondary markets.
- Cable Landing Stations
Quantifiable outcome
- 2,780,376 square feet of total portfolio across 23 data centers
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use DC BLOX
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
DC BLOX technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
DC BLOX partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.
- SegracoreSegra announced plans to deliver vital inland network connectivity from the Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station to Charlotte, North Carolina, via Florence, South Carolina, leveraging DC BLOX's CLS ecosystem.
- Palmetto Nuclear Coalition (with Milliken & Company, Google, and Nucor)flagshipDC BLOX joined Milliken & Company, Google, and Nucor as founding members of the newly launched Palmetto Nuclear Coalition (PNC), a pioneering alliance dedicated to accelerating nuclear energy deployment across South Carolina. Announced at the Governor's Mansion in Columbia, South Carolina, the Coalition is a key step toward securing a resilient, low-carbon energy foundation for the state's fast-growing digital and industrial economy.
- Evans General ContractorscoreStrong partnership between Evans General Contractors and DC BLOX, with Evans providing hyperscale data center construction services. Corey Lemming, SVP of DC BLOX, has spoken about supply chain strength and the importance of leadership alignment and early partner involvement for hyperscale data center development.
- Cirion Technologies (via Windstream Wholesale)coreCirion Technologies selected Windstream Wholesale to provide domestic connectivity from DC BLOX's Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station (CLS), linking Cirion's new SAC-2 subsea route. Windstream Wholesale expanded its network with a new Point of Presence (POP) and activated domestic U.S. wavelength services through DC BLOX's Myrtle Beach CLS.
- Windstream WholesalecoreWindstream Wholesale launched a new network Point of Presence (POP) and activated domestic U.S. wavelength services through DC BLOX's Myrtle Beach CLS, providing connectivity for Cirion Technologies' SAC-2 subsea route and other customers.
- INCOMPASminorDC BLOX CEO Jeff Uphues joined the Board of INCOMPAS, a competitive telecommunications trade association, to bring competitive expertise.
- Google (Nuvem subsea cable)flagshipGoogle's Nuvem transatlantic subsea cable system connects Portugal, Bermuda, and the United States, landing at DC BLOX's Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station in South Carolina. The cable improves network resiliency across the Atlantic and was scheduled to enter service in 2026. DC BLOX operates the cable landing station hosting the system. Lee Livingston, Director of Partnerships at Google, endorsed DC BLOX as a 'digital hub of epic proportions.'
- Meta (Anjana subsea cable)flagshipMeta's Anjana subsea cable was contracted to land at DC BLOX's Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station, the second subsea cable for Horry County. DC BLOX provides the cable landing station infrastructure and dark fiber connectivity to Atlanta.
- OFS (Furukawa Solutions)coreOFS was selected by DC BLOX as their exclusive fiber optic cable provider for the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Cable Landing Station terrestrial network extension. OFS's large capacity fiber optic cable connects the Myrtle Beach CLS through Charleston, Augusta, and Atlanta, landing in Lithia Springs, Georgia with eight strategically located network aggregation facilities.
- MicroCorpcoreMicroCorp is a channel partner; MicroCorp partners can leverage new data center options in the Southeastern U.S. via DC BLOX's facilities.
Scale indicators16 records
Recent moves18 records
Expansion highlights7 records
DC BLOX competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- EdgeConneX: EdgeConneX is a private global data center operator focused on edge and hyperscale data centers, with particular strength in Tier 2/3 markets. Directly comparable because DC BLOX's CIO Melih Ileri previously spent 10 years at EdgeConneX, and the two compete head-to-head for hyperscaler edge-node deployments in the Southeast.
- T5 Data Centers: T5 Data Centers operates custom-built and wholesale data centers across the US. Directly comparable because DC BLOX's SVP of Strategic Development Jason Walker spent 3 years at T5 prior to joining DC BLOX, and both target enterprise and hyperscale tenants in secondary US markets.
- DataBank: DataBank is a US data center operator offering colocation, interconnection, and edge services across 70+ facilities. Directly comparable as a multi-tenant colocation peer with overlapping Southeast footprint, mid-market and enterprise customer focus, and similar interconnection-led business model.
- Compass Datacenters: Compass Datacenters designs and builds hyperscale and enterprise data centers across the US. Directly comparable because both companies develop shovel-ready hyperscale campuses for large cloud/AI tenants, and Compass's recent expansion overlaps with DC BLOX's Southeast and Midwest target markets.
- Stack Infrastructure: Stack Infrastructure (IPI Partners) operates a hyperscale-focused data center platform across the Americas. Directly comparable as a hyperscale build-to-suit peer competing for the same cloud and AI tenants and for green-financed capacity in Tier 2/3 US markets.
- Aligned Energy: Aligned Energy (now Macquarie Asset Management) operates adaptive, high-density data centers purpose-built for AI and cloud workloads. Directly comparable because both compete on HPC/AI-ready high-density colocation with liquid-cooling capability.
- Element Critical: Element Critical operates carrier-neutral, multi-tenant data centers in select US markets. Comparable as a regional multi-tenant colocation peer targeting enterprise and government customers with similar Tier III design and interconnection-rich facilities.
Broad incumbents
- QTS Data Centers (now GDS): QTS (acquired by GDS in 2024) operates mega-scale, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers across the US. Comparable as a broader incumbent hyperscale platform that increasingly competes with DC BLOX for hyperscaler tenants in non-Tier-1 metros and for subsea/dark fiber routes.
- CyrusOne: CyrusOne (owned by KKR and GIP) operates a global hyperscale and enterprise data center portfolio. Comparable as a large incumbent competing for hyperscaler and large-enterprise workloads across the US, including the Southeast markets DC BLOX targets.
Regional players
- H5 Data Centers: H5 Data Centers operates carrier-neutral colocation facilities across the US. Comparable as a US-focused multi-tenant data center operator with overlapping enterprise and government customer segments, although its footprint is more nationally distributed rather than Southeast-concentrated.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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DC BLOX leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles13 records
DC BLOX subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
DC BLOX funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds10 records
Investors11 records
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DC BLOX M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A2 records
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about DC BLOX
What does DC BLOX do?
DC BLOX operates vertically integrated digital infrastructure across the Southeastern United States, delivering multi-tenant Tier III-designed data center colocation, hyperscale data center campuses, subsea cable landing stations, and a regional dark fiber network. Its portfolio spans 23 data centers, 470 MW of committed and planned capacity, 600 dark fiber miles, and two cable landing stations. The company also offers secure enterprise cloud storage and managed services following its acquisitions of Infrapoint and Ploid, with the DC BLOX Connectivity eXchange (DCB-CX) providing software-defined interconnection across its ecosystem.
Is DC BLOX a public or private company?
DC BLOX is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was DC BLOX founded?
DC BLOX was founded in 2014. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is DC BLOX based?
DC BLOX is headquartered in Atlanta, United States, in the North America region.
How does DC BLOX make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Hyperscale data center leasing is the primary driver. The others are colocation services, cable landing station services, dark fiber and connectivity services, cloud storage and managed services and disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Who are DC BLOX's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are EdgeConneX, T5 Data Centers, DataBank, Compass Datacenters, Stack Infrastructure, Aligned Energy and Element Critical. Broad incumbents are QTS Data Centers (now GDS) and CyrusOne. H5 Data Centers is listed as a regional player.
Does DC BLOX have an API?
No public API is recorded for DC BLOX.
What industry is DC BLOX in?
DC BLOX's product category is Data Center Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABACAF, Interconnection-Focused Colocation (IX / Meet-Me-Room Ecosystems), with a secondary code of HDABAKAJ, Building Management & DCIM for Facilities (BMS/EPMS/DCIM). Its NAICS code is 517111 and its SIC code is 3576.