DC BLOX, based in Atlanta, GA, recently completed the purchase of 27.5 acres in Berkeley County, SC, from Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility. DC BLOX provides Tier III data centers, dark fiber, cable landing station and connectivity solutions in the Southeast U.S. and plans to construct a data center at the site. The new facility, to be located in the Camp Hall commerce park, will be the third data center the company has committed to building in South Carolina.
The preliminary plan for the site includes four buildings totaling approximately 200,000 square feet of space and 45 MW of planned power, with build-to-suit options available. Berkeley County is an attractive location for data centers given the available power from Santee Cooper, its proximity to Charleston and to Google’s data center in Moncks Corner, and connectivity to the new DC BLOX cable landing station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach. The CLS will be the landing station for Google’s Firmina and Nuvem subsea cables, and Meta subsidiary Edge Holdings’ Anjana subsea cable.
“Camp Hall is proving to be a prime location for industrial development and investment in our county,” comments Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb.
In addition to new data centers, DC BLOX is building a high-capacity dark fiber route that runs through Berkeley County between its Myrtle Beach CLS and Atlanta, creating an express route to the connectivity and data center hubs in Atlanta.
“DC BLOX has quickly positioned itself to serve the rapidly growing needs for digital infrastructure in the Southeast,” says Jeff Uphues, DC BLOX CEO. “Our new Camp Hall location will be an attractive data center location for hyperscalers who have an immediate need for space and power to support AI/ML and other fast-growing applications. In addition, the facility will offer access to high-capacity fiber to service their customers within the region as well as globally.”
Camp Hall is being developed by Santee Cooper. The commerce park is designed for growth with the infrastructure, permits and entitlements already in place.
Jimmy Staton, Santee Cooper President and CEO adds, “Camp Hall is a strategic location for DC BLOX, which will encourage and support technology-driven industries and quality jobs in the Berkeley County and greater Charleston area.”
Along with its new cable landing station in Myrtle Beach, DC BLOX operates other South Carolina data centers in Greenville and has data center capacity at sites in Atlanta, Birmingham and Huntsville, AL, and Chattanooga, TN.
By John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor
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