G. Phillip Pope Technology Center (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Data Center)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama · Birmingham, AL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 33.4084384, -86.9094153
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-18
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Operational
Occupancy planned for 2010 per the 2008 announcement; Uptime Institute lists Tier III Design Documents and Constructed Facility awards for the facility
Underlying source
Source notes
A 55,000 sq ft enterprise data center on 25 acres in Jefferson Metropolitan Park Lakeshore (Oxmoor Valley). The $55M investment and 25 acres are 2008 planned figures. The coordinates are the OSM locality point for Jefferson Metropolitan Park Lakeshore, not the building footprint. Capacity is not disclosed.
Sources and provenance
- Another Data Center for Birmingham, Alabama (June 16, 2008) · source retrieved 2026-10-18
- Uptime Institute Awards: G. Phillip Pope Technology Center · source retrieved 2026-10-18
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.