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DC BLOX, a leading provider of connected data center and fiber network solutions across the Southeastern United States, has promoted Melih Ileri to Chief Investment Officer. In this expanded role, Ileri will continue to lead DC BLOX’s capital raise and investment strategy, enabling the solutions critical to funding the company’s hyperscale growth across the region.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of connected data center and fiber network solutions across the Southeastern United States, today announced the planned expansion of its Myrtle Beach cable landing station. The company has acquired approximately 20 acres of adjacent land within the Myrtle Beach International Technology and Aerospace Park (ITAP) with the potential to accommodate up to five additional subsea cables and an additional 20MW of power from the current on-site substation.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of connected data center and fiber network solutions across the Southeastern United States, today announced it has closed $1.15 billion in green loan financing for the construction of a data center campus in Douglas County, Georgia, designed to meet the demands of cloud and AI workloads. The funds will support the development of a 120 MW data center and include campus expansion to support an additional 80 MW, available as early as 2027.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of connected data centers and fiber network solutions across the Southeastern United States, announced today its plans to build a second subsea Cable Landing Station (CLS) campus in Palm Coast, Florida. This new location will be the newest global network node supporting international data communications.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of digital infrastructure across the Southeastern United States, today announces the addition of Greg Carender as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective March 17, 2025, with Mark Masi moving into the role of Chief Development Officer. Carender brings extensive global experience in hyperscale data center development, operations, and green energy infrastructure, reinforcing DC BLOX’s mission to deliver world-class digital infrastructure solutions across the Southeast.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of digital infrastructure across the Southeastern United States, announced today that it is developing three new hyperscale edge node sites in addition to a previously announced location. The new data centers will be located in Montgomery, Alabama; North Augusta, South Carolina; and Huntsville, Alabama; in addition to the location in Conyers, Georgia that was formerly made public. These developments underscore the company’s commitment to supporting the Southeast’s rapidly growing demand for digital infrastructure.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of interconnected data centers, today announced it has raised incremental equity capital from its existing and new investors, led by Post Road Group and Bain Capital Credit. The funding will enable the deployment of over $1 billion of total capital to finance future construction and the development of powered-land banking opportunities, reinforcing DC BLOX’s market position as a hyperscale-ready data center platform.

DC BLOX, a premier provider of connected data centers and fiber network solutions in the Southeast U.S., announced that its new dark fiber route connecting its Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station (CLS) to Atlanta has been completed. This unique high-capacity East-West route serves as the new backbone to the Southeast region enabling hyperscalers, global and regional communications providers, local ISPs and enterprises to connect regionally and internationally.

DC BLOX, a premier provider of secure and reliable data centers and fiber network solutions throughout the Southeast, announced that its CEO, Jeff Uphues, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of INCOMPAS, the leading trade association advocating for competition across all networks.

DC BLOX, a premier provider of secure and reliable data centers and fiber network solutions throughout the Southeast, today announced the completed expansion of its Birmingham, Alabama data center. This expansion entails a new data hall design, tailored to meet the burgeoning demand for High-Performance Compute (HPC) applications, and marks a significant milestone in DC BLOX’s commitment to foster technological growth and innovation in Birmingham and the surrounding region.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of connected data centers and dark fiber solutions across the Southeast, announced that it has acquired 72 acres of land in Conyers, Georgia in Rockdale County for a new hyperscale-ready data center campus. The campus is designed at full build-out to accommodate 750,000 square feet of space with 216MW of total power committed by Georgia Power.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of connected data centers and dark fiber solutions across the Southeast, announces the recent purchase and commencement of construction of a cutting-edge data center campus in Douglasville, Georgia. With this strategic move, DC BLOX is set to expand their data center portfolio in close proximity to Atlanta, expanding the region’s explosive growth as a core data center market and addressing the growing needs of hyperscale and AI/ML platform and application provider tenants in the heart of the region’s data center alley.

DC BLOX, a provider of multi-tenant data centers, dark fiber, and connectivity solutions that deliver essential infrastructure to power today’s digital businesses, today announced the opening of its Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach, S.C. With design capacity at full build-out of 125,000 sq. ft. and 19 MW of power, the new CLS can host up to five subsea cables and colocation space for network and cable operators, communications providers, local enterprises, and partners.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of data centers, dark fiber, cable landing stations and connectivity solutions that deliver the essential infrastructure to power today’s digital businesses in the Southeast US, recently completed the purchase from Santee Cooper of 27.5 acres in Berkeley County, South Carolina, with plans to construct a data center at the site. The facility in the Camp Hall commerce park will be the third data center the company has committed to building in South Carolina.

DC BLOX, a provider of multi-tenant data centers, dark fiber, and connectivity solutions that delivers the infrastructure essential to power today’s digital business, is thrilled to welcome data center industry expert Jason Walker to its leadership team as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Development. In this position, Mr. Walker will lead DC BLOX in strategic planning and execution to expand the company's market presence, as well as engage with top-tier clients throughout the industry, including hyperscalers and high-growth technology companies to meet their rapidly growing digital infrastructure needs.

DC BLOX, a provider of multi-tenant data centers, dark fiber, and connectivity solutions that delivers the infrastructure essential to power today’s digital business, announces today the groundbreaking on its new international subsea cable landing station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach, SC. In addition, a new dark fiber route linking Myrtle Beach with the connectivity hub of the Southeast in Atlanta is also under construction. The 15 megawatt CLS is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2023, while the fiber route will be completed in the first quarter 2024.

DC BLOX, a provider of multi-tenant data centers, dark fiber, and connectivity solutions that delivers the infrastructure essential to power today’s digital business, announces today that the company hired seasoned finance executive, Melih Ileri, as Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Strategy. In this newly created position, Mr. Ileri will lead DC BLOX’s efforts for securing new debt and equity investments along with driving financial strategies and partnerships to fuel the company’s next phase of growth. This move further demonstrates DC BLOX’s commitment to accelerating its strategic growth plan and enhancing the value of the company’s data centers, regional network, and fiber assets across the Southeast.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of secure and reliable data centers across the Southeast, announces it has acquired the Southeastern fiber assets from Light Source Communications and Ascendant Capital Fiber, including a unique dark fiber network connecting South Carolina to Georgia that is currently in development.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of secure, reliable, connected data centers across the Southeast, announces it is planning to build a new Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The new CLS will anchor subsea cable systems connecting North America's Southeast region with other continents.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of secure, reliable data centers across the Southeast, announces the expansion of its Birmingham, AL and Greenville, SC data centers. The rapid growth in two of DC BLOX’s most recent markets reflects strong local demand for core data center and connectivity infrastructure. The Greenville facility is adding its second data hall since announcing its official opening in January of 2022, while Birmingham will deploy DC BLOX’s newest design to accommodate the need for High-Performance Compute (HPC) applications in its market.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of secure, reliable data centers across the Southeast, announces it has expanded and enhanced its connectivity capabilities through the introduction of the DC BLOX Connectivity eXchange (DCB-CX). The DCB-CX is an interconnection platform that enables participants anywhere within the DC BLOX connectivity ecosystem to peer across a high-bandwidth, low-latency software-defined fabric. The DCB-CX was created to address the need for agile, efficient, and resilient connectivity in underserved markets across the Southeast. With the DC BLOX Connectivity eXchange, organizations in the region are no longer constrained by legacy networks, limited local service provider options, or having to colocate in out-of-state Internet Exchanges.

DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, announces they are now NIST 800-171 Compliant. NIST SP 800-171 is a set of standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that outlines practices non-federal organizations can use to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). This means DC BLOX is ready to provide its services to Federal government agencies and contractors that are subject to these requirements.

DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, announces the opening of its Greenville, South Carolina data center. The data center, designed to Uptime Institute’s Tier III standards, is the first-of-its-kind multi-tenant data center located in South Carolina. The initial 25,000 square foot facility can accommodate more than 400 cabinets of IT equipment and 3 MW of power. Additional capacity will be developed as demand requires. DC BLOX’s facility is designed to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) standards, providing enterprises, healthcare institutions, universities, managed service providers and government entities throughout South Carolina access to a highly efficient, secure and interconnected data center - for the first time in this market.

DC BLOX, a leading provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, is pleased to announce that John R. Dumler P.E. has joined DC BLOX effective August 16, 2021, serving as Vice President of Data Center Design and Engineering. John reports directly to Mark Masi, EVP of Development, Engineering and Construction. Together, Mark and John will oversee and manage the design and engineering of all DC BLOX data center facilities, each leveraging extensive experience in construction, commissioning, operations, and sustainability.

Inc. magazine’s 2021 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States, for the first-time includes DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business. The company’s rank of 371 places it among the top 8% of companies recognized on the list of the nation’s fastest growing private companies.

DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, proudly announces it has won the DataCloud Global award for Excellence in Data Centre Americas. DC BLOX targets underserved yet growing markets throughout the Southeastern United States with a modular, connected data center product that rivals the security, reliability, connectivity and quality of leading data center REITs in major markets.

DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s digital business, announces that the company has acquired land in High Point, North Carolina with plans to construct the first highly secure, Tier III data center in the Carolina Core / Piedmont Triad region which includes High Point, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.