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DC BLOX Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station

1401 Howard Avenue · Myrtle Beach, Horry County, SC

Source: OpenStreetMap

DC BLOX Myrtle Beach Cable Landing Station is an operating data center in Horry County, SC. DataCentersExposed has documented a 91,946 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
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Operator
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Est. capacity
~15-40 MW
Footprint
91,946 sq ft
Utility
South Carolina Public Service Authority
Grid
SC
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
34
O3
Good
17
PM2.5
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Myrtle Beach-Conway), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$71.5K
People of color
13%
Below poverty
5%
Tract population
7,825

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Palmetto Academy Of Learning And Success Charter in Myrtle Beach, is 1.3 mi from this site (314 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.