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Myrtle Beach cable landing station strategic execution partnerships,” Jeff explains.“ Evans was key for several reasons: they understand the southeast market exceptionally well and have established relationships with local authorities and contractors throughout the region.”
This regional familiarity provides advantages in navigating municipal permitting processes, local building codes and workforce availability – factors that can significantly impact project timelines. Evans General Contractors has built a reputation for data centre expertise and its team has executed critical data centre infrastructure projects for the largest global hyperscale clients over the past decade, allowing DC BLOX to leverage their domain knowledge across multiple facilities.
These relationships build on shared values and previous working relationships rather than transactional vendor arrangements.“ Our partnership with Evans is built on shared capabilities, geographic proximity and aligned values – that’ s what makes the relationship successful,” says Jeff.
Equipment supply chain challenges have similarly necessitated strategic partnerships with infrastructure providers. While many data centre operators work with multiple suppliers, DC BLOX has developed a deeper relationship with JCI to ensure equipment availability and technical consistency across its facilities.
“ JCI offers a diverse product portfolio that supports our evolving facility designs and requirements,” Jeff notes. This product diversity becomes particularly important as DC BLOX develops facilities
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