Bluebird Underground is a carrier-neutral colocation facility built 85 feet below grade inside a former limestone mine in Springfield, Missouri. The subterranean setting provides natural physical security and free cooling — 56°F mine air is treated and recirculated, holding PUE around 1.5–1.6.
The facility spans roughly 80,000 sq ft, with about 32,000 sq ft of raised floor and more than 29,000 sq ft of leasable white space, and offers approximately 6 MW of power. Power is delivered over three diverse, primary-metered utility feeds from separate substations and backed by underground diesel generators with a lithium-ion UPS in an N+1 configuration. All power and cooling infrastructure sits below grade.
Operating to Uptime Institute Tier III standards and served by five diverse carriers — a high count for the Springfield market — it is a resilient home for state-government, regulated, and disaster-recovery workloads.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 18.87 miles | Lumon: Marshfield, MO |
Lumon's first announced project: a modular high-density computing facility on Rifle Range Road north of Marshfield, Webster County, planned at 10 MW on roughly five acres with closed-loop cooling.
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Bluebird Network was formed by integrating Bluebird Media, Missouri Network Alliance and Illinois Network
Alliance.
In 2014, an underground data center was acquired creating the Bluebird Underground Data Center.
Bluebird's network has over 6000 fiber route miles of high-speed broadband and fiber optic connections.
August 12, 2026 Missouri
Renewable energy company Beltline Energy has withdrawn its proposal to rezone a parcel of land in Pacific, Missouri, for a planned data center. Pacific Mayor Debbie Kelley confirmed the withdrawal in a statement posted on Friday, August 7, 2026. The application was submitted by BLE Landholdings,...
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June 30, 2026 Missouri
An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn. Capstone Technology Campus, owned by local businessman Steve Craig, had sought approval for a 130-acre development across sites at 6321 and 5701 Pickett Road. The City of St. Joseph...
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June 02, 2026 Missouri
A 340,000-square-foot (31,587 sqm) property combining data center and office space has been listed for sale in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Situated at 1831 Chestnut Condominium, the six-story building occupies a 4.24-acre site and includes approximately 53,000 square feet (4,923 sqm) dedicated...
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August 16, 2024 Missouri
US operator TierPoint this week announced that it has acquired a building in downtown St. Louis which it plans to retrofit into an enterprise-grade data center. ver the next year, the first phase of investment will build out 22,600 square feet of data center production space and 5MW of utility...
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December 27, 2023 Bluebird Network
Bluebird Network has announced it has secured a $285 million five-year credit facility which will be used to refinance its existing debt and will fund ongoing capital expenditures, including network upgrades, expansion into new markets, and an awarded Middle Mile grant build. The company added...
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