type subsidiary of southern company industry electric utility founded 1963 headquarters birmingham alabama usa key people mark lantrip chief executive officer and president products shared services number of employees 4 536 2008 website http www.southerncompany.com southern company services inc. headquartered in birmingham alabama is the shared services division of southern company . formed in 1963 as southern services the company provides administrative and operational services to all of southern company s operating divisions . the company also provides engineering services to alabama power georgia power gulf power and mississippi power . contents 1 history 1.1 1960s to 1980s 1.2 2000 to present 2 references 3 external links history edit 1960s to 1980s edit southern services was formed in 1963 as a shared services department for southern company s five electric operating divisions . the idea was first conceived by eugene a. yates southern company s first president although not implemented until much later . the division was originally headquartered in what is now the first commercial bank building in the birmingham suburb of mountain brook alabama until it moved to the inverness suburb in the late 1980s . the division also has a large office in atlanta georgia . 2000 to present edit in january 2016 the united states department of energy announced a 80m award fund to develop generation iv reactor designs . 1 one of two beneficiaries southern company services will use the funding to develop a molten chloride fast reactor a type of msr developed earlier by british scientists at atomic energy research establishment . 2 it will partner with terrapower electric power research institute vanderbilt university and oak ridge national laboratory ; presumably in conjunction with sister division southern nuclear . references edit energy department announces new investments in advanced nuclear power reactors ... . us department of energy . retrieved 16 january 2016 . martin david . the uk s forgotten molten salt reactor programme . weinberg next nuclear . retrieved 17 january 2016 . external links edit southern company s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title southern company services & oldid 705809800 categories southern companycompanies based in birmingham alabama navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 february 2016 at 18 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view