128 1ST - Digital Realty

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Operational

Fully operational facility

Boston

Metro
Massachusetts

State
Northeast US

Region
United States

Country
North America

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Americas

Region

128 1ST - Digital Realty

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Total Building Size

Total Power

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Gross Colocation Size

Originally built by a telecom company in 2000, this facility has 13 MW of critical IT load that serves a total of 18 customers who are primarily internet based, financial services, and healthcare related companies.

3 Story Building
Flood Zone Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain
Seismic Zone 2A

Power:

Utility Provider NSTAR
Utility Power Capacity: 30 MW
UPS Power Capacity: 15 MW
N+1 UPS Redundancy
Power Density: 100 W/sq ft
Generator Power Capacity 30 MW
N+1 Cooling Plant Redundancy
Roof: Built-up over concrete
Floor Loading: up to 250 lbs/sq ft
24x7 Onsite Security Personnel

Compliance:

SOC2

Map and Nearby Locations

128 1st Ave

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Sites within 15 miles of 128 1ST - Digital Realty

Distance	Site	About
0.07 miles	105 Cabot - Digital Realty	3 Story Structure Flood Zone: Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain Seismic Zone 2A
5.34 miles	Centersquare: Watertown BOS4	Centersquare's cloud-enabled Watertown data center is located close to the center of Boston, and only 10 miles from Boston Logan International Airport. The facility was originally built in 2002 and then expanded in 2008 to add space, power, and cooling capacity.
6.76 miles	Centersquare: Waltham BO3	1 Story Structure Raised Floor: 24"
6.76 miles	115 2nd - Digital Realty	Digital Realty full leased the building to a Triple Net tenant, Cyxtera BO3
6.98 miles	Equinix Boston BO1
7.04 miles	Centersquare Waltham BOS1	Datacenter operational since in 1998. 2 story building Raised Floor: 12" Utility: NSTAR
7.08 miles	600 Winter - Digital Realty	Digital Realty full leased the building to a Triple Net tenant, Cyxtera BO1.
8.05 miles	Lumen Boston (1 Main)
8.16 miles	Lumen Cambridge 1 (300 Bent)
8.21 miles	Verizon: Cambridge 89 Fulkerson	Former XO Communications site
8.30 miles	MicroLink: Boston, MA	MicroLink is planning to build a data center in Boston, Massachusetts.
8.80 miles	AXCELX Somerville
8.80 miles	Cogent: Somerville
8.82 miles	FirstLight Somerville	Located less than one mile from I-93 on the Boston/Somerville line and at the intersection of multiple redundant fiber networks, ColoSpace Somerville offers a combination of convenience to downtown Boston and Cambridge
8.82 miles	CoreSite Somerville BO1
8.82 miles	Internap Boston	Although Internap is a carrier, the company operates a "carrier neutral" data center. There are a half dozen networks in the site, plus more via the CoreSite Meet-Me-Room
8.85 miles	Evocative Somerville BOS1	Datacenter built in 2009 and expanded in 2013 Two (2) Story structure
8.91 miles	DataBank BOS1
8.91 miles	Crown Castle One Summer	Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Lightower at this site.
8.91 miles	Verizon: One Summer	Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Verizon at this site.
8.94 miles	Markley: One Summer Street	Markley's One Summer Street is Boston's carrier hotel. The building is the largest multi-tenant telecommunications facility in New England. Home to over 90 different carriers and network providers, One Summer offers clients unlimited bandwidth, high-density connectivity, unsurpassed infrastructure, abundant and reliable power, and true network diversity
8.94 miles	Lumen Boston 1
9.28 miles	Tierpoint Charleston	Located on the Hood Park campus, TierPoint’s Charlestown data center is a short walk from the Sullivan Square MBTA station located near I-93.
10.28 miles	Expedient Boston
14.36 miles	Camber: Bedford, MA	1 Story structure Flood Zone: Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain Seismic Zone 2A N+2 Cooling Plant Redundancy
15.76 miles	EdgeConneX Boston	Customer work spaces are available Raised Floor: 30" EdgeConnex has rights to adjacent space to accommodate expansion.
16.62 miles	200 Quannapowitt	The former facility was torn down in 2023.
17.30 miles	Equinix Boston BO2	Equinix acquired BO2 as well as 28 other datacenters from Verizon in 2017. It was formerly named Verizon BOS1 Billerica. Constructed in 2001 Construction Type: Slab on grade, concrete
18.38 miles	Crown Castle Marlborough
18.42 miles	Menlo: 34 St Martin
18.54 miles	TierPoint Marlborough	Single story with concrete masonry walls Raised floor design supports 150+ watts/sq ft Office Space Certifications: SSAE 16 SOC1 & SOC2, Type II
18.54 miles	Colocation America - Boston
18.99 miles	365 Marlborough, MA	Boston-metro DC originating as a Comdisco Availability Solutions workgroup hotsite (MA-250); operationalized as colo MAR-250 by SunGard after the Nov 2001 Comdisco acquisition; now 365.
19.14 miles	Mass General Brigham
19.20 miles	FirstLight Rockland	The site was acquired from ColoSpace in 2019.

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Operating Company

Digital Realty Trust is a data center public REIT that owns and operates facilities in the United States and Europe. The company provides colocation and interconnection services and develops large multi‑tenant data centers for enterprise and cloud customers.

Its European platform expanded through the combination with Interxion, and through the purchase of European sites divested by Equinix following Equinix’s acquisition of TelecityGroup. The Telx acquisition added a U.S. interconnection and colocation business to Digital Realty’s portfolio.

Digital Realty Trust History:

In March 2020 completed the combination with Interxion, expanding its European platform.
In September 2017 completed the merger with DuPont Fabros Technology.
In July 2016 acquired eight European data centers from Equinix that were divested as part of Equinix’s TelecityGroup acquisition.
In October 2015 completed the acquisition of Telx.
On October 28, 2004 priced its initial public offering at 12 dollars per share.

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March 11, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

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March 04, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has entered Portugal, acquiring a data center in Lisbon. Details on the facility, the seller, and terms of the deal weren’t shared in the release. However, in its recent Q4 2025 results, the company said it had acquired “a building and land” in the Carnaxide area of Lisbon for $8.3...