Boston Colocation & Data Center Market

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The Boston data center market is located in the state of Massachusetts within Americas. Boston has 43 facilities with 2,970,571 sqft and 160 megawatts.

The top providers in Boston are Markley Group (2 sites) and Digital Realty Trust with 4 facilities . The most popular facilities are Markley: One Summer Street and CoreSite Somerville BO1.

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Market Facts

Boston Data Center Map

Boston Power Growth Over Time

+0% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
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across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
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NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Data Centers in Boston

Name Company Size Status Type
365 Marlborough, MA 365 Data Centers Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Cogent: Somerville Cogent Communications Extra Small Operational Carrier
Colocation America - Boston Colocation America Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite Somerville BO1 CoreSite Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
DataBank BOS1 DataBank Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
115 2nd - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Operational Carrier-Neutral
600 Winter - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
128 1ST - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
105 Cabot - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
EdgeConneX Boston EdgeConneX Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Boston BO1 Equinix Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Boston BO2 Equinix Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Expedient Boston Expedient Data Centers Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Internap Boston HorizonIQ Small Operational Carrier
Lumen Boston 1 Lumen Technologies Extra Small Operational Carrier
Lumen Boston (1 Main) Lumen Technologies Decommissioned Carrier
Lumen Cambridge 1 (300 Bent) Lumen Technologies Small Operational Carrier
Markley: One Summer Street Markley Group Medium Operational Carrier-Neutral
Markley: Lowell Markley Group Medium Operational, Planned Carrier-Neutral
Markley: 2 Tanner Street Markley Group Land Bank Carrier-Neutral
Markley: 90 Bolt Street Markley Group Land Bank Carrier-Neutral
NaviSite Andover NaviSite Small Operational Carrier-Neutral (Telco-Owned)
TierPoint Andover TierPoint Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
TierPoint Marlborough TierPoint Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Tierpoint Charleston TierPoint Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Verizon: One Summer Verizon Enterprise Extra Small Operational Carrier
Verizon: Cambridge 89 Fulkerson Verizon Enterprise Extra Small Operational Carrier
Iron Mountain Boston Iron Mountain Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Crown Castle One Summer Crown Castle Extra Small Operational Carrier
Crown Castle Marlborough Crown Castle Small Operational Carrier
Prov.net Boston North Provdotnet Extra Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
FirstLight Rockland FirstLight Fiber Extra Small Operational Carrier
FirstLight Somerville FirstLight Fiber Extra Small Operational Carrier
200 Quannapowitt Unknown Company Decommissioned Real Estate
Evocative Somerville BOS1 Evocative Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
AXCELX Somerville AXCELX Operational Carrier-Neutral
Centersquare Waltham BOS1 Csquare Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Centersquare: Waltham BO3 Csquare Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Centersquare: Watertown BOS4 Csquare Small Operational Carrier-Neutral
Menlo: 34 St Martin Menlo Digital Operational Real Estate
Mass General Brigham Mass General Brigham Small Operational Enterprise
Camber: Bedford, MA Camber Development Small Operational Real Estate

Largest Providers in Boston

Markley Group
Site
Power
Operational
2
40.0
Construction
0
Planned
1
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
2
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
2
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Digital Realty Trust
Site
Power
Operational
4
22.0
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
4
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Csquare
Site
Power
Operational
3
15.9
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
3
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TierPoint
Site
Power
Operational
3
14.0
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
3
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Largest Data Centers in Boston

Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
Markley: One Summer Street 920,000 SqFt
800,000 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
128 1ST - Digital Realty 274,750 SqFt
164,000 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
TierPoint Marlborough 115,100 SqFt
50,300 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
CoreSite Somerville BO1 253,000 SqFt
133,646 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
Markley: Lowell 350,000 SqFt
50,000 SqFt
NN Request Dataset

About This Metro

Boston is the largest city in New England and the eleventh largest metropolitan area population-wise in North America with the ninth largest GDP in North America.

The city has seen steady demand for both colocation and wholesale data center space. Major industries in Boston include financial services, technology research, and development, biotechnology, healthcare, education, commercial fishing, food processing, tourism, printing, and publishing. Boston is also the state capital and regional home to several federal agencies providing government demand for datacenter providers. The metro Boston area has more than 100 colleges and universities, providing a well-educated workforce and having a major effect on Boston’s economy.

Boston has a significant wholesale data center provider presence including Digital Realty Trust, CoreSite and Markley Group.

Boston Interconnection

Boston’s main carrier hotel is the Markley Group’s One Summer Street facility, with over 40 fiber providers. The MASS-IX and the Boston Internet Exchange, operated by Markley are the two mid-sized Internet Exchanges in Boston.

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