Centersquare: Waltham BO3

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Operational

Fully operational facility

Boston

Metro
Massachusetts

State
Northeast US

Region
United States

Country
North America

Region
Americas

Region

Centersquare: Waltham BO3

Short Code: BO3

PUE: 1.75

Utility Provider: NSTAR

Ownership: Csquare does not own the building.

This site is leased from Digital Realty Trust in the 115 2nd - Digital Realty building

Total Power

SqFt

Gross Colocation Size

Cyxtera's BO3 site was acquired via a $2.8 billion transaction to acquire 57 datacenters from CenturyLink. The transaction which closed in May 2017 created Cyxtera Technologies.

Building:

1 Story Structure
Raised Floor: 24"

Site	Power (MW)
BOS1-A	2.4
BOS1-B	4
BOS1-C	1

Map and Nearby Locations

115 Second Avenue

Csquare Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Centersquare: Waltham BO3

Distance	Site	About
0.00 miles	115 2nd - Digital Realty	Digital Realty full leased the building to a Triple Net tenant, Cyxtera BO3
0.26 miles	Equinix Boston BO1
0.28 miles	Centersquare Waltham BOS1	Datacenter operational since in 1998. 2 story building Raised Floor: 12" Utility: NSTAR
0.32 miles	600 Winter - Digital Realty	Digital Realty full leased the building to a Triple Net tenant, Cyxtera BO1.
5.72 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.
6.69 miles	105 Cabot - Digital Realty	3 Story Structure Flood Zone: Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain Seismic Zone 2A
6.76 miles	128 1ST - Digital Realty	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.
8.16 miles	Camber: Bedford, MA	1 Story structure Flood Zone: Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain Seismic Zone 2A N+2 Cooling Plant Redundancy
9.22 miles	Verizon: Cambridge 89 Fulkerson	Former XO Communications site
9.28 miles	Lumen Cambridge 1 (300 Bent)
9.39 miles	EdgeConneX Boston	Customer work spaces are available Raised Floor: 30" EdgeConnex has rights to adjacent space to accommodate expansion.
9.43 miles	Cogent: Somerville
9.47 miles	Lumen Boston (1 Main)
9.50 miles	Evocative Somerville BOS1	Datacenter built in 2009 and expanded in 2013 Two (2) Story structure
9.53 miles	AXCELX Somerville
9.54 miles	CoreSite Somerville BO1
9.54 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
9.54 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
9.65 miles	MicroLink: Boston, MA	MicroLink is planning to build a data center in Boston, Massachusetts.
9.74 miles	Expedient Boston
9.86 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.
10.79 miles	Crown Castle One Summer	Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Lightower at this site.
10.79 miles	DataBank BOS1
10.79 miles	Verizon: One Summer	Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Verizon at this site.
10.83 miles	Lumen Boston 1
10.83 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
11.26 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
12.74 miles	200 Quannapowitt	The former facility was torn down in 2023.
14.50 miles	Prov.net Boston North	Dedicated ½ Cabinet to Multi-cabinet Suites Diverse power feeds 750 KW Generator Redundant (A/B) Distribution
16.17 miles	Markley: 90 Bolt Street	In early 2026, Jeffrey D. Markley, CEO of the Markley Group, purchased the industrial property at 90 Bolt Street alongside adjacent industrial plots for a combined $5.6 million.
16.50 miles	Markley: Lowell	Markley’s data center in Lowell, MA encompasses 352,000 square feet of highly secured white and mechanical space. In addition to carriers originating at local POPs, the facility offers the benefits of three diverse dark fiber networks connected directly to Markley’s Boston location.
16.51 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.
16.65 miles	Markley: 2 Tanner Street	In early 2026, Jeffrey D. Markley, CEO of the Markley Group, purchased the retired 85-megawatt Tanner Street Generating Station and adjacent industrial parcels on Bolt Street for $5.6 million.
16.90 miles	Crown Castle Marlborough
16.96 miles	Menlo: 34 St Martin
17.04 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
17.04 miles	Colocation America - Boston
17.31 miles	Mass General Brigham
19.37 miles	Iron Mountain Boston	BOS-1 security includes background-checked Iron Mountain officers on-site 24x7x365, three-factor access controls, mantraps, and numerous other features.

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Operating Company

Csquare is a preeminent colocation provider with a proven track record of providing highly reliable data center services. Prioritizing security, reliability and superior customer service, Csquare offers flexible data center solutions backed by a 100% uptime guarantee.

With 80 data center locations in 30 critical markets and a host of on-prem, hybrid and on-demand solutions, Csquare is a trusted expert for thousands of diverse organizations across all industries.

Centersquare is a colocation and interconnection provider formed in 2024 when Brookfield Infrastructure combined Evoque Data Center Solutions and the acquired assets of Cyxtera Technologies.

Centersquare History:

April 2024: Rebranded from Evoque and Cyxtera to Centersquare.
January 2024: Founded as Centersquare when Evoque closed the acquisition of Cyxtera’s data center portfolio to create a combined platform.

Evoque Data Center Solutions History:

Evoque Data Center Solutions is a data center operator created in 2019 after Brookfield Infrastructure Partners acquired AT&T’s colocation assets.

April 2024: Rebranded from Evoque Data Center Solutions and Cyxtera to Centersquare.
2024: Closed acquisition of Cyxtera’s data center portfolio.
2022: Exited international data centers to concentrate on U.S. sites.
2019: Launched following Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ acquisition of AT&T’s colocation assets.

Cyxtera:

Cyxtera Technologies was a data center operator formed in 2017 when funds advised by BC Partners and Medina Capital acquired CenturyLink’s data centers and colocation business and combined it with Medina Capital’s security and analytics portfolio.

Cyxtera Technologies History:

April 2024: Rebranded from Cyxtera Technologies to Centersquare together with Evoque.
November 2023: Entered an asset purchase agreement for Brookfield affiliates to acquire substantially all assets, including related real estate transactions.
June 2023: Filed for Chapter 11 to implement a restructuring support agreement and obtain debtor-in-possession financing.
February 2021: Agreed to merge with Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly traded company.
May 2017: Launched following the sale of CenturyLink’s data centers and colocation business to a consortium led by BC Partners and Medina Capital, combined with Medina Capital’s security and analytics portfolio.

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