Lightmatter officially becomes a unicorn
December 19, 2023
Boston
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.
| Site | Power (MW) |
|---|---|
| BOS1-A | 2.4 |
| BOS1-B | 4 |
| BOS1-C | 1 |
CenturyLink
AT&T
Comcast
Light Tower
Verizon
VZB (MCI)
XO
Zayo (Abovenet)
| Distance | Site | About |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 miles | 115 2nd - Digital Realty |
Digital Realty full leased the building to a Triple Net tenant, Cyxtera BO3
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| 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
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| 0.32 miles | 600 Winter - Digital Realty |
Digital Realty full leased the building to a Triple Net tenant, Cyxtera BO1.
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| 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.
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| 6.69 miles | 105 Cabot - Digital Realty |
3 Story Structure
Flood Zone: Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain
Seismic Zone 2A
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 9.22 miles | Verizon: Cambridge 89 Fulkerson |
Former XO Communications site
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| 9.28 miles | Lumen Cambridge 1 (300 Bent) |
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| 9.39 miles | EdgeConneX Boston |
Customer work spaces are available
Raised Floor: 30"
EdgeConnex has rights to adjacent space to accommodate expansion.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 10.79 miles | DataBank BOS1 |
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| 10.79 miles | Crown Castle One Summer |
Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Lightower at this site.
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| 10.79 miles | Verizon: One Summer |
Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Verizon at this site.
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| 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
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| 10.83 miles | Lumen Boston 1 |
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| 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
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| 12.74 miles | 200 Quannapowitt |
The former facility was torn down in 2023.
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| 14.50 miles | Prov.net Boston North |
Dedicated ½ Cabinet to Multi-cabinet Suites
Diverse power feeds
750 KW Generator
Redundant (A/B) Distribution
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| 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.
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| 16.51 miles | 365 Marlborough, MA |
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| 16.90 miles | Crown Castle Marlborough |
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| 16.96 miles | Menlo: 34 St Martin |
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| 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
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| 17.04 miles | Colocation America - Boston | |
| 17.31 miles | Mass General Brigham |
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| 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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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.
Evoque Data Center Solutions is a data center operator created in 2019 after Brookfield Infrastructure Partners acquired AT&T’s colocation assets.
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.
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