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Utility Provider: Ohio Edison (FirstEnergy)
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FairlawnGig built its data center inside the City of Fairlawn's service department building in 2017 to anchor the city's fiber network. It has rented cabinets to local businesses since 2020, and seven businesses rent space today. The room has backup generators and multiple carriers, and it connects to the NEO-IX and Ohio IX internet exchanges.
A $2 million remodel will triple the data center's space and add 16 cabinets.
Site History
- February 2026: The city's $2 million remodel of the data center was under way.
- 2020: FairlawnGig began offering colocation to businesses.
- 2017: FairlawnGig built the data center in the city service building.
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Sites within 15 miles of FairlawnGig: Fairlawn
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| 6.69 miles | AT&T: 50 W Bowery St |
AT&T's central office on West Bowery Street in downtown Akron, Ohio, is a seven-story telephone exchange that AT&T leases back after a 2025 sale.
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| 6.81 miles | Cogent: Akron |
Cogent Communications' Akron data center is a two-story telecom building in downtown Akron, Ohio, that Cogent offers for sale, net lease or wholesale colocation.
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| 7.67 miles | Ark: Akron |
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| 8.31 miles | Quantum HPC: Norton DC |
A proposal to build Project Triton, a data center, at a former mine in Norton City, Ohio, was canceled following strong opposition from local community groups.
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| 8.45 miles | Lumen Akron 2 | |
| 9.93 miles | Viking: Akron |
Viking Data Centers runs a crypto mining and AI data center in a converted 1919 Goodyear tire plant on Seiberling Street in East Akron, Ohio.
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| 9.95 miles | SouthInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| 10.61 miles | Cleveland Clinic Brecksville |
Cleveland Clinic's primary enterprise data center, built in Brecksville, Ohio, and in service since January 2012.
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| 14.33 miles | Verizon: North Royalton |
Verizon's North Royalton switching hub south of Cleveland, a former MCI network facility on 22 acres where Verizon offers colocation.
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| 15.74 miles | Ark: Independence |
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FairlawnGig is owned by the City of Fairlawn, Ohio, and run by its service department. It operates a fiber network that passes every home and business in Fairlawn and in the Akron, Bath and Fairlawn Joint Economic Development District, and it extends service over the Medina County Fiber Network.
The utility runs a data center inside the city service building at 3300 Fairlawn Service Drive, with generator backup and multiple carriers, where businesses rent cabinets. It also offers Layer 2 transport, dark fiber and a direct connection to Amazon Web Services.
FairlawnGig History:
- By February 2026, FairlawnGig had begun a $2 million remodel of its data center to triple its space.
- In 2020, FairlawnGig began offering colocation to businesses.
- In 2017, the city built the FairlawnGig data center inside its service building and began offering gigabit home internet.
- In 2015, the mayor of Fairlawn proposed the FairlawnGig network.
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