FirstLight Rockland

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1050 Hingham Street

Operational

Fully operational facility

Boston

Metro
Massachusetts

State
Northeast US

Region
United States

Country
North America

Region
Americas

Region

FirstLight Rockland

Total Power

SqFt

Gross Colocation Size

Acquired from ColoSpace in 2019.
Carrier-grade infrastructure
Multiple redundant, diversely routed Internet connections
Connections to multiple cloud providers and Mass IX
Layer 2 network for site-to-site customer connectivity
Cross-connect service available to multiple regional and fiber optic networks

Map and Nearby Locations:

1050 Hingham Street

FirstLight Fiber Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of FirstLight Rockland

Distance	Site	About
15.59 miles	Lumen Boston 1
15.59 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
15.62 miles	Verizon: One Summer	Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Verizon at this site.
15.62 miles	Crown Castle One Summer	Markley One Sumer is the landlord for Lightower at this site.
15.62 miles	DataBank BOS1
16.75 miles	Lumen Boston (1 Main)
17.13 miles	Lumen Cambridge 1 (300 Bent)
17.26 miles	Verizon: Cambridge 89 Fulkerson	Former XO Communications site
17.43 miles	AXCELX Somerville
17.43 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
17.43 miles	CoreSite Somerville BO1
17.43 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
17.49 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.
17.53 miles	Evocative Somerville BOS1	Datacenter built in 2009 and expanded in 2013 Two (2) Story structure
17.57 miles	Cogent: Somerville
19.00 miles	Expedient Boston
19.20 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.
19.26 miles	105 Cabot - Digital Realty	3 Story Structure Flood Zone: Outside 100 and 500 Year Flood Plain Seismic Zone 2A
19.42 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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Boston Metro: Average Power Rates

Source: JLL

Operating Company

FirstLight provides fiber optic data, Internet, data center, cloud, voice services and Advanced Technologies to enterprise & carrier customers in the Northeast.

Quick Facts:

Founded in 1999
Fiber Miles: ~415,000
Lit Locations: ~4,400 on-net and ~27,000 within close proximity
Exclusively owns and operates a fiber optic network and operates 10 data center/colocation facilities with 120,000 square feet

FirstLight History

1999

Tech Valley Communications (TVC) is founded to provide high quality, fiber-based communications services to customers throughout the Capital Region.

2000

TVC acquired GFC Communications. This transaction enhanced our suite of voice services and added a number of colleges and universities to our customer roster.

2002

TVC merges with Mid-Hudson Communications. This transaction provided additional fiber network throughout New York’s Capital region and the transaction enhanced our switching infrastructure.

2010

Riverside Partners acquired TVC, which provided TVC the necessary resources and support required to propel the organization’s growth.

2011

Tech Valley Communications acquired segTEL. This transaction added a fiber network in New Hampshire, Maine and into Vermont as well as a wholesale customer base.

2013

TVC acquired Vermont-based TelJet’s assets. This transaction added a dense fiber footprint throughout Vermont, a colocation facility in Burlington, VT, connectivity to New York City, Boston and an international presence in Montreal. The company becomes FirstLight Fiber.

2014

FirstLight acquired New Hampshire-based G4 Communications’ assets. This transaction added an impressive roster of customers and a colocation facility in Manchester, NH.

2016

FirstLight expands its fiber network into New York, adding more than 35,000 fiber miles in Westchester, Orange and Rockland counties. Also in 2016, FirstLight was acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners. This acquisition will further accelerate Company’s growth. Oak Hill subsequently announces its intention to acquire Oxford Networks and Sovernet Communications. Upon the closing of both these transactions, they will be combined with FirstLight.

2017

FirstLight successfully combined operations with Oxford Networks and Sovernet Communications, and Oxford, Sovernet and ION Communications are now consolidated under the FirstLight brand. FirstLight also acquired Finger Lakes Technologies Group (“FLTG”), a subsidiary of Trumansburg Telephone Company (TTC) operating in New York and Pennsylvania; and 186 Communications, a high-capacity fiber network provider operating in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. The FirstLight network grew considerably, expanding to connecting nearly 8,000 locations in service with more than 25,000 locations serviceable by its 14,000 route mile network.