Flexential Franklin TN

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Flexential Franklin TN

Short Code: Nashville 5

Ownership: Flexential does not own the building.

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The site was known as "Nashville 5" when operated by Peak 10. Flexential was created after Peak10 acquired ViaWest for $1.67 billion in August 2017. The rebranding from Peak10 to Flexential was announced in January 2018.

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Sites within 15 miles of Flexential Franklin TN

Distance	Site	About
2.21 miles	Compass Franklin I
2.21 miles	Tierpoint Nashville NSH
2.34 miles	Flexential Cool Springs	The Cool Springs data center was known as "Nashville 2" and "Nashville 3" when it was formerly operated by Peak 10.
3.66 miles	Flexential Brentwood	The Brentwood site was known as "Nashville 1" and "Nashville 4" when they were operated by Peak 10. Site Usable SqFt Power MW Nashville 1 12,500 .8 MW Nashville 4 6,600 .18 MW Total 19,100 .98 MW
7.30 miles	Mapletree: 402 Franklin	In 2020, Carter Validus sold the facility to Mapletree
12.41 miles	DC Blox: Nashville Campus	DC Blox’s proposed data center in Nashville is facing strong pushback from the local community.
13.09 miles	Lumen Nashville 1
15.12 miles	Nexus Group Nashville
16.68 miles	Verizon: 101 Molloy
16.81 miles	EdgeConneX Nashville	EdgeConnex has rights to adjacent space to accommodate expansion in Nashville.
16.90 miles	H5: Nashville 2	In January 2026, H5 Data Centers acquired a highly connected, 19,700-square-foot carrier hotel asset in Nashville from 365 Data Centers.
16.91 miles	H5 Nashville	H5 no longer operates this facility. In a quiet consolidation shift, this site was fully decommissioned.
17.01 miles	Atmosphere: Nashville, TN	Atmosphere Data Centers' planned Nashville, TN facility is a Tier III+ campus spanning 38 acres, optimized for AI/HPC workloads with high-density liquid cooling and a target 1.08 PUE.
17.07 miles	Fisk University: Nashville, TN	The Quantum Leap Innovation & Technology Center is a proposed $400 million, 100,000-square-foot facility spearheaded by Fisk University as the anchor of its broader $1 billion campus master plan in North Nashville, Tennessee.
17.62 miles	Lumen Nashville 2

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Operating Company

Flexential is a U.S. data center operator formed when Peak 10 acquired ViaWest in August 2017 for $1.67 billion. The company subsequently rebranded in January 2018 as a single company.

The company provides colocation, interconnection, cloud, and managed services. The company is backed by private equity firm GI Partners, which agreed to acquire Peak 10 in 2014. ViaWest was founded in 1999 in Denver and Peak 10 in 2000 in Charlotte, with each building regional data center portfolios before combining in 2017.

Flexential History:

In January 2018, Rebranded from Peak 10 + ViaWest to Flexential.
In August 2017, Peak 10 completed the acquisition of ViaWest from Shaw Communications for approximately US$1.675 billion.
In November 2015, ViaWest agreed to acquire INetU for US$162.5 million.
In June 2015, ViaWest agreed to acquire AppliedTrust.
In March 2000, Peak 10 was founded in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In April 1999, ViaWest was founded in Denver as a roll-up of ISPs

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