Flexential Minneapolis

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Flexential Minneapolis

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Flexential's Minneapolis site is former ViaWest. Flexential was created after Peak10 acquired ViaWest for $1.67 billion in August 2017. The rebranding from ViaWest to Flexential was announced in January 2018.

3,000 tons of redundant cooling capacity

Compliance:

SAE 16 and ISAE 3402 Service Organization Control (SOC) 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports
PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-53, ITAR, and US-EU Safe Harbor Privacy framework

Map and Nearby Locations

3500 Lyman Blvd

Flexential Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Flexential Minneapolis

Distance	Site	About
3.33 miles	CloudHQ: Chaska MN	The company plans to invest a total of $1 billion in the new Chaska center for a total of 1.4 million sqft.The company plans to invest a total of $1 billion in the new Chaska center for a total of 1.4 million sqft.
3.42 miles	UnitedHealth Chaska
3.49 miles	Lightedge: Minneapolis
3.54 miles	US Bank Chaska (Stream DC2)
3.55 miles	Stream Minneapolis	Stream Data Centers sold the facility as part of a corporate transaction where Apollo Global Management acquired a majority stake in the company.
8.22 miles	Centersquare: Minneapolis MP2
9.51 miles	Lumen Minnetonka
9.56 miles	US Signal: MN01 Minneapolis	The site was previously a OneNeck facility. In 2024, US Signal completed its acquisition of OneNeck Data Center Holdings LLC (OneNeck).
9.75 miles	EdgeConnex Minneapolis
13.21 miles	Databank Minneapolis Edina MSP1
13.21 miles	Consolidated Edina
18.13 miles	Cloud Capital: Minneapolis CBD	In 2026, Cloud Capital and Arcapita acquired the data center from Legacy Investing LLC.
18.13 miles	G42: Minneapolis	A former downtown-Minneapolis office tower (ex-Sleep Number/Ameriprise) converted to a 21 MW data center, anchored by Core42 (G42) and owned by Cloud Capital/Arcapita since a $235M acquisition in January 2026.
18.22 miles	Lumen Minneapolis 1	Lumen network and colocation suite on the 7th floor of Two22, a Class A office tower in downtown Minneapolis. One of three Lumen sites in the Twin Cities metro and a long-running node on the legacy Level 3 backbone. Small-footprint carrier services and interconnection rather than a full colo hall.
18.38 miles	Verizon: 1200 Washington	Former XO Communications site
18.53 miles	Cogent: 250 Marquette
18.55 miles	Verizon: 250 Marquette	The site is a previous XO Communications facility
18.67 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	The facility is designed as a redundant carrier hub for the 511 4th Street data infrastructure.
18.80 miles	DataBank Minneapolis MSP4	In 2020, DataBank acquired the facility from Zayo.
18.80 miles	Level3 Minneapolis (511 11th)
18.80 miles	Cologix: Minnesota Technology Center	Cologix's Minnesota's 5 data halls are located within the 511 carrier hotel. The 511 11th Avenue Building, located across the street from the Metrodome (home of the Minnesota Vikings) was under threat of being torn down to make room for a new stadium, but the building was saved MIN1 is the Building's MMR
18.80 miles	Lumen Minneapolis 2
18.81 miles	511 Building - Minnesota Technology Center

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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

Facilities

326MW

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News See all

Flexential to Build Sixth Hillsboro Facility

September 06, 2025 Flexential

US data center firm Flexential this week announced the acquisition of a land parcel in Hillsboro, Oregon, that will be home to its sixth data center in the city.Located across from Flexential's Hillsboro 1 data center at 3935 Northeast Aloclek Place, the site will host Hillsboro 6, a...

Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption

November 07, 2023 Flexential

Content Delivery Network (CDN), security, and Edge computing company Cloudflare has blamed its November 2 service disruption on a power failure at a Flexential data center in Hillsboro, Oregon. "On November 2 at 08:50 UTC, Portland General Electric (PGE), the utility company that services PDX-04,...

Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses

July 11, 2023 Flexential

A second building is anticipated at its new campus in Atlanta, and a fifth building will be constructed in Hillsboro, according to Flexential's announcement of new data center developments in Georgia and Oregon. This week, the company revealed the construction of a 36MW phased development on its...

Flexential Announces Plan To Expand Its Data Center Presence in Hillsboro, Oregon

September 12, 2022 Flexential

Flexential has announced that it is developing a data center facility outside Portland, Oregon. The development will see the company erect two new buildings in conjunction with T5. According to Flexential, the facility is located adjacent to its Hillsboro 3 data center at 5419 NE Starr Blvd. It...

Flexential To Develop an 18MW Facility in Raleigh, North Carolina

April 28, 2022 Flexential

Flexential has announced that it plans to develop an 18MW data center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The data center will span 11,150 square meters (120,000 square feet). The first phase is expected to deliver 4.5MW capacity, and it is scheduled to come online in Q3 2023. Flexential has also...