Flexential Richmond 1

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Flexential Richmond 1

Year Built: 2011

PUE: 1.5

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Flexential's Richmond 1 site is former 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 Richmond 1

Distance	Site	About
0.00 miles	Lumen Richmond 1
1.69 miles	EdgeConneX Richmond
1.85 miles	Mapletree: 8011 Villa Park
3.01 miles	DC Blox: Richmond, VA	DC Blox is moving forward with a revised plan for its data center on the former Azalea Flea Market site. The project was scaled back from an initial $500 million proposal to a single, 65,000-square-foot facility.
3.58 miles	Pixel Factory Data Center
3.88 miles	Lumen Richmond 2
6.41 miles	Tract: Mountain Road Tech Park	Tract is planning the Mountain Road Technology Park, a proposed 430-acre, master-planned data center campus in Hanover County. This new campus will be located along Route 33/Mountain Road.
6.46 miles	Connect Data Centers: Ashland, VA	CLOP Ashland VA LLC is planning to build a data center in Ashland, Virginia.
9.62 miles	Tract: Hanover Expansion
9.75 miles	Tract: Hanover County, VA	Denver-based company Tract filed a zoning request to create a shovel-ready development site for a future data center park on about 1,200 acres along Hickory Hill Road east of Interstate 95 in Hanover County.
10.94 miles	Hunting Hawk Tech Park	Following a wave of local opposition and a recommendation for denial by planning officials, developer HHHunt has officially withdrawn its application for the Hunting Hawk Technology Park in Hanover County.
11.45 miles	Wagner: Richmond, VA	A proposed data center development in Varina, Henrico County, just south of Richmond, has been withdrawn by the developer, Wagner Urban Logistics.
12.27 miles	Energy Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	Proposed 205-acre, behind-the-meter data center campus on Old Ridge Road in Hanover County, just south of Kings Dominion and adjacent to NRG's Doswell Energy Center. Current site plans show 4 buildings, with potential for a 5th. Energy Operator expects to bring one building online per year.
13.08 miles	QTS: Richmond V DC3	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond V campus in Virginia.
13.19 miles	QTS: Richmond V DC2	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond V campus in Virginia.
13.47 miles	QTS: Richmond V DC1	QTS has acquired a total of 620 acres of land in Sandston, Virginia
13.65 miles	QTS: Richmond V DC5
13.93 miles	QTS: Richmond V DC4	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond V campus in Virginia.
14.23 miles	QTS: Richmond V DC6	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond V campus in Virginia.
14.99 miles	Iron Mountain: RCH-3	This facility is part of hscale's White Oak Technology Park campus in Virginia.
15.09 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
15.10 miles	QTS: Richmond I DC2
15.11 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
15.15 miles	Iron Mountain: RCH-2	This facility is part of hscale's White Oak Technology Park campus in Virginia.
15.17 miles	Iron Mountain: White Oak RCH-1	Iron Mountain Inc., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based data center developer and information management company, has purchased 66 acres in Henrico's White Oak Technology Park for just over $8 million.
15.18 miles	QTS Richmond I	QTS massive data center in Richmon sits on 110 acres with an additional 100 acres available for future development. There are 3 building on the campus with a total potential floor space of 550,000 square feet
15.18 miles	QTS: Richmond I DC6	QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.
15.25 miles	QTS: Richmond I DC5	QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.
15.26 miles	BoA: Sandston
15.27 miles	QTS: Richmond I DC3
15.35 miles	QTS: Richmond I DC4	QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.
15.40 miles	QTS: Richmond III DC1	QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-square-foot data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
15.44 miles	QTS: Richmond III DC2	QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
15.44 miles	QTS: Richmond II DC1	QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site. The company said that it planned to build up to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m) of additional capacity.
15.44 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
15.46 miles	QTS: Richmond III DC3	QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
15.48 miles	QTS: Richmond II DC2	QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site. The company said that it planned to build up to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m) of additional capacity.
15.48 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
15.49 miles	QTS: Richmond II DC3	QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site.
15.49 miles	QTS: Richmond II DC4	This facility is part of QTS Data Center's Richmond II Campus in Virginia.
15.50 miles	QTS: Richmond II DC5	This facility is part of QTS Data Center's Richmond II Campus in Virginia.
15.61 miles	QTS: Richmond III DC4	QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
15.63 miles	QTS: Richmond III DC5	QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
15.69 miles	WestInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
15.80 miles	Park MaxInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
15.97 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
15.98 miles	BetaInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
15.99 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
16.20 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
16.21 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
16.28 miles	Station UltraInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook, is looking to expand its data center campus near Richmond, Virginia.
16.36 miles	South PlazaInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook, is looking to expand its data center campus outside Richmond, Virginia.
16.39 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of the QTS Richmond IV Campus in Virginia.
16.45 miles	Hub ProInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
16.46 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	QTS Richmond 4 (RIC4) Campus is a major data center expansion project by QTS, in eastern Henrico County (Sandston, VA), within the White Oak Technology Park area.
16.48 miles	Global TowerInterested in this information?Contact us	Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
17.06 miles	Watkins Centre	In May 2025, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning of nearly 350 acres at 750 Watkins Centre Parkway, clearing the way for data center construction in western Chesterfield.
17.41 miles	Park ProInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of Google's Project Loch in Richmond, Virginia.
17.65 miles	TowerInterested in this information?Contact us	This facility is part of Google's Project Loch in Richmond, Virginia.
17.68 miles	Tower OneInterested in this information?Contact us	Project Loch is designed to feature three massive data center buildings, each supported by its own dedicated on-site power substation to handle high-density cloud and AI workloads.
18.44 miles	Province: Powhatan 2	This facility is a part of Province Groups' Powhatan County Campus outside Richmond.
18.50 miles	Province Group: Powhatan	California-based Province Group has received approval to develop a $3 billion data center campus outside Richmond in Powhatan County, Virginia.
18.62 miles	Province: Powhatan 3	This facility is a part of Province Groups' Powhatan County Campus outside Richmond.
19.24 miles	Avaio: Carmel 2	This planned facility is a part of The Carmel Church Data Hub.
19.44 miles	Avaio: Carmel Church Data Hub	is a hyperscale Build-to-Suit and wholesale data center campus located in East-Central Virginia.
19.68 miles	Avaio: Carmel 3	This site is allocated for the future expansion of Avaio's Carmel Church Data Hub.
19.94 miles	Diode: Roxbury Technology Park	Diode Ventures withdrew its plan for the Roxbury Technology Park, a 515-acre data center campus near Richmond, Virginia.

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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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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...