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Hurricane Electric Fremont 2
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48233 Warm Springs Boulevard
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Fully operational facility
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Hurricane Electric Fremont 2
Short Code: Fremont 2
Year Built:
1971
- 3000 Cabinets
- 3 Internet Exchange Points (SFMIX, AMS-IX Bay, and FCIX)
- 70 Internet Networks
- 7 Carriers with Diverse Fiber
- 200,000 square feet
- 24 x 7 x 365 Onsite Staff
- 24 x 7 x 365 Remote Hands
- 24 x 7 x 365 Access
- Diverse A & B Power Available (fully separate PDUs, Panels, Transformers, Generators)
- UPS and Generator back-up power
- Individually locked cabinets
- Custom designed video surveillance of every cabinet
- Card keyed doors and other onsite security measures
Building History
The site was developed in 1971 and was previously a manufacturing facility for Apple Computer. After Apple vacated the site the building was used by various tenants as a warehouse and distribution center and manufacturing plant. In 2006 Hurricane Electric converted the building to a data center.
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48233 Warm Springs Boulevard
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| 0.29 miles | Verizon: Fremont |
The site is a previous XO Communications facility
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| 1.42 miles | Hurricane Electric Fremont 1 |
2 Internet Exchange Points (SFMIX and AMS-IX Bay)
20 Internet Networks
6 Carriers with Diverse Fiber
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| 3.03 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 3.26 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 3.51 miles | Prologis: San Jose, California |
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| 3.55 miles | Prologis: San Jose 2 |
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| 3.61 miles | Prologis: San Jose 3 |
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| 3.67 miles | Prologis: San Jose 4 |
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| 3.88 miles | 400 Holger Way, San Jose | |
| 4.35 miles | Terra Ventures: San Jose, CA |
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| 4.99 miles | STACK Silicon Valley SVY01 |
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| 5.03 miles | Stack: SVY01C |
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| 5.12 miles | DataBank Santa Clara SFO1 |
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| 5.12 miles | Equinix San Jose SV13 |
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| 5.19 miles | 2950 Zanker |
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| 5.20 miles | T5@Silicon Valley (Newark) |
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| 5.22 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 5.35 miles | T5@Silicon Valley Bldg 2 |
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| 5.48 miles | NaviSite Santa Clara |
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| 6.02 miles | Equinix San Jose SV3 | |
| 6.06 miles | 4700 Old Ironsides | |
| 6.06 miles | Centersquare: Santa Clara SF02 |
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| 6.12 miles | 4650 Old Ironsides | |
| 6.12 miles | Centersquare: SF02 DC2 |
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| 6.13 miles | Evocative Santa Clara SJC11 |
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| 6.17 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 6.21 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 6.25 miles | QTS Santa Clara |
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| 6.28 miles | Goodman Innovation Bldg2 |
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| 6.29 miles | Intel Santa Clara D2P3 |
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| 6.32 miles | Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose |
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| 6.33 miles | China Telecom Santa Clara | |
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| 6.53 miles | Equinix Sunnyvale SV4 | |
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| 6.56 miles | StratCap: 3205 Bassett |
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| 6.57 miles | EdgeCore Silicon Valley |
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| 6.71 miles | Equinix Santa Clara SV2 | |
| 6.71 miles | OpenColo | |
| 6.73 miles | Astound: Santa Clara | |
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| 6.74 miles | Evocative: Santa Clara, SJC3 |
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| 6.76 miles | Lumen Santa Clara |
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| 6.76 miles | Colovore: SJC02 |
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| 6.77 miles | Digital Realty: SJC11 |
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| 6.78 miles | Digital Realty: SJC30 | |
| 6.81 miles | Connect Data Centers: Santa Clara, CA |
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| 6.81 miles | Colovore: Santa Clara SJC01 |
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| 6.87 miles | Digital Realty: Silicon Valley SJC10 |
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| 6.87 miles | Tata San Francisco | |
| 6.90 miles | Csquare: Santa Clara SF04 |
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| 6.90 miles | Digital Realty: SJC14 | |
| 6.92 miles | Csquare: SFO4-B | |
| 6.92 miles | Prime Santa Clara |
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| 6.93 miles | Digital Realty: SJC15 |
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| 6.95 miles | Prime: 1231 Comstock |
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| 7.18 miles | CoreSite SV6 | |
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| 7.34 miles | Vantage: CA16 |
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| 7.38 miles | Vantage: CA13 |
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| 7.40 miles | Vantage: CA15 |
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| 7.44 miles | Digital Realty: SJC34 |
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| 7.45 miles | Vantage: Santa Clara CA1 |
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| 7.45 miles | 2401 Walsh - Digital Realty |
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| 7.45 miles | Centersquare: Santa Clara SF01 |
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| 7.48 miles | Vantage: CA12 |
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| 7.49 miles | Vantage: CA14 |
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| 7.51 miles | 2403 Walsh - Digital Realty |
Currently leased to a Triple Net customer.
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| 7.51 miles | Centersquare: Santa Clara SF01 DC2 |
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| 7.52 miles | Bowers Data Center |
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| 7.57 miles | Equinix Santa Clara SV17 |
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| 7.58 miles | Vantage: CA23 |
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| 7.58 miles | Vantage: CA22 |
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| 7.58 miles | Prime: 2225 Martin |
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| 7.59 miles | Vantage: Santa Clara CA3 |
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| 7.59 miles | Vantage: Santa Clara CA2 |
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| 7.61 miles | Equinix Santa Clara SV16 |
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| 7.63 miles | Prime Santa Clara (Martin) | |
| 7.64 miles | Equinix Santa Clara SV15 |
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| 7.67 miles | Equinix Santa Clara SV14 |
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| 7.69 miles | Cologix Santa Clara |
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| 7.70 miles | Santa Clara (SC1) Digital Realty |
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| 7.71 miles | EdgeConneX Santa Clara |
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| 7.74 miles | Skybox Santa Clara |
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| 7.75 miles | EdgeConneX: 1600 Memorex |
Expansion site
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| 7.76 miles | Centersquare: Sunnyvale SF03 |
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| 7.77 miles | Element Critical SV1 |
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| 7.79 miles | Lumen Sunnyvale 1 |
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| 7.80 miles | 2045 & 2055 Lafayette - Digital Realty |
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| 7.80 miles | STACK SVY02A |
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| 7.81 miles | Centersquare: SF03 DC2 |
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| 7.82 miles | H5: Silicon Valley |
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| 7.82 miles | ColoXchange Sunnyvale | |
| 7.85 miles | CloudHQ: Santa Clara SJC1 |
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| 7.85 miles | Menlo: MD-SV1 (Sunnyvale) |
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| 8.72 miles | ECL MV1 | |
| 9.15 miles | Arena Investors: Bassett AI R&D |
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| 9.21 miles | 365 San Jose | |
| 9.22 miles | Evocative: SJC7 |
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| 9.56 miles | Cerulean San Jose |
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| 9.57 miles | Fibernet San Jose |
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| 9.62 miles | HostPapa SJ1 |
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| 9.62 miles | CoreSite SV1 55 S Market |
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| 9.62 miles | Hurricane San Jose |
Multiple racks in cages in the same building as CoreSite Any2 San Jose
20+ Carriers with Diverse Fiber In Building
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| 9.68 miles | 150 S 1st |
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| 9.70 miles | Astound: Mountain View | |
| 9.71 miles | Rackspace San Jose SJC2 |
Colocated within the Digital Reality's building
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| 13.28 miles | AT&T Palo Alto | |
| 13.33 miles | Equinix Palo Alto SV8 |
Equinix SV8 is the home of the legendary Palo Alto Internet Exchange.
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| 13.34 miles | Menlo: Bryant Street Landlord | |
| 15.04 miles | Prime Hayward |
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| 16.20 miles | AT&T Hayward | |
| 16.29 miles | Lumen Hayward 1 | |
| 17.47 miles | Equinix SV11 | |
| 17.56 miles | Equinix SV10 | |
| 17.57 miles | Equinix San Jose Campus |
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| 17.58 miles | Lightedge: San Jose, CA |
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| 17.60 miles | Equinix SV5 | |
| 17.91 miles | SC Zeus: San Jose |
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| 17.93 miles | China Mobile San Jose |
In 2023, after many delays, the building was commissioned
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| 17.98 miles | Prime: San Jose |
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| 17.98 miles | Equinix: SV12x | |
| 17.99 miles | RICloud: 6580 Via del Oro |
In 2017, RiCloud Corp acquired from Briggs Development and spent about $100 million renovating the property.
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| 18.04 miles | Equinix: SV19 | |
| 18.17 miles | Equinix: SV18 |
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Hurricane Electric Fremont 2 Data Center Photos (See all)
Front Lobby of HE's Fremont 2 Site
Source: he.net
Entrance at 48233 Warm Springs Blvd
Source: Baxtel
Hot and Cold Rows
Source: he.net
The Fremont 2 Colocation Facility is arranged with “warm and cold” rows. The front of each cabinet faces a cold row, drawing air from the front and venting through the rear to the warm row.
Operating Company
Operated by:
Hurricane Electric operates a global internet backbone, providing IP Transit (IPv6/IPv4 wholesale Internet bandwidth). The company operates the world's largest IPv4 and IPv6 global network, with direct connectivity to more than 7000 different networks, including more than 180 Internet peering points, and at 150+ POPs in 103 cities ... in North America (27 states & 7 provinces), Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa.
HE.net also operates three carrier-neutral data centers for colocation of customer equipment, in Fremont and San Jose, California.
Hurricane Electric was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.
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