Level3 Birmingham UK

Latest Podcast 116 Colmore Row

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Fully operational facility

Birmingham UK

Metro
West Midlands

Region
England

Country
United Kingdom

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Western Europe

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Europe

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EMEA

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Level3 Birmingham UK

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116 Colmore Row

Lumen Technologies Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Level3 Birmingham UK

Distance	Site	About
0.30 miles	EBC Group: Birmingham
0.49 miles	Intercity Birmingham
0.99 miles	Six Degrees: Birmingham Central
2.77 miles	Pulsant: Cole Valley	UK Edge data center firm Pulsant has acquired a Birmingham data center, known as the Cole Valley facility, from IT services provider SCC.
7.48 miles	nLighten Edge 8 Birmingham
7.56 miles	Atos: Birmingham	Located at 3300 Solihull Parkway, the Atos Birmingham Data Centre is a mission-critical infrastructure hub that has been operational since 1991.
7.60 miles	ATOS: Longbridge
10.12 miles	Datatech UK: Alvechurch	Located at Bordesley Hall, the Datatech UK Alvechurch facility is a purpose-built colocation center that officially opened in 2008.
11.81 miles	VeloxServ: Velox 3, Redditch	Velox 3 in Redditch offers complete power protection boasting N+N UPS and Generator power infrastructure with dedicated fuel supply on-site and a 24/7/365 refueling contract in place.
11.89 miles	Level3 Wolverhampton
11.94 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset	Deep Green is building a data center in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
12.13 miles	VeloxServ: Velox 2
12.14 miles	VeloxServ: Velox 1, Wolverhampton
13.94 miles	Six Degrees: Studley North
13.95 miles	Six Degrees: Studley South	The Studley South facility was commissioned in 1998.
14.78 miles	Continuity House	Continuity House is the flagship, purpose-built data center for UK Dedicated Servers, opened in early 2023 to serve as a high-performance hub in the Midlands.
18.07 miles	Kyndryl: Warwick

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Operating Company

The combined company of CenturyLink and Level(3) has one of the largest networks in the world.

The combined company of CenturyLink and Level 3 is a patchwork of data centers that span over Europe, North America, and Latin America. The data centers came through acquisitions that include Global Crossing (2011) and TW Telecom (2014).

A Timeline of Level 3 Acquisitions

2020: CenturyLink rebrands as Lumen Technologies
2017: CenturyLink acquired Level 3's data centers and network for $34 billion
2015: Black Lotus (for Level3's DDoS mitigation product)
2014 Level 3 acquired TW Telecom for $5.7 billion
2012 Level 3 acquired Voxility
2011 Level 3 acquired Global Crossing (GX) for $2.0 Billion
2007: Level(3) acquired Broadwing for $1.4 billion
2006: Level(3) acquired Progress Telecom for $137 million
2006: Level3 acquired Looking Glass Networks for $96 million
2006: Level3 acquired Telcove (Adelphia Business Solutions) for $1.2 billion
2006: Level3 acquired ICG Communications for $163 million
2005: Level 3 acquired WilTel for $680 million
2002: Level3 acquired Genuity for $242 million

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Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

December 11, 2025 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has appointed Jim Fowler as its executive vice president and chief technology and product officer. The new CTO is to succeed Dave Ward, who is leaving Lumen to become president and chief architect at Salesforce. Starting from January 6, Fowler will manage global technology and...

Lumen secures new contract from GAO

April 15, 2024 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has secured a contract worth about $73.6 million from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program. This multi-million dollar contract will see Lumen modernize network, data, voice,...

US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

November 10, 2023 Lumen Technologies

The US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is an...

Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

October 16, 2023 Lumen Technologies

Lumen announced that it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) business will be shut down and it has sold its customer contracts to Akamai. Both companies will undergo a transition services agreement for 90 days before Lumen completes its shut down. "We are deep into our transformation of Lumen and...

SCC installs solar panels on its Birmingham data center

August 03, 2023 Birmingham UK

SCC has installed solar panels on its data center in Birmingham, it has announced. Its flagship CV1 facility will have a 737kWp roof-mounted solar-PV system attached that will cover just over five percent of the facility's total energy needs. This new development has been made possible in...