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Lumen Technologies Sites

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Sites within 15 miles of Level3 Cologne

Distance	Site	About
2.79 miles	Penta Infra Cologne
3.28 miles	euNetworks Köln
5.97 miles	AtlasEdge: Leverkusen	The data center "LEV1" has been developed as a modular new building at the Leverkusen location
6.02 miles	AtlasEdge: Leverkusen 2	AtlasEdge is expanding its Leverkusen presence with a second data center adjacent to its existing LEV001 facility at Dornierstraße 10, adding new colocation capacity to serve growing enterprise demand in Germany's Rhine-Ruhr region.
7.69 miles	nLighten: Cologne CGN1
14.51 miles	nLighten Düsseldorf DUS1
15.65 miles	AtlasEdge: Düsseldorf
15.97 miles	ITENOS Bonn
16.42 miles	Digital Realty: DUS2
16.44 miles	Connecta Park Complex
16.44 miles	Digital Realty: DUS3
16.47 miles	NorthC: Düsseldorf	In September 2025, NorthC Datacenters officially completed the acquisition of this facility from Colt Technology Services.
16.48 miles	Digital Realty: Düsseldorf
16.48 miles	Arelion Dusseldorf DDF/B
16.50 miles	Sievers: Dusseldorf	With a total area of 6,863 m², the SIEVERS GROUP has access to a modern and innovative data center in a central Düsseldorf location.
17.63 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In Elsdorf, Germany, Microsoft plans to build a data center on a 26-hectare site, situated about one kilometer (0.6 miles) south of Heppendorf.
19.08 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Microsoft is constructing a 270,605 sq ft data center on a 20-hectare site in Bergheim, located west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft district.
19.59 miles	Equinix Düsseldorf DU1

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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...

Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

August 03, 2023 Lumen Technologies

In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization to...