Level3 Minneapolis (511 11th)

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Level3 Minneapolis (511 11th)

Ownership: Lumen Technologies does not own the building.

This site is leased from 511 Building in the 511 Building - Minnesota Technology Center building

Map and Nearby Locations

511 11th Avenue South ( Suite 210 )

Lumen Technologies Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Level3 Minneapolis (511 11th)

Distance	Site	About
0.00 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
0.00 miles	Lumen Minneapolis 2
0.00 miles	DataBank Minneapolis MSP4	In 2020, DataBank acquired the facility from Zayo.
0.01 miles	511 Building - Minnesota Technology Center
0.76 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.
0.76 miles	Cloud Capital: Minneapolis CBD	In 2026, Cloud Capital and Arcapita acquired the data center from Legacy Investing LLC.
0.76 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.
0.91 miles	Verizon: 250 Marquette	The site is a previous XO Communications facility
0.91 miles	Cogent: 250 Marquette
1.16 miles	IronGate: MSP4	The facility is designed as a redundant carrier hub for the 511 4th Street data infrastructure.
1.87 miles	Verizon: 1200 Washington	Former XO Communications site
5.25 miles	H5 Minneapolis
8.28 miles	US Signal: Saint Paul	The site was previously a OneNeck facility. In 2024, US Signal completed its acquisition of OneNeck Data Center Holdings LLC (OneNeck).
8.36 miles	Consolidated Edina
8.36 miles	Databank Minneapolis Edina MSP1
9.32 miles	Lumen Minnetonka
9.71 miles	EdgeConnex Minneapolis
9.81 miles	Swervo: Eagan	The 245,000-square-foot data center in Eagan, which was originally operated by Unisys (and formerly Sperry), officially changed hands in 2025.
9.82 miles	IronGate: MSP3
9.92 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).
10.61 miles	DataBank Minneapolis Eagan MSP2
12.19 miles	Centra: Minneapolis	U.S. data center firm Centra has broken ground on MSP1, a new carrier-neutral data center located in Eagan, Dakota County.
12.37 miles	Connect Data Centers: Eagan, MN	CLOP Eagan MN, LLC, with involvement from Oppidan, intends to develop a 61,000 square foot data center on a 22.1-acre portion of YMCA-owned land on Opperman Drive in Eagan, Minnesota.
12.98 miles	QLevr: Inver Grove Heights	In Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Florida-based developer QLevr has proposed a $150+ million edge data center at the former Travel Tags industrial site.
13.57 miles	DataBank Brooklyn Park MSP3
14.69 miles	IronGate: MSP2
14.85 miles	IronGate Woodbury MSP1
16.71 miles	Centersquare: Minneapolis MP2
17.12 miles	Connect Data Centers: Apple Valley, MN	The Apple Valley Campus will consist of seven buildings, five of which will be dedicated data centers, encompassing a total building area of approximately 1 million square feet (92,900 sqm).
17.22 miles	Edged Energy: Minneapolis MSP01	Edged Energy plans to construct a data center campus in Minneapolis, with operations expected to begin in Q1 2029.
17.22 miles	Edged Energy: MSP01 Expansion
18.21 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Meta Platforms Inc., through its subsidiary Jimnist LLC, has acquired over 200 acres of land in Rosemount located along County Road 42 and Blaine Avenue in February 2025.
18.66 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced it will build an $800 million data center in Rosemount.
18.80 miles	Flexential Minneapolis

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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...

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...