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Lightedge: Lenexa (Cavern)

Year Built: 2007
Utility Provider: Evergy
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Located 125 feet underground within a three-million-square-foot limestone formation, the Lenexa facility was added to the LightEdge portfolio following the acquisition of Cavern Technologies in September 2021.

The subterranean structure provides natural protection against surface-level environmental hazards. The facility maintains a consistent ambient temperature of 20°C (68°F), which reduces the mechanical cooling requirements for the IT load.

Expansions

  • Cavern started with 60,000 square feet in 2007.
  • Then in 2013, it expanded by an additional 60,000 for a total of 110,000 sqft.
  • In 2019, it was expanded by an additional 40,000 sqft
  • The site has the ability to expand up to 500,000sqft and 50 MW of power.

Founded in 2007

Cavern Technologies, was founded by Pete Clune and John Clune in 2007. Pete and John drew from their backgrounds in risk management and executive leadership, along with the natural underground environment of the facility to establish a data center that would be a fortress of security and IT performance for customers

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17501 W 98th St ( #18-33 )
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Lightedge: Lenexa (Cavern) Data Center Photos (See all)

Layout of the Meritex Lenexa Executive Park Cave
Source: Meritex
Entrance to the Meritex Lenexa Executive Park
Source: Baxtel
Underground Entrance
Source: Cavern Technologies
Generators
Source: Baxtel
Cavern UPS
Source: Baxtel
Power Room
Source: Cavern Technologies
SubTopolis hosts an annual Groundhog Run for the last 35+ years. The event, 5K and 10K runs hare typically hosted in January
Annual Groundhog Run in the cave
Source: SubTropolis

SubTopolis hosts an annual Groundhog Run for the last 35+ years. The event, 5K and 10K runs hare typically hosted in January

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Founded in 1996, LightEdge is a enterprise-grade cloud service provider, colocation and consulting company.

LightEdge is ISO 20000-1, SSAE 16 SOC 1 and SSAE 16 SOC 2 certified with Data Center operations meeting the stringent PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance requirements.

LightEdge is privately held with the Anschutz Corporation being the largest investor.

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Meritex_Lenexa_Executive_Park_2010.pdf

Meritex Lenexa Executive Park leasing sheet. Page 3 shows the Cave's layout.

November 2010

CavernTechnologies_CaseStudy_Final-1.pdf

VYCON Flywheel Case study

February 2019

20488_Cavern_Technology_CS.pdf

Onsite Energy Case Study

November 2018

cavern-technologies-underground-build-to-suite-data-center.pdf

Cavern Technologies presentation. Many layout drawings starting on page 8.

May 2011

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