Lumen Des Moines

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Sites within 15 miles of Lumen Des Moines

Distance	Site	About
5.30 miles	Consolidated Des Moines
5.33 miles	Cologix: Des Moines DSM3
5.40 miles	Cologix DSM1	DSM1 occupies 4,000 square feet of space and enables connectivity to 26 unique networks in the Cologix Meet-Me-Room with direct access to the DesMoinesIX internet exchange.
7.06 miles	Edged Energy: Des Moines DSM01	Data center firm Edged is developing a new 105,000-square-foot (9,755 sqm) facility, known as Edged Des Moines, on a 17.5-acre site outside Des Moines, Iowa.
7.38 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, operates a large data center campus in Altoona, Iowa, located at 100 Share Way NW.
7.50 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
7.55 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
7.61 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
7.66 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
7.80 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
7.88 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
8.19 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
8.20 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
8.22 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center is a part of Meta's Altoona Campus in Iowa.
8.38 miles	Lightedge Altoona 2
8.44 miles	LightEdge Altoona 1
8.72 miles	Tract: Altoona Tech Park	Tract is planning Altoona Technology Park, a 468-acre development in the Des Moines data center region with close proximity to hyperscale and wholesale data center providers.
8.75 miles	Connect Data Centers: Des Moines	US investment firm Oppidan's Des Moines data center spans 60,589 sq ft.
9.64 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
9.91 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In July 2023, Microsoft gained a permit for a data center at 3655 S.E. Soteria Ave. Issued to Microsoft's contractor, the Weitz Company, the permit was for a 184,600 sq ft facility under the description DSM 14.
10.23 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This building will be a part of Microsoft Corp.'s Ginger East data center campus.
10.34 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	The first phase of the Ginger East project, which sits on a 146-acre plot east of Veterans Parkway at SE Maffitt Lake Road, consists of a 250,000 sq ft (23,200 sqm) data center building located near the company's existing Alluvion data center.
10.39 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In 2023, a permit valued at $358 million was issued for a 245,000-square-foot data center in Microsoft’s Ginger East campus.
10.43 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In February 2024, the West Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission approved site plans for two new data centers at Microsoft Corp.'s Ginger East campus.
10.49 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In February 2024, the West Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission approved site plans for two new data centers at Microsoft Corp.'s Ginger East campus.
11.19 miles	Tract: Project West	The Norwalk City Council has approved a development agreement with Tract, a data center park developer, for a 282-acre site known as "Project West."
14.03 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	The SW Kerry Street site, also known as Project Osmium, was announced in 2016 and will span 1.7 million sq ft (158,000 sq m) of land once fully built out.
14.05 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	The SW Kerry Street site, also known as Project Osmium, was announced in 2016 and will span 1.7 million sq ft (158,000 sq m) of land once fully built out.
14.07 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	The company was granted permission for the third of five planned buildings on the site in 2021.
14.09 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In December 2022, Microsoft was issued a permit valued at $255 million for the fourth building.
14.12 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	A $345 million permit was issued in 2023 for a 250,000-square-foot facility at 5855 S.W. Kerry St. This data center building is the final one for the Osmium Campus.
15.05 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	In May 2024, The West Des Moines City Council approved a development agreement with Microsoft for another data center in Des Moines.
15.39 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
17.40 miles	US Signal Des Moines IA01	Type Carrier neutral facility Carriers CenturyLink, Enventis, Fiber Utilities, INS, Mediacom, NexGen, SageNet, Windstream
17.43 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Microsoft's Ginger West Campus is located at 11100 Booneville Road in Des Moines. In 2021, Microsoft gained approval for the first two buildings of its Ginger West data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa.
17.45 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Microsoft's Ginger West Campus is located at 11100 Booneville Road in Des Moines. In 2021, Microsoft gained approval for the first two buildings of its Ginger West data center project in West Des Moines, Iowa.
17.45 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This planned data center building will be an addition to Microsoft's existing Ginger West Campus.
17.47 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This planned data center building will be an addition to Microsoft's existing Ginger West Campus.
17.49 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	This data center building is an addition to Microsoft's existing Ginger West Campus.

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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...