Lumen Detroit 3

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Sites within 15 miles of Lumen Detroit 3

Distance	Site	About
0.07 miles	Quicken Loans
0.84 miles	Raeden: Detroit Carrier Hotel
1.27 miles	Raeden: One Campus Martius	OCM, one of two Raeden-managed connectivity hub sites in Detroit, offers colocation services in Downtown Detroit.
2.38 miles	MNSi Goyeau Data Centre
4.62 miles	123NET: DC5
6.19 miles	Shoemaker Data Center	The proposed Shoemaker Data Center is a highly confidential project slated for a city-owned, 14.42-acre industrial brownfield site in eastern Detroit near the Coleman A. Young Airport.
8.11 miles	Solstice Data: Allen Park, MI	The proposed Solstice Data center in Allen Park is an "edge" facility designed to support low-latency AI applications for local industries like healthcare and automotive manufacturing.
12.23 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us
12.47 miles	Lumen Detroit I
12.61 miles	Verizon: 21455 Melrose
12.70 miles	Nexcess Southfield
12.75 miles	US Signal: MI04 Southfield	Located near M-10, M-39, and M-24, the Southfield, Michigan data center provides easy access for businesses located in the Greater Detroit area
12.92 miles	123NET: DC3
12.94 miles	123NET: DC2
12.94 miles	ManagedWay Southfield
12.98 miles	EdgeConneX Detroit	Capable of 600+ watts per sq ft Real-time branch circuit monitoring
13.28 miles	123.net DC1	Michigan-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) 123Net has completed a major expansion of its Detroit data center, the Southfield DC1.
13.28 miles	ManagedWay Southfield SFJ1
13.32 miles	Mapletree: 19675 W Ten Mile
13.94 miles	365 Detroit (DT1)	DT1 Detroit is a 12,000 sq ft carrier-neutral colocation facility in Michigan's Business Center, 25 minutes from downtown Detroit and 20 miles from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Former Switch & Data and Equinix facility acquired by 365 Data Centers in November 2012.
14.73 miles	ManagedWay Troy 319 Executive
14.96 miles	ManagedWay Troy 600 Executive
16.39 miles	Lumen: Detroit 4
16.93 miles	Real Estate Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	Metrobloks is developing an AI-ready, scalable, and sustainable data center in the Detroit metropolitan area, with live capacity scheduled for Q4 2027.
17.39 miles	Cogent: 3331 W Big Beaver
17.88 miles	Online Tech Westland
19.90 miles	Panattoni: Detroit Expansion	Panattoni’s "Project Cannoli" in Van Buren Township is a massive data center development planned for 282 acres between Haggerty and Hannan roads.

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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...

A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale

September 14, 2023 Detroit

A data center outside of Detroit, Michigan, is available for purchase. Lee & Associates, a real estate agency, has listed 21420 Melrose in Southfield, Oakland County, as available. The 1986-built, 15,956-square-foot property is available for $1.34m. “This building is extremely well maintained...