Lumen Geneva

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Geneva

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Switzerland

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Western Europe

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Europe

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EMEA

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Lumen Geneva

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Lumen Technologies Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of Lumen Geneva

Distance	Site	About
0.00 miles	Equinix Geneva GV2
2.12 miles	nLighten: Geneva	In April 2024, nLighten acquired the site from Exa Infrastructure.
2.14 miles	CapitaLand: Geneva	Chemin de L’Epinglier is a three-storey modern concrete data centre facility (triple net powered shell). The site is in close proximity to Geneva’s CBD, located approximately 7 km to the east.
2.24 miles	Equinix Geneva GV1
2.31 miles	ECL: Geneva
2.34 miles	NorthC: Geneva	European operator NorthC has announced plans to break ground on its sixth Swiss data center in the first quarter of 2026.
2.80 miles	CERN: Meyrin	CERN operates a data center in Geneva.
2.97 miles	Vaultica: GEN01	Vaultica's GEN01 is a colocation data center in Plan-les-Ouates, on Geneva's southern edge. Safe Host opened it in 2002 as SH1, its first site; it became STACK in 2022 and Vaultica in 2025.
16.26 miles	Vaultica: Gland GEN02	Vaultica sells carrier-neutral colocation inside STACK's GEN02 data center in Gland, between Geneva and Lausanne. The business was part of STACK until Apollo-managed funds bought it in 2025.
16.26 miles	Stack: GEN02	STACK's GEN02 is a large carrier-neutral data center in Gland, between Geneva and Lausanne. Safe Host opened it in 2017 as SH2 and it became STACK in 2022. Vaultica also sells colocation in the building.
16.39 miles	Stack: GEN03	STACK's GEN03 is a planned data center on Route des Avouillons in Gland, between Geneva and Lausanne, beside its GEN02 building. STACK filed the building permit in 2025.

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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NorthC Breaks Ground on 4.5MW Geneva Data Center in Switzerland

October 21, 2026 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has started construction on its sixth data center in Switzerland, a 4.5MW facility in Meyrin on the edge of Geneva. The building at The Hive technology park will deliver 4.5MW of IT capacity across 5,400 square meters (58,125 sq ft), released in phases of 1.5MW, according to NorthC's...

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...