Lumen Louisville 1 Data Center

Overview

Lumen Louisville 1 is a compact downtown network and colocation site at 848 South 8th Street, on the south side of the Louisville central business district. The facility traces its lineage to the original Level 3 / Williams Communications metro fiber buildout and remains an active node on Lumen's national long-haul network after the 2017 CenturyLink / Level 3 merger and 2020 Lumen rebrand.

Role in the Louisville Market

The site is one of three Lumen-operated facilities in the Louisville metro, alongside downtown locations at 332 W. Broadway (Lumen Louisville 3, the former TW Telecom carrier hotel) and additional Lumen network space at 730 W. Main Street. Together these locations form the core of Louisville's carrier and interconnection fabric. The 8th Street site emphasizes carrier services and small-footprint colocation tied directly to Lumen's fiber backbone.

Building Character

The site reads as a converted telco / carrier-hotel facility rather than a purpose-built modern colo. Total building footprint is approximately 13,400 square feet, with around 1,146 square feet of raised-floor colocation space. Power is delivered by LG&E (Louisville Gas & Electric), the regional electric utility serving downtown Louisville.

Distance	Site	About
0.47 miles	Cogent Louisville
0.60 miles	DataCanopy: Louisville	Located in downtown Louisville, the colocation and managed hosting data center is equipped with advanced features and security.
1.77 miles	Flexential Louisville 2, 3, 4
5.71 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville 6	Located in Kentucky, this two-story facility will be a part of PowerHouse Data Centers' Louisville Campus.
5.72 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville 3	Located in Kentucky, this two-story facility will be a part of PowerHouse Data Centers' Louisville Campus.
5.84 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville 5	Located in Kentucky, this two-story facility will be a part of PowerHouse Data Centers' Louisville Campus.
5.86 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville 2	Located in Kentucky, this two-story facility will be a part of PowerHouse Data Centers' Louisville Campus.
5.94 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville 7	Located in Kentucky, this two-story facility will be a part of PowerHouse Data Centers' Louisville Campus.
5.98 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville 4	Located in Kentucky, this two-story facility will be a part of PowerHouse Data Centers' Louisville Campus.
5.99 miles	PowerHouse: Louisville Campus	PowerHouse, a US data center firm owned by AREP, is expanding into Kentucky with a large data center campus in Louisville.
9.61 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	Meta will be investing $800 million to develop a data center campus spanning almost 700,000 sq ft (65,030 sqm). The company expects the data center to be operational in 2026.
9.82 miles	Connect Data Centers: Jeffersonville, IN
13.53 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset
13.53 miles	Aphorio Carter: Louisville, KY	Aphorio Carter has acquired two enterprise data centers in Kentucky in 2025. Both properties were built in 2011 and offer 102,500 square feet (9,520 sqm) of space.
14.23 miles	Flexential East Louisville

Distance

Site

About

0.47 miles

Cogent Louisville

0.60 miles

DataCanopy: Louisville

Located in downtown Louisville, the colocation and managed hosting data center is equipped with advanced features and security.

1.77 miles

Flexential Louisville 2, 3, 4

5.71 miles

PowerHouse: Louisville 6