The Lumen 8923 Complex Drive facility is a compact, carrier-neutral data center located in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego. This facility serves as Lumen's secondary San Diego location, offering colocation services with a focus on connectivity and network services. The data center is strategically positioned in San Diego's established telecommunications corridor.
Originally operated by Level 3 Communications, this facility became part of Lumen Technologies following CenturyLink's $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications, which was announced in October 2016 and completed on November 1, 2017. CenturyLink later rebranded to Lumen Technologies in September 2020.
Located in Kearny Mesa, this smaller-format data center serves as Lumen's secondary San Diego facility, complementing their larger regional presence. The facility focuses on network connectivity and carrier services, leveraging Lumen's extensive fiber network infrastructure. It caters to businesses requiring reliable connectivity with carrier-grade network services in the San Diego market.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.03 miles | CariNet | |
| 0.16 miles | i2b Networks San Diego |
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| 0.28 miles | LightEdge: San Diego (Lightwave) |
The site was previously known as AIS Lightwave (LWDC), before it was acquired by NFINIT, in 2020 and then in 2022 LightEdge acquired NFINIT.
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| 0.55 miles | ScaleMatrix San Diego |
The San Diego facility is its own facility, with 25,000 square feet of datacenter space built out today and the option to expand into another 75,000 square feet of space, spread across two buildings on the campus.
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| 1.45 miles | Lumen San Diego 1 | |
| 1.58 miles | DataBank San Diego Kearney Mesa |
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| 2.12 miles | EdgeConneX San Diego |
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| 2.16 miles | Verizon: 5771 Copley |
Former XO facility
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| 4.40 miles | Mapletree: 7337 Trade |
Mapletree 7337 Trade Street is a 499,402 square foot, five-story data center and office facility built in 1983 on 17 acres in San Diego's Miramar Industrial Park, and owned by Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust.
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| 5.62 miles | Lumen San Diego 3 |
The site was originally a Global Crossing facility
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| 6.06 miles | LightEdge: San Diego (SDTC) |
The site was previously known as " AIS West San Diego (SDTC)", before it was acquired by NFINIT, in 2020 and then in 2022 LightEdge acquired NFINIT.
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| 10.09 miles | AT&T San Diego | |
| 11.54 miles | DataBank San Diego SAN1 |
In 2023, Databank expanded the site from 15,000sqft and 1.2 MWs to a total of 60,000 sqft and 7.5 MWs.
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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).
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