Cogent Communications
Quick Facts:
- Founded in 1999; publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CCOI).
- Headquartered in Washington, DC.
- Serves 190 markets in North America, Europe and Asia
- Provides Internet access, Ethernet transport and colocation services.
Cogent Network
- 2,125 On-Net buildings
- 69% multi-tenant office buildings
- 31% carrier neutral and Cogent data centers
- 50 Cogent data centers with 550,000+ square feet
- 610+ metro networks; 27,200+ metro fiber miles
- 59,000+ intercity fiber route miles
- Long-haul capacity up to 580 Gbps
- Transatlantic capacity over 800 Gbps across multiple cables/routes Interconnected with 5,270+ different networks
Acquisition History
Although debuting at the height of the telecom industry, Cogent soon found vast market wealth eradicated and many other ISPs thrown into a state of turmoil. In a survival of the fittest competition, Cogent became the consolidator in a consolidating market. Over three brief years, Cogent completed 13 acquisitions of other flailing providers. Whether it was an entire company or just select assets, Cogent was able to acquire valuable network assets, customers, peering relationships and building access agreements for pennies on the dollar.
Among Cogent's 13 acquisitions to date include three of the original generation Internet Service Providers who were pioneers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These companies—PSINet (originally Performance Systems International), NetRail and Aleron (originally AGIS/Net99)—were the earliest providers of commercial Internet service.
Other strategic acquisitions include assets from: Allied Riser, OnSite Access, Fiber City, Fiber Network Solutions, Applied Theory, LambdaNet France and Spain, Carrier1, Unlimited Fiber Optics, Global Access, Aleron, NTT/Verio.
Cogent Communications Data Center Map
Cogent Communications Power Growth Over Time
Cogent: 1050 Connecticut
Cogent Communications runs its Washington DC 2 data center inside the Washington Square office building at 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, in the District's Golden Triangle. The carrier-neutral facility offers cabinets and private cages on Cogent's network, with several other carriers on site.
Cogent: 510 Huntmar
Cogent exited the data center and it is currently available to lease.
Cogent: 2650 Rockefeller Ave
Cogent Communications' small Cleveland data center on Rockefeller Avenue, a former Sprint network site.
Cogent: 1120 W 6th
Cogent's Cincinnati edge data center at 1120 West 6th Street offers colocation on Cogent's network. The 5,793 sq ft facility sits in Queensgate, west of downtown Cincinnati.
Cogent: Sharonville
Cogent's Sharonville edge data center at 3235 East Sharon Road offers colocation on Cogent's network in Cincinnati's northern suburbs. The facility has 4,384 sq ft.
Cogent: Akron
Cogent Communications' Akron data center is a two-story telecom building in downtown Akron, Ohio, that Cogent offers for sale, net lease or wholesale colocation.
Cogent: Atlanta
Cogent's Atlanta data center offers 7,826 square feet of colocation space, featuring 42U cabinets and providing private cage options for customers.
Cogent: El Paso
Cogent runs a small carrier data center in a former Sprint network building north of downtown El Paso, Texas.
Cogent: Milwaukee 2
Cogent Communications runs its Milwaukee 2 data center at 2915 South 5th Court in Milwaukee's Bay View area, in a former Sprint network building. The site offers about 3,900 sq ft of colocation with UPS and generator backup.
Cogent: Toronto
Cogent Communications' Toronto office and data centre in Suite 300 at 245 Consumers Road in North York, with 12,800 sq ft and UPS and generator backup.
Cogent: Mississauga 2
Cogent Communications' second Mississauga data centre at 55 City Centre Drive, with about 11,800 sq ft.
Cogent: 324 E Wisconsin
Cogent Communications marketed a 608 sq ft colocation suite in the Wells Building at 324 East Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. By late 2025 Cogent listed only its Milwaukee 2 data center on South 5th Court for the market.
Cogent: 12061 N Freeway
Cogent's 27,000 sqft data center in Houston offers retail colocation
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