Cologix

Cologix, a network neutral[1] interconnection and data center company,[2] is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and provides colocation services for carrier, media, financial services and enterprise customers.[3] Founded in 2010,[4] the company operates 20 data centers in Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; Lakeland, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; and Vancouver, British Columbia.[5] The company supports four Internet exchanges in Toronto, Minneapolis, Vancouver and Montreal.

United States

Columbus

Cologix acquired DataCenter.BZ in February 2014, procuring 86,000 square feet[6] across two data center facilities at 555 Scherers Court in Columbus, Ohio. The site is located at the intersection of two trunks of nationwide fiber optic network that carries most Internet transmissions.[7]

Dallas

Cologix operates 40,000 square feet across two data centers in the Dallas Infomart,[8] including a meet-me-room.[9]

Jacksonville

Cologix operates two data centers in Jacksonville, Florida, including one site at 421 West Church Street (the region's carrier hotel) and a second data center at 4800 Spring Park Road. Cologix maintains a meet-me-room in the 421 West Church Street building,[10] which is wired with submarine communications cable to connect to Central and South America.[11] Allied Fiber's point of presence with Cologix connects the NAP of the Americas in Miami to Cologix's Jacksonville data center and meet-me-room at 421 West Church Street.[12] The 421 West Church Street site facilitates connections at the intersection of metro, long-haul and subsea fiber routes.[13]

Lakeland

Cologix operates 100,000 square feet of data center space in Lakeland, Florida.[14]

Minneapolis

Cologix operates data center space and the meet-me-room[15] at the carrier hotel at the 511 Building (Minneapolis) near the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota providing access to more than 70 network providers.[16] Cologix also provides the Midwest Internet Cooperative Exchange (MICE) with space and power in the 511 Building.[17]

Canada

Cologix TOR 1 datacenter at 151 FrontStreet.

Cologix operates 11 network neutral data centers in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.[18]

Montreal

Cologix operates more than 100,000 square feet of colocation space across seven data centers in Montreal, including in the carrier hotel at 1250 Rene Levesque West. A dedicated fiber ring connects the seven Cologix Montreal sites to share connectivity.[19] Additionally, the Quebec Internet Exchange (QIX) deployed a core node with Cologix[20] at 1250 Rene Levesque.

Toronto

Cologix operates two downtown Toronto data centers at 151 Front Street (the area's carrier hotel) and 905 King West in Toronto. The sites share connectivity through the use of a diverse metro fiber ring.[21] Cologix Toronto offers access to more than 125 networks and provides a direct on-ramp to the Toronto Internet Exchange (TORIX).[22]

Vancouver

Cologix operates two data centers in Vancouver, British Columbia[23] in the Harbour Centre at 555 West Hastings Street and 1050 West Pender. The Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX), an open and participant-run non-profit Internet exchange, deployed a core node in Cologix's facility at 1050 West Pender Street in Vancouver. Cologix is partnered with VANIX, contributing space and fiber optic network connections.[24]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-colocation-data-centers-are-vital-to-the-internets-connectedness/
  2. ↑ http://www.datacentres.com/dc-news/cologix-announces-minneapolis-datacentre-expansion
  3. ↑ http://dark-fiber.tmcnet.com/topics/dark-fiber/articles/369235-cologix-acquires-datacenterbz.htm
  4. ↑ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=117343856
  5. ↑ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/09/05/cologix-acquires-colo5-and-its-sizable-florida-data-center-footprint/
  6. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/07/10/cologix-buys-land-to-expand-data-center-still.html
  7. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2014/02/10/cologix.html
  8. ↑ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/05/09/cologix-even-more-wired-at-the-infomart/
  9. ↑ http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/cologix-opens-its-second-data-center-at-dallas-infomart
  10. ↑ http://channelvisionmag.com/allied-fiber-adds-pop-to-cologix-jacksonville-facility/
  11. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/09/08/cologixs-acquisition-of-colo5-solidifies-spot-in.html
  12. ↑ http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/07/allied-fiber-links-new-network-to-cologix-jacksonville-meet-me-room.html
  13. ↑ http://channelvisionmag.com/allied-fiber-adds-pop-to-cologix-jacksonville-facility/
  14. ↑ http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/cologix-acquires-colo5-expands-jacksonville-footprint-and-adds-lakeland-fla/2014-09-05
  15. ↑ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/01/08/cologix-expands-minnesotas-connected-building/
  16. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2014/01/08/cologix-doubles-size-of-its-downtown.html
  17. ↑ http://www.micemn.net/donations.html
  18. ↑ http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/cirrushosting-extends-cologix-partnership-offer-web-hosting-across-canada
  19. ↑ http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/cologix-lights-new-data-center-interconnect-hub-montreal/2014-01-14
  20. ↑ http://www.connectionsplus.ca/cabling/qix-launches-its-core-node-in-cologixs-montreal-data-centre-10/1002844646/
  21. ↑ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/05/02/cologix-expands-operations-in-toronto/
  22. ↑ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/18/cologix-launches-offers-colo-in-four-markets/
  23. ↑ http://www.techrockies.com/cologix-expands-in-vancouver-canada/s-0054206.html
  24. ↑ http://www.missioncriticalmagazine.com/articles/86641-vancouver-internet-exchange-now-available-at-cologixs-pender-st-data-center
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