Cologix, a network neutral interconnection and

data center A data center (American English) or data centre (British English)See spelling differences. is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunic ...

company, provides data center solutions from 40+ interconnection locations across 11

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n markets. The edge markets that Cologix operates in are:

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

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Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...

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Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the ...

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Lakeland, Florida Lakeland is the most populous city in Polk County, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay Area, located along Interstate 4 east of Tampa. According to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. Lakeland is a principal c ...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

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Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

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Silicon Valley, California Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo Cou ...

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Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

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Northern New Jersey North Jersey comprises the northern portions of the U.S. state of New Jersey between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. The designation of northern New Jersey with a distinct toponym is a colloquial one rather than an administrativ ...

; and

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

. The company supports five

Internet exchange Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting ...

Network locations

United States

Columbus

Cologix acquired DataCenter.BZ in February 2014, procuring 86,000 square feet 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. Cologix is currently building a 160K SQF (half of that raised floor space), 18+MW data center on its existing 8 acre campus in Columbus. The new $130M+ facility will become Columbus's largest neutral data center and will be directly linked to Cologix's existing data centers, offering connectivity to 45+ network service providers, 20+ cloud service providers and the Ohio-IX Internet Exchange. The data center is built based on a concurrently maintainable design with 2N power and N+1 cooling. Further attributes include an EF-4 tornado rating, K-rated perimeter fence and 24x7 guards. The redundancy, scale, security and connectivity enables Cologix to address growing market demand ranging from individual cabinets to multi-megawatt deployments.

Dallas

Dallas is situated at the major crossroads of network connectivity in the South Central United States. Cologix operates 40,000 square feet across two data centers in the Dallas

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, including a

meet-me-room A "meet-me room" (MMR) is a place within a colocation centre (or carrier hotel) where telecommunications companies can physically connect to one another and exchange data without incurring local loop fees. Services provided across connections in ...

. The Dallas INFOMART building, is the region's preeminent carrier hotel located at 1950 North Stemmons Freeway. The INFOMART has the largest number of carriers out of any single building in a 900-mile radius, with more than 8,700 strands of fiber.

Jacksonville

Cologix operates two data centers in Jacksonville, Florida, including one site, JAX 1, at 421 West Church Street (the region's carrier hotel) and a second data center, JAX 2, at 4800 Spring Park Road which provides enterprise colocation and disaster recovery. Cologix maintains a meet-me-room in the 421 West Church Street building, which is wired with

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to connect to Central and South America. Cologix connects the

NAP of the Americas Network Access Point (NAP) of the Americas (also called MI1) is a massive, six-story, 750,000 square foot data center and Internet exchange point in Miami, Florida, operated by Equinix. It is one of the world's largest data centers and among th ...

in Miami to Cologix's Jacksonville data center and meet-me-room at 421 West Church Street. The 421 West Church Street site facilitates connections at the intersection of metro, long-haul and subsea fiber routes.

Lakeland

Cologix operates 100,000 square feet of data center space in Lakeland, Florida offering disaster recovery and colocation services from their data center.

Minneapolis

Cologix operates data center space and the meet-me-room at the carrier hotel at the

511 Building (Minneapolis) The Minnesota Technology Center, formerly called the BTC/Bunker and also known as the 511 Building in reference to its address, is a colocation centre, colocation center located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, near U.S. Bank Stadium and the ...

in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota providing access to more than 80+ network providers. Cologix also provides the Midwest Internet Cooperative Exchange (MICE) with space and power in the 511 Building.

Northern New Jersey

Cologix's Northern New Jersey data centers are located about 30 miles outside of Manhattan and 280+ feet above sea level. Cologix operates four New Jersey data centers and business continuity sites, within more than 230,000 SQF of usable floor space, provide enterprise‐grade colocation, cloud and managed services.

Canada

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

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. Additionally, the

Montreal Internet Exchange The Montreal Internet Exchange (QIX) was incorporated in 2013 as a not-for-profit Internet Exchange Point (IXP) and is located in Montreal (Quebec), Canada. It was originally created in 1995 by the Réseau d'informations scientifiques du Québe ...

(also known as QIX), deployed a core node with Cologix at 1250 René-Lévesque West and 625 René-Lévesque West.

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. Cologix Toronto offers access to more than 150+ networks and provides a direct on-ramp to the

Toronto Internet Exchange The Toronto Internet Exchange Community (TorIX) is a not-for-profit Internet Exchange Point (IXP) located in a carrier hotel at 151 Front Street West, Equinix's TR2 data centre at 45 Parliament Street and 905 King Street West in Toronto, Ontar ...

(TORIX).

Vancouver

Cologix operates three data centers in Vancouver, British Columbia in the

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at 555 West Hastings Street (VAN1), 1050 West Pender Street (VAN2) and 2828 Natal Street (VAN3). The Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX), an open and participant-run non-profit

, has nodes in VAN2 and in VAN3. Cologix is partnered with VANIX, contributing space and fiber optic network connections.{{Cite web, url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vancouver-internet-exchange-vanix-deploys-at-cologixs-new-vancouver-interconnection-hub-van3-301007657.html, title = Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX) Deploys at Cologix's New Vancouver Interconnection Hub VAN3

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