CoreSite, a subsidiary of
American Tower
American Tower Corporation (also referred to as American Tower or ATC) is an American real estate investment trust and an owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure in several countries worldwide and is headquart ...
, owns carrier-neutral
data centers and provides
colocation and
peering
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services to prolific spammers.
As of June 24, 2022 the company owned 27 operating data center facilities in 10 markets comprising over 4.6 million net rentable square feet. The properties are in
Boston
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Chicago
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Denver
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,
Los Angeles
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Miami
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New York City
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Northern Virginia
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San Francisco
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San Jose, California
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Santa Clara, California
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Orlando, Florida and the
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[ The company has over 1,350 customers including enterprises, network operators, cloud providers, and supporting service providers.][
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History
The company was founded in 2001 as CRG West at two of the West coast's original carrier hotels: Market Post Tower
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and One Wilshire
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.
In August 2005, the company opened a facility in Washington, D.C.
In May 2007, the company acquired properties in Boston and Chicago. It also purchased a tract of land in Santa Clara, with the intent of developing a 50-megawatt data center Coronado campus there.
In June 2009, the company changed its name to CoreSite.[
In September 2010, the company became a ]public company
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via an initial public offering
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.
In April 2012, the company acquired Comfluent and entered the Denver market.
In August 2012, Coresite became the first AMS-IX enabled data center operator in North America.
In July 2016, Tom Ray, the chief executive officer of the company, retired and was replaced by Paul Szurek, lead independent director.
In August 2016, the company announced the $60 million acquisition of the 22-acre Sunrise Technology Park from Brookfield Office Properties.
In December 2021, the company was acquired by American Tower
American Tower Corporation (also referred to as American Tower or ATC) is an American real estate investment trust and an owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure in several countries worldwide and is headquart ...
.
See also
* List of Internet exchange points
This is a list of Internet exchange points ( IXPs). There are several sources for IXP locations, including Packet Clearing House, who have maintained the earliest list of IXPs, with global coverage since 1994. Also, Telegeography, PeeringDB and t ...
References
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2001 establishments in Colorado
2010 initial public offerings
2021 mergers and acquisitions
American corporate subsidiaries
Companies based in Denver
Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Data centers
Financial services companies established in 2001
Real estate companies established in 2001