CoreSite
American data center provider
CoreSite, a subsidiary of American Tower, owns carrier-neutral data centers and provides colocation and peering services.
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, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Northern Virginia, San Francisco/San Jose, California, Santa Clara, California, Atlanta, Georgia, Orlando, Florida, and the Washington, D.C. areas. The company has over 1,350 customers including enterprises, network operators, cloud providers, and supporting service providers.
01History
The company was founded in 2001 as CRG West at two of the West coast's original carrier hotels: Market Post Tower and One Wilshire.
In August 2005, the company opened a facility in Washington, D.C.
In June 2009, the company changed its name to CoreSite.
In September 2010, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.
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 December 2021, the company was acquired by American Tower.
02Acquisitions
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 April 2012, the company acquired Comfluent and entered the Denver market.
In August 2016, the company announced the $60 million acquisition of the 22-acre Sunrise Technology Park from Brookfield Office Properties.
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