Boston data centers and colocation

Main operators in Boston

Here, FirstLight Fiber operates 3 buildings and Markley Group operates 2. Markley Group One Summer Street Boston leads on connectivity, holding 81 networks.CoreSite - Boston (BO1) comes next with 40. More networks under one roof means more carrier options, plus cross connects that are cheaper and shorter (a cable joining your rack with another company's).

• FirstLight Fiber3 buildings
• Markley Group2 buildings
• Centersquare2 buildings
• Crown Castle2 buildings
• Equinix2 buildings
• TierPoint2 buildings
• CoreSite1 building
• Lumen Technologies1 building
• VPLS1 building
• TOWARDEX Technologies International1 building

Internet exchanges serving Boston

A shared switch where networks trade traffic directly is called an internet exchange. If you're in a building on the exchange, one port connects you to its members.

• MASS-IX 72 members, 6 buildings here
• Boston Internet Exchange 57 members, 2 buildings here
• Any2East 50 members, 1 building here

Colocation costs in Boston

A full 42U rack drawing about 2.4 kW costs between $930 and $999 a month at list price. More power, cross connects and bandwidth cost extra.

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Building locations

Buildings in the Boston market sit in Boston (4), Somerville (4), Waltham (4), Marlborough (3), Needham (2), Billerica (2), Andover (2), Cambridge (1), Watertown (1), Chelmsford (1), Wakefield (1), Marlboro (1), Rockland (1), Lynn (1), Medford (1) and Lowell (1).