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ViaWest

ViaWest is a West coast company offering colocation, cloud services, and disaster recovery. The company was acquired by Peak10 in June 2017. In 2018 they rebranded as Flexential.

Headquarters: Greenwood Village, CO
Web: https://www.viawest.com/

Peak 10 + ViaWest Acquires Data Center in Philadelphia Market

By Rich Miller - November 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

TThe exterior of the new Flexential facility in the Philadelphia market. (Photo: Flexential)

Peak 10 + ViaWest is continuing to expand, pushing into the Northeast with the acquisition of a data center in the Philadelphia market.

Tagged With: Flexential, Peak 10, Philadelphia, ViaWest

The Rise of the MegaHall: Data Suites Get Larger

By Rich Miller - October 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

This data hall at the Peak10 + ViaWest ComPark data center is 710 feet long and 200 feet wide. (Photo: ViaWest)

Leading data center providers have begun building larger data halls, citing construction economics and the need to compete for larger deals.

Tagged With: CyrusOne, Digital Realty, Peak 10, RagingWire Data Centers, switch, ViaWest

East Meets West: Peak 10 Acquires ViaWest for $1.7 Billion

By Rich Miller - June 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

The newest Peak 10 data center in Nashville, which has a larger footprint than many earlier builds. (Photo: Peak 10)

The merger mania in the data center industry continued today as Peak 10 acquired ViaWest from parent company Shaw Communications in a $1.675 billion all-cash transaction.

Tagged With: GI Partners, Peak 10, ViaWest

More Data Center M&A Likely. But Who Will Be the Buyers?

By Rich Miller - November 18, 2015 1 Comment

The NAP of the Capital Region in Culpeper, Virginia is one of the properties Equinix acquired from Verizon in a $3.6 billion deal. (Photo: Verizon)

With an unusual number of data center assets up for sale, investors and analysts say the likely buyers will be strategic acquirers seeking expansion, rather than private equity firms.

Tagged With: Cologix, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, Equinix, TierPoint, ViaWest

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