Cologix Acquires COLO-D, Montreal’s Leading Provider of Hyperscale Data Centers

Cologix combines existing interconnection platform with
industry-leading hyperscale offering to meet market demand for cloud
proximity

DENVER & MONTREAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/cloud?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#cloudlt;/agt;–Cologix,
a network and cloud-neutral interconnection and data center company,
today announced the acquisition of COLO-D. This acquisition integrates
COLO-D’s best-in-breed Hyperscale Edge campus in Montreal with Cologix’s
leading interconnection ecosystem and data center platform. COLO-D adds
50MW of Hyperscale data center capacity to Cologix’s existing Montreal
footprint which spans 7 data centers throughout the region. With this
integration, Cologix is now the only data center provider to offer
Hyperscale ready-for-service capacity combined with unparalleled
interconnection solutions.

“The COLO-D acquisition is representative of our investment and
commitment to offering tethered hyperscale data centers in order to meet
and exceed the needs of the rapidly growing hyperscale edge and cloud
connectivity markets. COLO-D and Cologix combine the necessary physical
infrastructure with the cloud and network onramps to a robust
connectivity ecosystem that hyperscalers require,” said Bill Fathers,
Chairman and CEO, Cologix. “We welcome Patrick and the COLO-D team to
the Cologix family and look forward to collectively growing our business
in order to meet customer needs.”

The acquisition solidifies Cologix’s leading position in Montreal and
reinforces their commitment and investment to bring highly connected
capacity to the Montreal market in order to serve as the connective
tissue supporting the rapid data center growth throughout the province.
Cologix will deploy over $500M in data infrastructure investment
throughout their Montreal footprint by the end of 2019 including a 12K
SQF, N+1, 3MW expansion in their downtown MTL7 data center and an
expansion of COLO-D’s D2 data center. Collectively the Companies now
offer choice of 80+ networks and direct on-ramps to the leading
Hyperscale service providers in the world including Amazon Web Services,
Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Cloud.

“Montréal represents a fast growing and increasingly strategic market
that has already attracted the biggest cloud platforms in the world,
with an abundance of very low cost power derived from renewable energy
sources,” stated Patrick David, President and CEO, COLO-D. “Cologix has
continually demonstrated an unmatched commitment to the needs of the
region in terms of data center capacity, resources and infrastructure,
and we’re pleased to now be part of their team. The combination with
Cologix will further strengthen COLO-D’s market position and allows us
to accelerate our growth in this market and beyond.”

About Cologix Inc.
Cologix
provides reliable, secure, scalable data center and interconnection
solutions from 27 prime interconnection locations across nine strategic
North American edge markets. Over 1,600 leading network, managed
services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise
customers trust Cologix to support their business-critical
infrastructure and connect them to customers, vendors and partners. Our
dedicated, experienced local teams and scalable solutions enable us to
provide industry-leading customer service and the ability to
successfully support customers at the internet’s new edge. For a tour of
one of our data centers in Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Lakeland,
Minneapolis, Montreal, New Jersey, Toronto or Vancouver visit www.cologix.com or
email sales@cologix.com.
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Contacts

Ashley Schulte
Witz Communications for Cologix
+1.919.435.9112
Cologix@witzcommunications.com

Frédérick Truchon-Gagnon
NATIONAL Public Relations for COLO-D
+1.438.350.1001
ftruchon-gagnon@national.ca