LightEdge
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LightEdge is a Des Moines, Iowa-based hybrid IT provider that sells colocation, private cloud, and managed hybrid/multi-cloud services (including direct connections to AWS and Azure) to enterprise customers, with an emphasis on regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and insurance. As of 2024-2025, the company describes itself as owning and operating around a dozen purpose-built data centers across the central and western United States, supplemented by leased or resold colocation space in a handful of additional markets including Ashburn, San Jose, Lewisville, and Amsterdam. Its most distinctive facility is a data center built roughly 125 feet underground in a limestone mine formation near Kansas City (via the 2021 Cavern Technologies acquisition), alongside another underground facility in Hunt Midwest’s SubTropolis complex. Founded in 1996 and long owned by Philip Anschutz, LightEdge was acquired by private equity firm GI Partners in 2021 and has since grown through a string of acquisitions (Cavern Technologies, NFINIT, a Stream Data Centers facility in Minneapolis, and Connectria in St. Louis) to expand its national colocation and cloud footprint.
LightEdge operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
FACILITY OPERATOR
Phone: (515) 471-1000
LightEdge Data Center Locations
- Amsterdam, Netherlands LightEdge Amsterdam Data Center PENDING REVIEW
LightEdge's Amsterdam offering is a white-label/resold colocation product physically hosted inside an Equinix facility rather than a LightEdge-built site. - Phoenix, Arizona, USA LightEdge Phoenix Data Center PENDING REVIEW
The Phoenix site was previously known as NFINIT's Van Buren facility before LightEdge acquired NFINIT in 2022, and is positioned as an out-of-state disaster recovery option for San Diego customers. - San Diego, California, USA LightEdge San Diego I & II Data Centers PENDING REVIEW
Both San Diego facilities originated with American Internet Services (one launched in 2007) before rebranding as NFINIT in 2020 and being acquired by LightEdge in 2022. - San Jose, California, USA LightEdge San Jose Data Center PENDING REVIEW
LightEdge operates this location as a colocation and hybrid cloud tenant within Equinix's Silicon Valley SV10 campus, marketed for low-latency IBM i/AIX-to-AWS connections. - Des Moines, Iowa, USA LightEdge Des Moines Data Center PENDING REVIEW
Des Moines is LightEdge's founding home market, where the company has operated since 1996 and where its headquarters remains today. - Lenexa, Kansas, USA Cavern LightEdge Data Center PENDING REVIEW
Located roughly 125 feet underground inside a three-million-square-foot limestone formation, this facility joined LightEdge through its September 2021 acquisition of Cavern Technologies. - Chaska, Minnesota, USA LightEdge Minneapolis I Data CenterAI DATA CENTER TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Acquired from Stream Data Centers in January 2024, this 76,000-square-foot, 3.6MW facility is designed to withstand 185 mph winds and is explicitly marketed by LightEdge as ready to support AI workloads with 50+ kW racks. - Kansas City, Missouri, USA LightEdge SubTropolis Data Center TIER III · (913) 901-5300 PENDING REVIEW
This facility is built underground as anchor tenant within Hunt Midwest's SubTropolis limestone mine complex and was constructed to Tier III standards with a roughly $60 million investment. - St. Louis, Missouri, USA LightEdge St. Louis Data Center PENDING REVIEW
This facility entered LightEdge's portfolio through its acquisition of managed hosting provider Connectria, finalized in April 2024. - Omaha, Nebraska, USA LightEdge Omaha Data Center PENDING REVIEW
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA LightEdge Raleigh Data Center PENDING REVIEW
This location joined LightEdge's portfolio via its 2018 acquisition of OnRamp Access, which also brought the Austin facilities. - Austin, Texas, USA LightEdge Austin I & II Data Centers PENDING REVIEW
LightEdge acquired its two Austin facilities from OnRamp Access in 2018 for roughly $106 million, using $62 million provided by then-owner Anschutz. - Lewisville, Texas, USA LightEdge Dallas (Lewisville) Data Center PENDING REVIEW
This Dallas-area location involves LightEdge leasing colocation space within CyrusOne's Lewisville DFW2 facility rather than owning the building. - Ashburn, Virginia, USA LightEdge Ashburn Data Center PENDING REVIEW
LightEdge's Ashburn presence is a tenant sublisting inside Equinix's DC11 facility rather than a self-operated building.
By Continent
AI Data Centers
LightEdge has begun positioning parts of its colocation footprint for AI and GPU workloads rather than operating a dedicated AI-only business. The clearest example is its Minneapolis-area facility (in Chaska, MN), which the company says can support high-density AI deployments with 50+ kW racks immediately upon customer request. More broadly, LightEdge markets GPU colocation with high-density racks and dedicated low-latency networking across its facilities for customers running AI training and inference workloads, though detailed AI-specific infrastructure claims (like liquid cooling) were not found for most individual sites.
- Chaska, USA LightEdge Minneapolis I Data Center AI DATA CENTER TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRALPENDING REVIEW
Acquired from Stream Data Centers in January 2024, this 76,000-square-foot, 3.6MW facility is designed to withstand 185 mph winds and is explicitly marketed by LightEdge as ready to support AI workloads with 50+ kW racks.
Common Questions
Does LightEdge support AI or GPU workloads at any of its facilities?
Yes. LightEdge markets GPU colocation for AI/ML workloads and specifically states that its Minneapolis (Chaska, MN) data center can support high-density AI deployments with 50+ kW racks, and the company more broadly promotes high-density rack and cooling capacity for GPU-heavy infrastructure across its colocation portfolio.
Who owns LightEdge?
LightEdge was owned by Philip Anschutz's Anschutz Corporation for over a decade before private equity firm GI Partners acquired a controlling stake in 2021 to accelerate the company's growth in colocation and cloud services.
Where are LightEdge's data centers located?
LightEdge's own site lists facilities in Ashburn (VA), Austin (TX), Des Moines (IA), Kansas City (MO), Lenexa (KS), Lewisville (TX), Minneapolis (MN), Omaha (NE), Phoenix (AZ), San Diego (CA), San Jose (CA), St. Louis (MO), and Amsterdam (Netherlands); some third-party sources also list a Raleigh, NC location that no longer appears on the current official site.
What makes LightEdge's Kansas City-area facilities unusual?
LightEdge operates two underground data centers near Kansas City: one as anchor tenant within Hunt Midwest's SubTropolis limestone mine complex, built to Tier III standards, and another acquired via its 2021 purchase of Cavern Technologies, located about 125 feet underground inside a three-million-square-foot limestone formation in Lenexa, Kansas.
Does LightEdge offer colocation services?
LightEdge is classified as a colocation provider among other services it offers — we can't confirm which specific facilities provide colocation services. Please contact LightEdge directly to confirm colocation availability.
Does LightEdge offer cloud services?
LightEdge is classified as a cloud provider among other services it offers — we can't confirm which specific facilities provide cloud services. Please contact LightEdge directly to confirm cloud availability.
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