Involta
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Involta, now rebranded as Ark Data Centers, builds, owns and operates purpose-built colocation facilities in secondary and edge markets across the American Midwest, Southwest and Pacific Northwest, pairing that physical footprint with managed IT, hybrid cloud and consulting services. As of 2026 the company operates roughly a dozen owned data centers across seven-plus states, including multi-building campuses in Akron and Boise, with total capacity historically cited around 12-15 MW before its 2023 acquisition of a Wisconsin campus targeting up to 20 MW on its own. Founded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 2007 through the merger of Technology Resources Company and CoVault Technology, Involta grew largely through acquisition of smaller regional operators (Data Recovery Services in Youngstown, SecureData 365 in Canton) before being acquired by global investment firm Carlyle in 2022. In May 2024 the company relaunched as Ark Data Centers, citing rising demand for edge and AI-driven infrastructure, though it continues to operate its long-running involta.com web presence alongside the new arkdna.com brand. Involta/Ark differentiates itself as a ‘secondary market’ or tier-two edge specialist, building in cities like Duluth, Youngstown, Canton and Tucson rather than competing head-on in saturated hyperscale hubs like Northern Virginia.
Involta operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
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Involta Data Center Locations
- Tucson, Arizona, USA Tucson Data Center PENDING REVIEW
The facility hosts the Tucson Internet Exchange (TUSIX) and became Hurricane Electric's first point of presence in Tucson and seventh in Arizona in 2022. - Harrison, Arkansas, USA Green Bay / Fox Valley Campus PENDING REVIEW
Involta acquired this 24.5-acre site, including an existing data center at the former Kimberly-Clark property, in December 2023, calling it its first double-digit-megawatt campus investment. - Boise, Idaho, USA Boise 1 PENDING REVIEW
This roughly 34,000-square-foot building offers connections to on-net fiber providers including Lumen, Syringa Networks and Zayo alongside N+1 UPS and cooling redundancy. - Boise, Idaho, USA Boise 2 CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This smaller, roughly 6,000-square-foot Boise facility launched in March 2015 and is marketed as a carrier-neutral facility with a 100% uptime SLA. - Marion, Iowa, USA Cedar Rapids / Marion Data Center PENDING REVIEW
This facility was Involta's original data center, opened around 2008 and later expanded, sitting on a secure site co-located with the local electrical utility's headquarters. - Duluth, Minnesota, USA Duluth 1 CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Built to LEED Silver standards and opened in 2012, this facility includes twelve-inch-thick concrete walls, over fifty security cameras and iris-scan access controls. - Duluth, Minnesota, USA Duluth 2 PENDING REVIEW
This second Duluth building adds roughly 12,000 square feet of concurrently maintainable colocation space to the company's presence in the Twin Ports. - Freeport, New York, USA Pittsburgh Northpointe TIER III PENDING REVIEW
The facility recorded an impressive 1.3 power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating shortly after opening, placing it among the most efficient multi-tenant data centers in the country, and it holds a Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility from the Uptime Institute. - Akron, Ohio, USA Akron 1 PENDING REVIEW
Opened in 2011 as Involta's entry into the Ohio market, this building was built with local and state financial incentives on formerly industrial land in South Akron. - Akron, Ohio, USA Akron 2 PENDING REVIEW
This second building on the Akron campus was announced in September 2015 and went operational in 2016, bringing the combined Akron campus to over 52,000 square feet. - Canton, Ohio, USA Canton Data Center PENDING REVIEW
The building was originally developed and operated by SecureData 365 starting in 2009 before Involta acquired the site and its team in May 2021, adding it as the company's fifth Ohio facility. - Independence, Ohio, USA Independence Data Center CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The facility is directly linked to Involta's Akron campus by a dedicated fiber ring delivering roughly one-millisecond latency between the two sites, enabling twinned production workloads. - Youngstown, Ohio, USA Youngstown Data Center PENDING REVIEW
This facility came to Involta through its 2015 acquisition of Data Recovery Services (DRS), a Youngstown IT company founded in 2000, which roughly doubled Involta's headcount at the time. - Cleveland, Ohio, USA SecureData 365 Cleveland PENDING REVIEW
This leased colocation space sat inside a larger data center building owned by H5 Data Centers, rather than in an Involta/Ark-owned facility.
⚠ This facility has been reported as closed, sold, or vacated by its tenant, and hasn't been independently re-verified since. Please contact Involta directly to confirm current availability.
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Common Questions
Did Involta change its name?
Yes. In May 2024, Involta rebranded as Ark Data Centers, a move the company said reflected growing demand for edge data centers and cloud infrastructure driven by AI adoption; the involta.com website continues to host location and contact information for the same company.
How many data centers does Involta/Ark operate?
The company has historically described itself as operating a dozen-plus owned data center facilities across states including Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with several markets (Akron, Boise, Duluth) hosting more than one building.
Does Involta/Ark have AI-specific, GPU-optimized data centers?
No facility-specific evidence of GPU clusters or liquid cooling was found for any individual Involta/Ark building; the company has referenced AI and edge demand in general marketing language around its 2023 Wisconsin campus acquisition, but this does not name specific AI hardware or cooling technology tied to that building.
Who owns Involta/Ark Data Centers?
Funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle completed an acquisition of Involta in February 2022, and the company operated under Carlyle's ownership when it rebranded to Ark Data Centers in 2024.
What was Involta's largest healthcare-related data center project?
In 2016, Involta announced a build in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania's Northpointe Business Park with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) as anchor tenant, opening the roughly 40,000-square-foot facility in October 2017.
Does Involta offer colocation services?
Involta is classified as a colocation provider among other services it offers — we can't confirm which specific facilities provide colocation services. Please contact Involta directly to confirm colocation availability.
Does Involta offer cloud services?
Involta is classified as a cloud provider among other services it offers — we can't confirm which specific facilities provide cloud services. Please contact Involta directly to confirm cloud availability.
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