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Best Data Center Infrastructure Companies in United States
The 668 best Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CoreSite.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
668companies tracked
$35.4Bdisclosed funding
5unicorns
198have raised
Ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, the 668 Data Center Infrastructure companies tracked here across the United States have pulled in $35.4B in total disclosed capital, with five unicorns and a funding table led by Switch at $2.6B. That's the funding story. But the revenue story is what I find more telling. Across six validated filers, the combined revenue pool hits $6.0B, with a median of roughly $780M per company and 11% YoY growth — steady, unglamorous compounding that reflects real infrastructure demand tied to cloud, AI, and IoT buildout. The global Data Center Infrastructure market is forecast to reach $142.3B by 2027 at a 10.55% CAGR, and if you're sizing opportunity, those macro numbers rhyme with what the filings show at the company level.
Two names pull far above the pack. Equinix earned $2.4B in revenue at 10% growth and posted $415M in net income, six times the sector median of $72M. Juniper Networks filed $1.3B at 11% growth. And as AI reshapes infrastructure demands, the pressure on physical layer capacity only compounds. So what separates the directory's most-funded names from those outsized earners? Mostly time, scale, and the kind of balance-sheet depth that Goldman Sachs and Intel Capital have been willing to back at the infrastructure layer.
Sources & further reading
- Global Data Center Infrastructure Market Nears $500 Billion by 2035
- Data Center Infrastructure Market to Hit $549.99 Billion By 2032, Buil
Ranked: Best Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CoreSite Operator of data centers providing colocation, interconnection, and cloud networking | $4.3B | 42 mo ago | 475 475 → 676 (+42%) · sector median +51% | 2001 | Paul Szurek President | — | — | — |
| 2 | Flexential Provider of colocation, interconnection, cloud, data protection, and professional services 67Funding top 25%Innovation top 34%Product top 37%Tech top 38% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% Innovationtop 34% Producttop 37% Techtop 38% Moattop 39% Growthtop 40% Newstop 40% Talenttop 41% Markettop 44% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $3.8B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 9 yrs (0.2/yr) Innovation: 12 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $3.8B | 19 mo ago | 761 | 2000 | Chris Downie Chief Executive Officer | 8 signals ▼38% Leadership · Funding · Announcements | — | 1 partnership |
| 3 | Switch Platform offering colocation solution 76Patents top 23%Funding top 25%Market top 27%Innovation top 27% All 9 signals ▾Patentstop 23% Fundingtop 25% Markettop 27% Innovationtop 27% Globaltop 40% Moattop 41% Fin. healthtop 44% Techtop 46% Growthtop 47% Patents: 102 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 53 in 2017-21 Funding: Raised $2.6B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 10 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $2.6B | 1 mo ago | 824 | 2000 | — | — | 102 patents Modular data center infrastructure: cooling, power, security, and inventory imaging systems. | — |
| 4 | STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Platform offering data center colocation solution | $2.3B | 26 mo ago | 239 | 2019 | — | — | — | 2 expansions |
| 5 | DataBank Provider of colocation, cloud, bare metal, interconnection, and managed services | $2.2B | 16 mo ago | 806 | 2005 | Raul Martynek CEO | 4 signals ▼71% Capital raise · Leadership | — | — |
| 6 | OVHcloud Provider of bare metal servers, virtual private servers, and cloud solutions | $1.6B | 65 mo ago | 177 | 1999 | Octave Klaba Founder | — | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Broadcom Platform offering data center fiber optic networks | $900M | 83 mo ago | 20,000 | 1991 | Hock T President and CEO | 160 signals Earnings · Contracts · Announcements | 26,205 patents Broadcom patents enhance high‑speed data transport, video/audio encoding, and wireless networking hardware. | 2 partnerships |
| 8 | Terremark Managed Cloud and Data Centers solutions | $880M | 187 mo ago | 859 | 1982 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Zayo Provider of fiber transport and network connectivity and managed services 89Funding top 16%Market top 22%Fin. health top 27%Global top 28% All 14 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Markettop 22% Fin. healthtop 27% Globaltop 28% Newstop 31% Partnerstop 32% Techtop 33% Innovationtop 35% Producttop 38% Talenttop 38% Patentstop 44% AItop 45% Growthtop 46% Moattop 47% Funding: Raised $825M across 18 rounds · 18 rounds over 19 yrs (0.9/yr) Market: 2,828 employees (top 8% of Telecom) · Revenue ~$2.6B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $825M | 11 mo ago | 2,828 2,828 → 4,523 (+60%) · sector median +51% | 2007 | Steve Smith CEO | 21 signals New product · Acquisition · Contracts | 14 patents Integrated vehicle data and charging infrastructure linking telecom networks to EV stations | 1 award |
| 10 | NetApp Provider of cloud based platform offering software for enterprise data management | $801M | 104 mo ago | 11,800 11,800 → 12,738 (+8%) · sector median +51% | 1992 | David Hitz Co-Founder | 32 signals ▼56% Earnings · Leadership · New product | 5,720 patents Enterprise data storage, cloud backup, replication, and metadata management solutions | 1 award |
| 11 | Netrality Provider of Interconnected edge colocation datacenters 50Funding top 24%Talent top 41%Growth top 45%Product top 46% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Talenttop 41% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Markettop 48% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $780M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 9 yrs (0.3/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $780M | 30 mo ago | 124 | 2015 | Gerald Marshall President & CEO | — | — | — |
| 12 | Vultr 🦄 Provider of cloud computing infrastructure including virtual machines and storage 57Funding top 16%Tech top 30%Moat top 37%Market top 38% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Techtop 30% Moattop 37% Markettop 38% Producttop 41% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 46% Growthbottom 41% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 23% Funding: Raised $662M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 42 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $662M | 11 mo ago | 174 174 → 363 (+109%) · sector median +51% | 2014 | J Kardwell CEO | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 13 | Crusoe 🦄 Operator of cloud platform providing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads 91Funding top 11%Partners top 23%Tech top 24%Moat top 26% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 11% Partnerstop 23% Techtop 24% Moattop 26% Markettop 27% AItop 30% Newstop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 36% Globalbottom 39% Funding: Raised $577M across 14 rounds · 14 rounds over 7 yrs (2.0/yr) Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (4 in 24 mo) · 8 contract events in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 91/100 | $577M | 3 mo ago | 242 | 2018 | Cully Cavness Co-Founder | 24 signals Contracts · Funding · Leadership | — | — |
| 14 | Cologix Operator of data centers providing colocation, interconnection, and hyperscale edge solutions | $576M | 19 mo ago | 300 | 2010 | Laura Ortman CEO | 6 signals Funding · Incorporation · M&A | — | 1 internship · 1 expansion · 2 awards |
| 15 | Applied Digital Provider of data centers and cloud solutions for high-performance computing 69Partners top 18%News top 26%AI top 26%Funding top 29% All 12 signals ▾Partnerstop 18% Newstop 26% AItop 26% Fundingtop 29% Producttop 35% Markettop 37% Growthtop 38% Talenttop 42% Techtop 48% Moattop 48% Fin. healthbottom 47% Globalbottom 30% Partners: 2 partnership announcements in 12 mo (2 in 24 mo) · 27 contract events in 12 mo News: 86 BI events in 12 mo (of 199 tracked, 11 types) · +69% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $562M | 8 mo ago | 150 150 → 244 (+63%) · sector median +51% | 2021 | Jason Zhang Co-Founder | 86 signals ▲69% Earnings · Contracts · Announcements | — | — |
| 16 | Calient Innovating photonic optical circuit switching solutions for high-bandwidth, flexible networks | $464M | 82 mo ago | 10 | 1999 | Arjun Gupta Chief Executive Officer | — | 51 patents MEMS optical switching and micro‑mirror arrays with precision motion control | — |
| 17 | NOVVA Provider of data center services | $450M | 48 mo ago | 40 | 2018 | — | — | — | 1 award |
| 18 | Innovium Developing networking infrastructure chipsets | $350M | 70 mo ago | 230 | 2014 | — | — | 183 patents In-network packet processing and buffer management for high‑speed switches | — |
| 19 | Adacen Provider of advanced and secure data center solutions | $335M | 32 mo ago | 11 | 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Nutanix AI powered cloud management software for enterprises | $317M | 69 mo ago | 8,416 8,416 → 9,925 (+18%) · sector median +51% | 2009 | Rajiv Ramaswami President and CEO | 72 signals ▲106% New product · Announcements · Earnings | 789 patents Hyper-converged infrastructure: distributed storage, file services, and virtual networking automation | 1 launch |
| 21 | Bluebird Network Fiber optic network and data services provider | $285M | 30 mo ago | 119 | 1999 | — | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 22 | Whitefiber Provider of cloud and data center solutions for AI workloads 53Funding top 14%Growth top 28%Tech top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% Growthtop 28% Techtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $230M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $230M | 4 mo ago | — | 2024 | Samir Tabar Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — |
| 23 | CENTRA Provider of advanced data centers for interconnection and network infrastructure services | $230M | 7 mo ago | — | 2018 | Chris Weasler CEO | — | — | — |
| 24 | Nautilus Data Technologies Modular data center in Water 55Funding top 16%Moat top 28%Patents top 37%Innovation top 40% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Moattop 28% Patentstop 37% Innovationtop 40% Techtop 41% Talenttop 41% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 37% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $221M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 10 yrs (1.0/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 72 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $221M | 4 mo ago | 28 | 2013 | Robert Pfleging Chief Executive Officer | — | 72 patents Marine-based data center cooling and closed-loop heat management for energy-efficient computing | — |
| 25 | Scale Computing Platform offering hyper converged infrastructure solutions | $215M | 47 mo ago | 120 | 2006 | Jeff Ready CEO | — | 16 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 26 | Star Cloud 🦄 Provider of data center solutions for space 67Funding top 16%Moat top 32%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Moattop 32% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Markettop 44% Globaltop 45% Techbottom 42% Funding: Raised $198M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 2 yrs (2.5/yr) Moat: Unicorn · 8 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $198M | 2 mo ago | — | 2024 | Adi Oltean Co-Founder & Chief Engineer | — | — | — |
| 27 | Liqid Provider of composable disaggregated infrastructure management solution 67Funding top 16%Moat top 26%Patents top 29%Innovation top 33% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Moattop 26% Patentstop 29% Innovationtop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 48% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 40% Funding: Raised $182M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 12 yrs (0.8/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 302 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $182M | 1 mo ago | 87 | 2013 | Scott Cannata Co-Founder and CTO | — | 302 patents Composable, dynamically reconfigurable data‑center hardware for on‑demand compute and networking | 1 partnership |
| 28 | QTS Platform offering colocation solutions | $175M | 40 mo ago | 612 | 2005 | Chad Williams CEO | 9 signals ▲50% Leadership · Hiring · Funding | 8 patents Collision avoidance algorithms for high‑speed network packet transmission (MAC layer) | 1 partnership |
| 29 | Lancium Developer of infrastructure for artificial intelligence data centers and power orchestration 72Funding top 19%Patents top 24%Moat top 26%Innovation top 28% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Patentstop 24% Moattop 26% Innovationtop 28% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Growthtop 45% AItop 45% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $150M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) Patents: 173 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 88 filings since 2022 vs 85 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $150M | 8 mo ago | 80 80 → 69 (-14%) · sector median +51% | 2014 | Prashant Gupta Co-Founder | — | 173 patents Real-time behind‑meter power routing and load management for EV charging and flexible datacenters | — |
| 30 | FirstLight Internet, data center and voice services | $145M | 24 mo ago | 626 626 → 470 (-25%) · sector median +51% | 1999 | — | 3 signals Leadership | — | 1 job opening |
| 31 | Emerald Developer of a platform optimizing power grids and artificial intelligence infrastructure 50Funding top 25%AI top 30%Global top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 25% AItop 30% Globaltop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 40% Techbottom 38% Funding: Raised $66.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $67M | 4 mo ago | — | 2024 | Varun Sivaram Founder & CEO | — | — | 3 partnerships · 1 award |
| 32 | MangoBoost Developer of data processing unit solutions for scalable data centers 64AI top 20%Funding top 23%Talent top 28%Moat top 39% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 23% Talenttop 28% Moattop 39% Patentstop 43% Innovationtop 44% Techtop 44% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 38% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $65.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $66M | 5 mo ago | 60 | 2022 | Jun-ki Park Co-Founder & COO & CFO | — | 7 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 partnership |
| 33 | Cornelis Networks Provider of IT service suite solutions | $65M | 18 mo ago | 129 129 → 241 (+87%) · sector median +51% | 2019 | Philip Murphy Co-Founder & COO | — | 39 patents High‑performance data‑center interconnect fabrics with adaptive routing, dynamic port subdivision, and on‑the‑fly error correction | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 34 | EdgeConneX Edge data center solutions | $62M | 26 mo ago | 187 | 2009 | Edmund Wilson Co-Founder & COO | 17 signals ▲240% Acquisition · Leadership · Contracts | 6 patents Data center infrastructure management and automated physical security access control solutions | 2 job openings · 1 award |
| 35 | Aligned Provider of data center services 64AI top 15%Funding top 21%Growth top 26%Tech top 46% All 10 signals ▾AItop 15% Fundingtop 21% Growthtop 26% Techtop 46% Markettop 50% Patentsbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 44% Globalbottom 39% Innovationbottom 34% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $59.9M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 13 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $60M | 2 mo ago | 102 | 2013 | Andrew Schaap CEO & Board Member | — | 4 patents AI‑enhanced scheduling optimization, ergonomic posture monitoring, and remote memory access technologies. | 1 partnership |
| 36 | Socket Telecom Telephone and internet service provider | $40M | 11 mo ago | 350 | 1994 | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | LiquidStack Platform offering data center cooling solutions | $35M | 20 mo ago | 27 27 → 58 (+115%) · sector median +51% | 2012 | — | 6 signals Leadership · M&A · Contracts | — | 2 launchs |
| 38 | Evocative Platform offering colocation solution | $32M | 6 mo ago | 143 | 2009 | Arman Khalili Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 39 | GigaIO Data center workload management and automation solution | $25M | 11 mo ago | 42 | 2012 | Joey Maitra Founder/Chief Architect | 5 signals ▲400% M&A · Funding · Capital raise | — | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 40 | Metrobloks Developer of high-density, high-tech, liquid cooling data centers in major metro areas | $21M | 15 mo ago | — | 2024 | Ernest Popescu Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 job openings · 1 partnership |
| 41 | Colovore Provider of high-density, liquid-cooled data centers for AI and IT | $17M | 13 mo ago | 11 | 2012 | Ben Coughlin Chairman and Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 42 | ECL Platform offering green data centers | $17M | 23 mo ago | 6 | 2021 | — | — | — | 1 award |
| 43 | Carbice Provider of carbon nanomaterial-based thermal interface materials | $17M | 23 mo ago | 3 | 2011 | Baratunde Cola CEO and Founder | — | 51 patents Advanced carbon‑nanomaterial thermal management and radiation‑shielding components for electronics. | — |
| 44 | Verve Cloud Provider of internet and telephony services for business telecommunication sectors 16Funding top 46%Product top 46%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 46% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 30% Customersbottom 1% Funding: Raised $15.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Product: 1 published app (1.7k installs) · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $16M | 12 mo ago | — | 2002 | Josh Reel CEO | — | — | — |
| 45 | Accelsius Developer of two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems for data centers | $15M | 5 mo ago | 27 | 2022 | Josh Claman CEO | 6 signals ▲20% Funding · M&A · Earnings | 17 patents Microfluidic heat‑exchange cooling systems for optoelectronic devices | — |
| 46 | Sophia Space Developer of orbital compute and data centers powered by solar energy | $14M | 5 mo ago | — | 2025 | Brian Monnin Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer | — | — | — |
| 47 | 639 Solar Data Centers + Cloud Provider of energy management solutions for data centers 42Funding top 36%Talent bottom 45%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 36% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $10.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $10M | 6 mo ago | — | 2021 | Tim Shaler Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — |
| 48 | Aethero Manufacturer of space-rated computers and software for data processing applications | $8M | 12 mo ago | — | 2021 | Edward G Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 49 | Acromove Provider of portable NAS system | $3M | 13 mo ago | 17 | 2001 | Artemios Achillopoulos Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 50 | Chilldyne Developer of direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions for data center electronics | $2M | 15 mo ago | 8 | 2012 | Steve Harrington CEO | — | 21 patents Advanced liquid cooling hardware for high-performance computing | — |
Top 12 Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States
#1
Acquired · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2000 · 824 employees$2.6Braised▾
Acquired · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2000 · 824 employees
Platform offering colocation solution. It is a business telecom and data center solutions, provider. Its offerings include edge data centers, storage, etc.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 23%Funding
top 25%Market
top 27%Innovation
top 27%Global
top 40%Moat
top 41%Patents: 102 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 47 filings since 2022 vs 53 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Funding: Raised $2.6B across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 10 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Apr 2026)
Market: 824 employees (top 5% of Enterprise Infrastructure) · Revenue ~$174M · Top-5,000,000 web property
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Conventional Debt$2.6B
- May 2016Grant (prize money)$1M
Investors
Europa, BBVA, Natixis, BNP Paribas, Citi, Societe Generale
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Divi
#2
Crusoe 🦄Series E · Denver, Colorado · founded 2018 · 242 employees$576.9Mraised▾
Crusoe 🦄
Series E · Denver, Colorado · founded 2018 · 242 employees
Operator of cloud platform providing infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads. The company designs, builds, and operates infrastructure to power artificial intelligence. It offers managed inference, cluster management, and observability. The platform features high-performance compute, accelerated storage, and optimized networking. It provides support for open and open-source models. The company focuses on environmentally aligned power sources.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 91how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 11%Partners
top 23%Tech
top 24%Moat
top 26%Market
top 27%AI
top 30%Funding: Raised $577M across 14 rounds · 14 rounds over 7 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Feb 2026)
Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (4 in 24 mo) · 8 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 8 deals
Tech: 53 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 80k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Conventional Debt$300M
- Oct 2025Series E$1.4B
- Aug 2025Venture Debt$175M
- Jun 2025Venture Debt$750M
Founders & team
Investors
Bain Capital Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, DRAGONFLY, Founders Fund, Wicklow Capital, G2 Venture Partners
Tech stack
Amazon AdvertisingAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmazon WebstoreApple Icloud Mail
#3
Series C · Broomfield, Colorado · founded 2013 · 87 employees$182.4Mraised▾
Series C · Broomfield, Colorado · founded 2013 · 87 employees
Provider of composable disaggregated infrastructure management solution. It offers products that control how resources can be used and managed within the data center. It automates, orchestrates, and dynamically composes physical computer systems from bare metal elements.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%Moat
top 26%Patents
top 29%Innovation
top 33%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Funding: Raised $182M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 12 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series C (May 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 302 patents · Soonicorn
Patents: 302 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 122 filings since 2022 vs 159 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Pinguin Solutions) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series C$8M
- Sep 2025Series C$750K
- Oct 2024Series C$22.3M
- May 2022Series C—
Founders & team
Investors
Lightrock, Panorama Point Partners, Iron Gate Capital, DH Capital, Marker Hill Capital, Phison Electronics Corporation
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-Js
#4
Series A · Redmond, Washington · founded 2024$198Mraised▾
Series A · Redmond, Washington · founded 2024
Provider of data center solutions for space. The platform uses solar energy and cooling to manage the data centers. It focuses on building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%Moat
top 32%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Market
top 44%Global
top 45%Funding: Raised $198M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 2 yrs (2.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Moat: Unicorn · 8 curated direct competitors tracked
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$170M
- Dec 2024Seed$14.1M
- Oct 2024Seed$11M
- Jul 2024Seed$500K
Founders & team
Investors
Y Combinator, NFX, FUSE, Soma Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGsap
#5
Series D · Pleasanton, California · founded 2013 · 28 employees$221Mraised▾
Series D · Pleasanton, California · founded 2013 · 28 employees
Nautilus Data Technologies offers modular data centers which are housed on water bodies. The data center claims to increase the efficiency by lowering the cooling and energy use, portability, resiliency, and sustainability. The company builds the data center on site and assembles it in the water body. Its product is currently in beta and will be released in 2017.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%Moat
top 28%Patents
top 37%Innovation
top 40%Tech
top 41%Talent
top 41%Funding: Raised $221M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 10 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series D (Jan 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 72 patents · Soonicorn
Patents: 72 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 10 filings since 2022 vs 43 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2024
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series D—
- Feb 2025Series D$2M
- Jul 2024Series D$77.9M
- Sep 2022Series C$26.6M
Founders & team
Investors
UIL, Keppel Data Centres, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Emerson Collective, Orion Energy Partners, Pangaea Ventures
Tech stack
AstraCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzCore-Js
#6
Public · New York, New York · founded 2024$230Mraised▾
Public · New York, New York · founded 2024
Provider of cloud and data center solutions for AI workloads. It offers colocation, managed infrastructure, and GPU-as-a-Service. The company provides custom design services with access to hardware. It delivers high-performance compute that scales with business needs. The company offers private and hybrid cloud environments. It facilitates workload scaling and redundancy.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%Growth
top 28%Tech
top 46%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $230M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jan 2026)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 30 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Post IPO$230M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCrazy EggGoogle Analytics
#7
Acquired · Plano, Texas · founded 2013 · 102 employees$59.9Mraised▾
Acquired · Plano, Texas · founded 2013 · 102 employees
Provider of data center services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%Funding
top 21%Growth
top 26%Tech
top 46%Market
top 50%Patents
bottom 49%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Funding: Raised $59.9M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 13 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Mar 2026)
Growth: Headcount 63 → 102 (+62%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 62k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Conventional Debt$2.6B
- Feb 2025Series D—
- Jan 2025Series D$5B
- Jan 2025Conventional Debt$7B
Founders & team
Investors
Blackstone, MIRA, Goldman Sachs, CPP Investments, BlueMountain Capital Management, TD Securities
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsComplianzCore-Js
#8
Public · Dallas, Texas · founded 2021 · 150 employees$562.5Mraised▾
Public · Dallas, Texas · founded 2021 · 150 employees
Provider of data centers and cloud solutions for high-performance computing. The company delivers infrastructure designed to accommodate artificial intelligence factory deployments and accelerated computing. It offers data center solutions engineered to meet specifications of accelerated compute roadmaps. The company also provides a cloud service that offers computing power for workloads like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Partners
top 18%News
top 26%AI
top 26%Funding
top 29%Product
top 35%Market
top 37%Partners: 2 partnership announcements in 12 mo (2 in 24 mo) · 27 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 27 deals
News: 86 BI events in 12 mo (of 199 tracked, 11 types) · +69% YoY · 39 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, machine learning
Audience (LinkedIn): 39k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Post IPO$112.5M
- Sep 2024Post IPO$450M
Founders & team
Investors
Macquarie
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapBrowser-Update.Org
#9
Acquired · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2007 · 2828 employees$825Mraised▾
Acquired · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2007 · 2828 employees
Provider of fiber transport and network connectivity and managed services. Operations include the delivery of dark fiber, wavelength capacity, and private network infrastructure. Additional offerings consist of internet access, ethernet, and cloud integration services. Security features include protection against distributed denial of service attacks and managed firewall configurations. Communication tools include voice solutions and unified collaboration platforms. Infrastructure support extends to wireless connectivity and satellite backup options for business continuity.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 16%Market
top 22%Fin. health
top 27%Global
top 28%News
top 31%Partners
top 32%Funding: Raised $825M across 18 rounds · 18 rounds over 19 yrs (0.9/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Jun 2025)
Market: 2,828 employees (top 8% of Telecom) · Revenue ~$2.6B · Top-5,000,000 web property
Fin. health: Revenue ~$2.6B (FY2020) · Net margin 18.0% · Revenue -1% YoY
Audience (LinkedIn): 96k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Grant (prize money)—
- Aug 2024Grant (prize money)$27.8M
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2019Post IPO—
Founders & team
Investors
American Rescue Plan Act, CoBank, SunTrust Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Morgan Stanley, Battery Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailAutomatic.CssBricksCloudflare
#10
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2005 · 806 employees$2.2Braised▾
Acquired · Dallas, Texas · founded 2005 · 806 employees
Provider of colocation, cloud, bare metal, interconnection, and managed services. The company delivers data centers with power, space, and cooling for applications. It offers cloud, bare metal, storage, and management for hybrid infrastructure. Cross-connects, cloud on-ramps, and networks extend the reach of workloads and data. Managed security and services free staff from time-consuming tasks. A portal manages infrastructure aspects, including space, power, security, and compliance.
Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Series C$250M
- Oct 2024Series C$2B
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt$345M
- Nov 2023Series C$188M
Founders & team
Investors
AustralianSuper, DigitalBridge, TD Securities, Swiss Life Asset Management, EDF Invest, IMCO
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#11
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2024$66.5Mraised▾
Seed · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2024
Developer of a platform optimizing power grids and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The platform facilitates data centers flexible power demand, transforming them into grid partners. It unlocks capacity on existing grid infrastructure to power artificial intelligence. The platform connects utilities and data centers in real time. It enables data centers to respond to grid signals and orchestrates compute alongside onsite energy. The platform verifies performance, establishing data centers as grid resources.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%AI
top 30%Global
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 40%Tech
bottom 38%Funding: Raised $66.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Global: Investors from 4 countries beyond United States
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Mission Consortium) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$25M
- Jul 2025Seed$34.2M
- Nov 2024Seed$7.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Radical Ventures, NVentures, Neotribe, Energy Impact Partners, Amplo, Eaton
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#12
Series D · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2018$230Mraised▾
Series D · Washington, DC, District of Columbia · founded 2018
Centra is a digital infrastructure company focused on enhancing accessibility through strategically located data centers in underserved markets. They offer services such as DTC & Wholesale Ecommerce Platforms for fashion brands and credit union banking services.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series D$230M
Founders & team
Investors
Columbia Capital
Funding & investor landscape
$35.4Btotal disclosed funding
198companies funded
593disclosed rounds
4rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Goldman Sachs10 rounds
Intel Capital8 rounds
New Enterprise Associates8 rounds
Morgan Stanley7 rounds
Notable founders
Cully Cavness
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Chase Lochmiller
Co-Founder & CEO · Crusoe
Scott Cannata
Co-Founder and CTO · Liqid
Edgar Masri
CEO · Liqid
Adi Oltean
Co-Founder & Chief Engineer · Star Cloud
Philip Johnston
Co-Founder & CEO · Star Cloud
Robert Pfleging
Chief Executive Officer · Nautilus Data Technologies
Samir Tabar
Chief Executive Officer · Whitefiber
Andrew Schaap
CEO & Board Member · Aligned
Jason Zhang
Co-Founder · Applied Digital
Wes Cummins
Co-Founder & CEO · Applied Digital
Steve Smith
CEO · Zayo
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 14,380,508 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Data Center Infrastructure coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Cloud Computing is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Cloud Computing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 8,654 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 26% → 57% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Film Independent588
- Microsoft147
- Goddard Space Flight Center135
- University of Washington130
- NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research117
leading researchers
Chirag Shah · Kui Ren · Mark D. Zelinka · Cong Wang · Wenjing Lou · Graham Feingold · Robert Wood · Yue Ma
▲
Breakthroughs3,574 · 41%
▲ 36%→42% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations85% since 2021mostly methods-led
Workflow research exploded from 3 to 176 papers, while Orchestration and Microservices emerged brand-new, signaling intensifying distributed-architecture innovation.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Scalability51→526
- Software deployment12→253
- Key (lock)16→192
- Operating system45→218
- Workflow3→176
Newly emergingOrchestration 0→152 · Microservices 0→80 · Corporate governance 0→61
Landmark MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms · 37,942 cites
◆
Advancements2,482 · 29%
▲ 28%→29% share
▲1.0× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly methods-led
Scalability advancement papers surged 14 to 264, reflecting sustained US institutional focus on cloud performance optimization.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Scalability14→264
- Key (lock)9→192
- Operating system18→190
- Software deployment9→176
- Analytics8→149
Newly emergingCorporate governance 0→54 · Digital transformation 0→48 · Transformative learning 0→45
Landmark Fog computing and its role in the internet of things · 5,906 cites
▼
Concerns1,368 · 16%
▼ 21%→15% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations79% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concerns segment shrank from 21% to 15% field-share despite Key-lock papers rising 9 to 128, suggesting risk research lags behind deployment growth.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Key (lock)9→128
- Scalability10→101
- Software deployment2→76
- Operating system13→83
- Big data17→80
Newly emergingAutomation 0→55 · Corporate governance 0→54 · Resilience (materials science) 0→39
Landmark Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges · 7,597 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where cloud computing is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston246 · +0.56
New York216 · +0.41
Seattle175 · +0.30
SF Bay Area172 · +0.49
Los Angeles140 · +0.43
Pittsburgh122 · +0.45
San Diego91 · +0.48
Atlanta80 · +0.55
Chicago77 · +0.51
Philadelphia73 · +0.66
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing cloud computing patents in the United States
United States cloud computing patent filing is cooling — 6,575 filings from 3,147 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, Microsoft, Intel; annual filings 708→574.
6,575 filings3,147 assigneespeak 708/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- IBM1262
- Microsoft892
- Intel641
- Vmware477
- Oracle381
- Cisco238
- RED HAT185
- Nutanix173
Common questions
How many Data Center Infrastructure companies are there in United States?
Radar tracks 668 indexable Data Center Infrastructure companies headquartered in United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States?
The Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States on this list have raised a combined $35.4B in disclosed equity funding across 198 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Data Center Infrastructure company in United States?
CoreSite is the highest-funded Data Center Infrastructure company in United States, with $4.3B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States are funded?
198 of the 668 Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Data Center Infrastructure unicorns are there in United States?
5 Data Center Infrastructure companies in United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United States Data Center Infrastructure companies?
The most active investors in United States Data Center Infrastructure companies on this list include Goldman Sachs, RBC Capital Markets, Intel Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Western Technology Investment.
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