CoreSite Realty Corporation is a national, carrier-neutral provider of data centers, colocation, and peering. The company has 16 data centers in the Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Northern Virginia, San Francisco/San Jose, Santa Clara, and Washington DC areas. The company also operates the Any2Exchange, one of the largest peering communities in the United States. The company was a wholly owned operating partner of The Carlyle Group, but is now publicly traded with little institutional interest. The company was founded in 2001 as CRG West at two of the West coast's original carrier hotels: Market Post Tower and One Wilshire. In June 2009, the company completed a rebranding, launching its new website on June 22, 2009. The company currently has more than 750 customers ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations. The company leases space to its customers in quantities ranging from one cabinet to an entire private data center. CoreSite has over 2.5 million square feet of data center space and founded the Any2 Exchange, an internet exchange with more than 160 members.
