Compass Datacenters LLC Is an American multinational

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company. It is a significant player in the hyperscale computing space, with approximately 17 active datacenter campuses in the US, and internationally in Canada and Israel. Since 2023, the company has been controlled by the private equity arms of

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and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Compass' partners include

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History

Compass Datacenters was founded in 2011 by Chris Crosby, who previously was a senior vice president of Digital Realty with a focus on modular datacenters. In 2014, the company received a patent noting that they had created a truly modular datacenter. Compass wholly owns a

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company known as Radix IoT that specializes in datacenter management software. Compass initially started with a focus on US operations however eventually expanded abroad. Specifically to Canada through the acquisition of ROOT datacenters in 2019 and expansion to Israel directly through a partnership with

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. In the same time period Azrieli Group acquired a 20% stake in the organization. In 2023 the company acquired the former Sears HQ in Illinois to create a datacenter mega campus. On December 13, 2023, it was confirmed the Compass Datacenters Prince William County project, one of the largest in the world, was set to go through after a 4–3 vote in favor of development. On June 26, 2023, it was announced that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan had purchased the company.

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American companies established in 2011 Companies based in Dallas Data centers 2011 establishments in Texas 2023 mergers and acquisitions