BOS · Market 22 of 25 · East · Data checked 2026-10-20
Boston Colocation & High-Density kW Counter-Quote Desk
Send your power, space and redundancy spec. At least three Boston facilities bid blind against it, and every quote comes back on one 36-month landed cost within one business day.
- One Summer Street1 Summer St, Boston, MA 02110
- CoreSite BO170 Inner Belt Rd, Somerville, MA 02143
Landed cost model
36-month Boston colocation cost
Model the full contract before any sales call. Defaults come from this metro's published benchmarks; replace them with the numbers on your quote or renewal notice.
Rate: Inflect, Colocation Pricing: What to Expect for Racks, Cabinets, and Cages in 2026 (2026-04-01): about $250/kW per month all-in. Power: EIA industrial average, MA, July 2026 (preliminary). Cross-connects: Inflect, Colocation Pricing: What to Expect for Racks, Cabinets, and Cages in 2026.
Interconnection
Carrier hotels and exchanges in Boston
Racks in or cross-connected to these buildings reach the most carriers and cloud on-ramps.
Carrier hotels and meet-me rooms
| Building | Address | Operator | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Summer Street | 1 Summer St, Boston, MA 02110 | Markley Group | Markley describes it as New England's primary carrier hotel (920,000 sq ft, 90+ network providers); PeeringDB lists 81 networks and the Boston Internet Exchange. | Source |
| CoreSite BO1 | 70 Inner Belt Rd, Somerville, MA 02143 | CoreSite (American Tower) | 273,000+ sq ft interconnection site offering Any2Exchange and MASS-IX peering plus Open Cloud Exchange. | Source |
Market snapshot
No 2025 or 2026 market report covers Boston in detail, which is why bids, not benchmarks, set the price here.
Operators
Who can bid in Boston
Operators with a facility in the metro, and the deployments each facility is built for. We invite the ones that fit your spec.
| Operator | Example facility | Built for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markley Group | One Summer Street, Boston | Carrier-hotel access in downtown Boston; cabinet, cage or dedicated suite, including high-density options. | Source |
| CoreSite | BO1, 70 Inner Belt Rd, Somerville | Full cabinets, cages and suites with peering and cloud access; CoreSite states it does not offer 1U, 2U or partial cabinets in Boston. | Source |
| Equinix | BO2, 41 Alexander Rd, Billerica | Larger enterprise, technology and biotech deployments (Equinix's stated focus) with Equinix Fabric access. | Source |
| Digital Realty | BOS14, 128 First Ave, Needham | Suburban deployments with access to 40+ cloud and network service providers. | Source |
| Centersquare | BOS1 Waltham (R128 corridor) | Enterprise colocation on the Route 128 corridor; 50,150 sq ft raised floor, 12 carrier-neutral providers. | Source |
| DataBank | BOS1, 1 Summer St Suite 704, Boston | Small footprints (0.5 MW site) inside the One Summer Street carrier hotel. | Source |
Boston colocation questions
There is no recent published asking-rent benchmark for Boston, so price comes from the bids. Retail full racks generally run $900 to $2,000 per month (Inflect, 2026-04-01).
The main interconnection buildings are One Summer Street (1 Summer St, Boston, MA 02110), CoreSite BO1 (70 Inner Belt Rd, Somerville, MA 02143). Buildings with more networks on site mean shorter, cheaper cross-connects to the carriers and clouds you need.
The industrial electricity average is 20.25 cents/kWh (MA industrial). Facilities that bill power separately pass this through with their PUE on top, so ask each bidder for its billed PUE and power rate.
Providers bid blind: they see the technical spec only, never your name, email, phone or company, and never a file you upload. We introduce you only to the provider you pick. We ask at least three facilities to price your power, space and interconnection spec, put every quote on one 36-month landed cost, and reply within one business day.