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Columbus Colocation & High-Density kW Counter-Quote Desk
Send your power, space and redundancy spec. At least three Columbus facilities bid blind against it, and every quote comes back on one 36-month landed cost within one business day.
- 180 E Broad St.180 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215
- Cologix Columbus campus535 Scherers Court, Columbus, OH
Landed cost model
36-month Columbus 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: JLL, North America Data Center Report Year-end 2025: Columbus (Year-end 2025), 1 to 5 MW deployments, $/kW/month plus electricity. Power: EIA industrial average, OH, July 2026 (preliminary). Cross-connects: Inflect, Colocation Pricing: What to Expect for Racks, Cabinets, and Cages in 2026.
Interconnection
Carrier hotels and exchanges in Columbus
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 E Broad St. (Hexion / Borden Building) | 180 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215 | Hexion Building (building meet-me room); CENTRA Digital Interconnect and Bresco Broadband also list facilities here | PeeringDB facility notes call it the market carrier hotel serving Columbus and surrounding regions; Ohio IX is present. | Source |
| Cologix Columbus campus (COL1) | 535 Scherers Court, Columbus, OH | Cologix | Cologix calls COL1 the most densely connected interconnect site in the region, with 45+ unique networks in its Meet-Me-Room and 16+ fiber entrances. | Source |
Market snapshot
JLL counts 3,541 MW of existing inventory in Columbus, of which 2,622 MW is hyperscaler-owned and 919 MW is single and multitenant leased, with total vacancy under 1% (6 MW) and 896 MW under construction.
JLL, North America Data Center Report Year-end 2025: Columbus, Year-end 2025
Operators
Who can bid in Columbus
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologix | COL1, Columbus | Interconnection-heavy retail colocation: 45+ networks in a Cologix-controlled Meet-Me-Room, cabinets, cages and private suites, up to 64 kW per cabinet. | Source |
| Centersquare | Lewis Center CMH1 (Lewis Center, Columbus suburb) | Enterprise colocation with ten carrier-neutral providers, a 100% SLA on power, network and bandwidth, 24/7 remote hands, and SOC, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001 compliance. | Source |
| DartPoints | CMH01 (565 Metro Pl S, Dublin, OH) | Small cabinet and cage deployments (345 kW critical IT load) with 11 on-site network providers, 1G to 100G interconnection, cloud and managed services. | Source |
| Expedient | Columbus - Dublin (5700 Innovation Drive, Dublin, OH) | Security- and compliance-focused colocation with 24x7x365 local support and fully diverse telecom entrances (per Expedient's 2015 opening release). | Source |
Columbus colocation questions
Published wholesale asking rents in Columbus run $125 to $165 per kW per month for 250 kW and larger requirements (JLL, North America Data Center Report Year-end 2025: Columbus, Year-end 2025). Smaller cabinet deals usually price higher per kW, and power is often metered on top. Retail full racks generally run $900 to $2,000 per month (Inflect, 2026-04-01).
The main interconnection buildings are 180 E Broad St. (180 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215), Cologix Columbus campus (535 Scherers Court, Columbus, OH). Buildings with more networks on site mean shorter, cheaper cross-connects to the carriers and clouds you need.
The industrial electricity average is 10.95 cents/kWh (OH 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.