DEN · Market 17 of 25 · West · Data checked 2026-10-20
Denver Colocation & High-Density kW Counter-Quote Desk
Send your power, space and redundancy spec. At least three Denver facilities bid blind against it, and every quote comes back on one 36-month landed cost within one business day.
- Denver Gas & Electric Building910 15th St, Denver, CO 80202
- 1500 Champa1500 Champa St, Denver, CO 80202
Landed cost model
36-month Denver 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: CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (Figures 1 and 2: H1 2026 Wholesale Primary and Secondary Market Fundamentals) (H1 2026), Quoted asking rental rates, USD per kW per month, for 250+ kW at N+1/Tier III requirements (wholesale). Ranges as published. Power: EIA industrial average, CO, July 2026 (preliminary). Cross-connects: Inflect, Colocation Pricing: What to Expect for Racks, Cabinets, and Cages in 2026.
Interconnection
Carrier hotels and exchanges in Denver
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Gas & Electric Building (CoreSite DE1) | 910 15th St, Denver, CO 80202 | CoreSite (American Tower); meet-me room run by 910 Telecom | 10-story carrier hotel acquired by CoreSite in April 2025; tenants include Lumen and 910 Telecom, and IX-Denver is present. CoreSite lists access to 150+ networks at DE1. | Source |
| 1500 Champa | 1500 Champa St, Denver, CO 80202 | IPI Partners (building owner per PeeringDB) | Downtown interconnection building; DataBank lists its DEN3 Downtown Denver Data Center (2 MW, 16 onsite carriers) at this address. | Source |
Market snapshot
CBRE reports that only two colocation facilities in Denver offer large amounts of power and space, with Flexential breaking ground on a fifth Denver data center; state sales tax incentives for data center construction were under legislative consideration.
CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2025 Market Profiles: Denver (September 8, 2025), 2025-09-08
Operators
Who can bid in Denver
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoreSite | DE1, 910 15th St, Denver | Network-dense deployments needing peering (Any2Exchange) and cloud access via Open Cloud Exchange; partial cabinets, full cabinets and private cages. | Source |
| Equinix | DE2, 335 Inverness Dr S, Englewood (Denver Tech Center) | Buyers wanting Equinix Fabric, Equinix Internet Exchange and cross connects from a south-metro site; cabinets and private cages. | Source |
| Flexential | Denver - Parker (22.5 MW) | Larger suburban footprints; Flexential lists four Denver-metro sites with custom cages and private suites and a 400G backbone upgrade. | Source |
| DataBank | DEN3 Downtown Denver, 1500 Champa St (plus DEN2/DEN5 Centennial campus) | Downtown carrier access at DEN3 (16 onsite carriers) or larger loads on the 20 MW Centennial campus. | Source |
| Iron Mountain Data Centers | DEN-1, 4300 Brighton Blvd, Denver | Compliance-heavy workloads: lists FedRAMP, FISMA High, HITRUST, PCI-DSS; 14.4 MW, 13 onsite networks, direct AWS and Azure access. | Source |
Denver colocation questions
Published wholesale asking rents in Denver run $155 to $175 per kW per month for 250 kW and larger requirements (CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (Figures 1 and 2: H1 2026 Wholesale Primary and Secondary Market Fundamentals), H1 2026). 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 Denver Gas & Electric Building (910 15th St, Denver, CO 80202), 1500 Champa (1500 Champa St, Denver, CO 80202). Buildings with more networks on site mean shorter, cheaper cross-connects to the carriers and clouds you need.
The industrial electricity average is 9.54 cents/kWh (CO 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.