Investing to keep communities connected.

Local Infrastructure for Everyday Connections

RadiusDC develops and operates network connectivity hubs across the United States. These are buildings where internet and network providers connect, helping everyday online services run faster and with less delay for homes and businesses in the region. Each one is a long-term investment that adds to the local tax base.

What Brings Us to a Community

We choose each location based on local demand for online services, access to strong network connections, reliable power, and how fast the region is growing.

Buildings That Fit Each Location

We plan each site carefully, following local rules and learning what matters most to each community, so our buildings fit the places around them.

Responsible development guides our work.  Our approach includes:

Contributing to the local tax base
Paying full property taxes that help fund schools and other local services, without requesting local tax breaks
Adapting to each site
Investing in design and landscaping with each building’s surroundings in mind
Following the local process
Participating in each community’s review and approval process, considering feedback as our plans develop
Supporting skilled jobs
Creating work for electricians and other skilled trades, hiring locally where we can
Planning for efficient power and water use
Designing for efficiency and working with local utilities early to plan how each site is served
Being open about our projects
Not asking local officials to sign NDAs, and sharing key details like water use, power, and sound levels
Listening and keeping communities informed
Hearing what matters to each community and sharing updates on our projects

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Common Questions

About RadiusDC
What does RadiusDC do?

RadiusDC develops and operates network connectivity hubs across the United States. These are buildings where internet and network providers connect, helping everyday online services run faster for homes and businesses in the regions they serve. We focus on two types:

  • Carrier hotels are buildings where many internet, cloud, and telecommunications networks connect and exchange traffic. The name comes from the network companies, called carriers, that rent space there. Because so many networks meet in one place, data can pass between them quickly.
  • Edge data centers are local hubs that store and deliver everyday digital services for people and businesses in the region, including online banking, electronic health records, online shopping, and streaming. Because data travels a shorter distance, those services can run with less delay.
Are your data centers used for AI model training?

No, ours are designed to connect networks and deliver everyday online services, not to train large AI models, which takes far more power than our facilities are built to provide. Like most data centers, they may support AI features built into everyday apps, such as real-time traffic rerouting, fraud alerts from your bank, and live captions on video calls.

How do you choose locations?

We look at local demand for online services, access to strong network connections, reliable power, and how fast the region is growing. Sometimes that means modernizing an existing building, and sometimes building new. We work with local utilities to make sure a site can support a facility before we move forward. Each project follows the local approval process, and we work to understand local requirements and priorities from the start.

Who are your customers?

We serve a mix of customers, including cloud providers, internet and phone networks, companies that run websites, apps, and streaming services, and other businesses. Like most data center operators, we don’t name customers without their permission.

Taxes, Jobs, and Transparency
Do your facilities pay property taxes?

Yes. Our facilities pay local property taxes that help fund local services, and we don’t ask local governments for tax breaks or special incentives.

Do your facilities create jobs?

Yes. Each project creates work for electricians and other skilled trades during construction, and we aim to hire locally. Once a facility is running, a skilled team handles its day-to-day operations and maintenance. Staffing depends on the facility, since our facilities vary in size.

Do you ask local officials to sign nondisclosure agreements?

No. We do not ask local officials to sign nondisclosure agreements, so they’re free to answer residents’ questions about our projects. Like most businesses, we may use confidentiality terms in private agreements, such as with landowners or customers, to protect business details.

Power, Water, and Sound
Will a data center raise local electricity bills?

Electricity rates are set by each utility and the regulators that oversee it. We pay for the electricity we use and the costs each utility requires to connect our facilities, including any grid upgrades needed to serve them, so those costs don’t fall on other customers.

How much water do your data centers use?

It depends on the facility, since our sites vary in size and type. The facilities we build from the ground up are air-cooled, with no cooling towers. Their cooling systems are filled once at startup, with the same water circulating in a sealed loop and only occasional top-offs. Day-to-day use is mostly for restrooms and sinks, generally about what a few households use.

How do you manage noise and backup generators?

We design and operate our facilities to meet local sound standards, including installing sound barriers and equipment enclosures to reduce noise. Backup generators only run during emergencies and for short scheduled tests. We obtain all required air quality permits for our generators.