What Colocation Northwest does

Colocation Northwest is a private regional data center colocation provider and a wholly owned subsidiary of IsoFusion, Inc., a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier headquartered in Tukwila, Washington. Founded in 1993 under IsoFusion, the company operates seven data centers across four Pacific Northwest locations: four inside the Westin Building Exchange in Downtown Seattle, and one each in Tacoma, Bellevue, and Redmond. The footprint delivers more than 50,000 square feet of white space expandable to over 200,000 square feet, with per-facility power capacity of 1,200 kilowatts (Seattle), 1 megawatt (Bellevue), 800 kilowatts (Tacoma), and 275 kilowatts (Redmond).

The company's core offering is retail and wholesale colocation, with deployments ranging from single-server space to multi-megawatt wholesale builds. A 180 Gbps redundant dark fiber ring encircling Lake Washington interconnects the four facilities, and owned fiber endpoints extend to Portland, Los Angeles, Fremont, The Sea Ranch, and Las Vegas, plus direct interconnect to PCCW Global for transpacific connectivity. Tiered managed services (Remote Hands, Smart Hands, Expert Hands) are layered on top, alongside private cloud planning and deployment, multi-cloud connectivity to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud, IT consulting, and end-to-end data center migration. The portfolio is supported by a 24/7/365 Network Operations Center located in the Tacoma facility, SSAE 18 and PCI DSS certifications, and a channel partner program launched in addition to direct enterprise and inside sales motions.

Colocation Northwest monetizes primarily through recurring subscription colocation contracts, with usage-based pricing for wholesale deployments and per-dispatch unit pricing for on-site technician services outside of management plans. It serves a horizontally diversified customer base across Fortune 500/Global 1000 enterprises (including F5 Networks, a major game developer, and Pacific Island Telecom), SMB retail colocation customers, government entities, and international firms seeking Pacific Northwest and transpacific connectivity. The company is privately held with no external funding disclosed.

Name

Colocation Northwest

Legal name

Colocation Northwest

Website

https://colocationnorthwest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colocation Northwest is a private Pacific Northwest data center operator and IsoFusion subsidiary running seven facilities in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and Redmond, offering retail and wholesale colocation, managed hands services, private cloud, and transpacific connectivity to enterprise, SMB, government, and Asia-Pacific customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Center Colocation Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail Colocation (Multi-Tenant Data Centers) (HDABACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wholesale Colocation (Powered Shells / Suites) (HDABACAB), Managed Colocation & Remote Hands Services (HDABACAD), Carrier Hotels & Network-Dense Colocation (HDABACAE), Interconnection-Focused Colocation (IX / Meet-Me-Room Ecosystems) (HDABACAF)

Keywords

• Data center colocation
• Wholesale colocation services
• Managed hosting services
• Network connectivity services
• Private cloud hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Retail Colocation: Leasing of single server space to multiple cabinets with fixed base pricing determined by space and power needs. Base price is fixed; additional fees apply for managed services. Designed for 3 kW to 30 kW rack deployments. Retail customers include small businesses, startups, and enterprises performing high-density computing.
2. Wholesale Colocation: For companies requiring from several cabinets to entire data center footprints. Wholesale colocation users often pay for utilities based on usage rather than fixed pricing. Supports multi-megawatt power availability and high-density deployments.
3. Managed Services: Standard and custom packages for monitoring, Remote Hands, Smart Hands, and Expert Hands services. Includes hardware installation, software installation, operations monitoring, customer support, software maintenance, remote backups, and disaster recovery. Can be combined with wholesale-sized colocation as hybrid offering.
4. Connectivity Services: International high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity including cross-connects, dark fiber access, and connections to over 250 carriers, Tier 1 and Tier 2 providers, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), and transpacific cable landings. Sold as standalone connectivity or bundled with colocation.
5. Private Cloud Planning, Deployment and Hosting: Colocation Northwest plans, deploys, and maintains private cloud installations. Offers both company-owned private cloud hardware hosting and hosted private cloud using dedicated Dell servers and scalable VPS options. Services include planning, procurement, deployment, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
6. IT Consulting: Consultative services including IT infrastructure planning, custom-built servers and software, network design and installation, administration, hardware repair and upgrades, security audits, and hardware/software recommendations. Offered to SMBs, enterprises, and Global 500 members.
7. Data Center Migration: End-to-end migration services including assessment, IT planning, decommissioning of existing facilities, transport of IT equipment to colocation data centers, redeployment, configuration, connectivity setup, and disposal of obsolete hardware.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Colocation Northwest provides retail and wholesale data center colocation across seven facilities in four Pacific Northwest locations (Downtown Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Redmond), offering secure space, power, cooling, and connectivity to enterprise and SMB customers. The company complements its colocation core with managed services (Remote, Smart, and Expert Hands), private cloud planning and hosting, IT consulting, and end-to-end data center migration services.

Product overview

Colocation Northwest is a regional data center colocation provider offering a portfolio of interconnected services. The core offering is Colocation (retail and wholesale), which provides space, power, cooling, and physical security across seven data centers in four Pacific Northwest locations (Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Redmond). This core is supplemented by Connectivity services providing international high-bandwidth access via Tier 1/Tier 2 carriers and carrier hotels. Private Cloud services enable planning, deployment and maintenance of private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. A suite of managed services (Managed Services, Remote Hands, Smart Hands, Expert Hands, IT Consulting, and Migration) provides monitoring, maintenance, IT expertise, and technology migration support. The portfolio also includes specialized solutions for Cloud Computing, High-Density Computing, Transpacific Access, and Enterprise Solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Family of Services: Colocation Northwest operates as part of IsoFusion's family of services including GigabitNow, Connect Northwest, One Server Hosting, TrueRing, and Seanet.

Products and services

• Colocation
• Connectivity
• Private Cloud
• Managed Services
• Remote Hands and Smart Hands
• IT Consulting
• Data Center Migration

Quantifiable outcome

• Colocation customers were unaffected during the May 2016 power outage that impacted 60% of Seattle's downtown core, demonstrating infrastructure resilience.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PCCW GlobalcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 August 2018In August 2018, Colocation Northwest and PCCW Global established a network-to-network interconnect. PCCW Global is a major Tier 1 international carrier with extensive Asia-Pacific and global fiber routes. Colocation Northwest users can purchase high-throughput, low-latency transpacific connectivity directly from Colocation Northwest, eliminating the need for additional vendors. Cross-connect is available inside Downtown Seattle's Westin Building Exchange data center.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationColocation Northwest provides connectivity to AWS through direct cross-connects in its data centers. AWS is a primary public cloud provider for hybrid and multi-cloud configurations, with Colocation Northwest facilitating private cloud connections to AWS.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationColocation Northwest offers direct connectivity to Microsoft Azure and private cloud solutions including Microsoft Azure Stack. Redmond data center provides low-latency connectivity specifically to Microsoft headquarters. Seattle is known as 'cloud city' due to Microsoft's presence.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationColocation Northwest provides connectivity to Google Cloud as part of its multi-cloud solution portfolio. Direct cross-connects available within Colocation Northwest data centers for private cloud to Google Cloud connectivity.
• IBM CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationColocation Northwest supports private cloud implementations using IBM's Bluemix Cloud platform. Connectivity available through data center cross-connects and the broader carrier network.
• Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX)coreTechnology or IntegrationColocation Northwest data centers in the Westin Building Exchange provide access to the Seattle Internet Exchange, a not-for-profit organization connecting ISPs for communications exchange. Users interconnect with SIX members through meet-me rooms.
• Westin Building ExchangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Westin Building Exchange is the Pacific Northwest's primary carrier hotel where Colocation Northwest operates four data centers across four floors. It is one of the most connected buildings in the world with over 250 networks, carriers, and ISPs. It is also a transpacific cable landing access point.
• IsoFusion (Parent Company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColocation Northwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of IsoFusion, Inc., a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) licensed in Washington State. IsoFusion's lines of business include business connectivity, server and web hosting, cloud-based solutions, communications infrastructure design and construction, VOIP telephone services, and community gigabit fiber-to-the-home networks. Colocation Northwest leverages IsoFusion's infrastructure, customer relationships, and operational resources.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CoreSite Realty: CoreSite (acquired by American Tower in 2021) operates carrier-hotel-style colocation facilities across major U.S. markets, including West Coast locations such as Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. It is a direct peer with highly comparable focus on dense interconnection ecosystems, Tier 1 carrier presence, and cloud on-ramps — the same model Colocation Northwest runs inside Westin Building Exchange.
• Flexential: Flexential is a regional U.S. colocation and managed-services provider with data centers across multiple metros including the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Portland). It directly competes with Colocation Northwest for hybrid-cloud, managed-services, and enterprise colocation customers in the same Seattle metro area.
• TierPoint: TierPoint is a multi-tenant U.S. colocation provider operating data centers in Seattle and other metros with hybrid-cloud, managed services, and disaster-recovery offerings. It is directly comparable to Colocation Northwest on retail colocation breadth, SMB/enterprise mix, and managed-services portfolio.
• DataBank: DataBank (formed via merger of Cyxtera's data center business and zColo) operates a national network of multi-tenant edge colocation facilities serving enterprise and SMB customers. It is a direct peer offering comparable retail colocation, managed services, and interconnection-heavy product mix.
• Cyxtera Technologies: Cyxtera operated a global colocation platform with strong carrier-hotel presence (including Seattle and other major metros) and enterprise focus. Its retail colocation footprint, interconnection options, and managed-services overlays are directly comparable to Colocation Northwest's offering.
• Zayo Group: Zayo operates dark fiber, lit services, and colocation facilities including West Coast carrier hotels such as the Pittock Block in Portland — a peer location to Colocation Northwest's footprint. The shared West Coast fiber network and overlapping enterprise customer base make Zayo a direct comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Equinix: Equinix is the largest global colocation and interconnection operator with extensive IBX data centers in Seattle and other major metros, serving the same enterprise and cloud-on-ramp customer segment. As a broad incumbent with overlapping but much broader portfolio, it sets the strategic benchmark for interconnection-dense colocation at scale.
• Digital Realty: Digital Realty is a global data center REIT operating retail, wholesale, and hyperscale facilities worldwide, including West Coast locations. It is a broad incumbent competitor with overlapping capabilities (multi-megawatt deployments, cloud on-ramps, managed services), addressing the same enterprise and hyperscale customers as Colocation Northwest at much larger scale.
• Iron Mountain Data Centers: Iron Mountain operates a national colocation portfolio (originally anchored in secure records storage) with growing data center capacity targeting regulated and security-sensitive workloads. Its compliance-driven value proposition and multi-tenant retail model overlap with Colocation Northwest's regulated-enterprise target segment.

Emerging players

• EdgeConneX: EdgeConneX focuses on edge and hyperscale-adjacent data center buildouts, with a different go-to-market (typically wholesale/built-to-suit) than Colocation Northwest's retail/interconnection mix. It is an emerging player with partial overlap on Pacific Northwest regional capacity and infrastructure-build expertise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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