Purchase advances company strategy of owning and controlling the real estate beneath its facilities.

DALLAS, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, interconnection, and managed services, announced today it has acquired the building that houses its MSP2 data center in the greater Minneapolis– St. Paul metro area. The facility, located at 3255 Neil Armstrong Blvd in Eagan MN, was previously leased.

The acquisition underscores DataBank’s strategic commitment to converting leased facilities into owned assets, enabling greater operational control, long-term investment in infrastructure, and assurance for enterprise and institutional clients who rely on MSP2’s services.

MSP2 is a critical digital infrastructure node and serves as a second major carrier hotel in the Minneapolis market.  By owning the building, DataBank strengthens its ability to support mission-critical workloads with the stability, scalability, and interconnectivity customers demand.

“This acquisition marks another milestone in our broader strategy to own and control the real estate supporting our data center footprint,” said Raul K. Martynek, CEO of DataBank. “Ownership allows us to control our destiny, ensuring we can continue to invest in and evolve our facilities in step with our customers’ growing infrastructure needs.”

The Minneapolis market continues to be a vital hub for enterprise IT, scientific research, healthcare, and financial services. To meet the area’s compute resource needs, DataBank features four Minneapolis data centers strategically located to offer geographic diversity including its Brooklyn Park campus which features land for a fifth data center.

About DataBank

DataBank helps the world’s largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Recognized by Deloitte in 2023 and 2024, and Inc. 5000 in 2024 as one of the fastest-growing private US companies, DataBank’s edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 70+ “HPC-ready” data centers in 25+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

To learn more, follow us on LinkedIn or subscribe to our YouTube channel. To tour a facility, visit DataBank or call 1(800) 840-7533.

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