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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox company Compass Datacenters LLC Is an American multinational data center company. It is a significant player in the hyperscale computing space,[1] with approximately 17 active datacenter campuses in the US, and internationally in Canada and Israel.[2]

Since 2023, the company has been controlled by the private equity arms of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.[3][4]

History

Compass Datacenters was founded in 2011 by Chris Crosby, who previously was a senior vice president of Digital Realty[5] with a focus on modular datacenters. In 2014, the company received a patent noting that they created a truly modular datacenter.[6]

It began with a focus on US operations however eventually expanded abroad. Specifically to Canada through the acquisition of ROOT datacenters [7] in 2019 and expansion to Israel directly through a partnership with Amazon Web Services.[8] In the same time period Azrieli Group acquired a 20% stake in the organization.[9] In 2023 the company acquired the former Sears HQ in Illinois to create a datacenter mega campus.[10][11] On December 13, 2023, it was confirmed the Compass Datacenters Prince William County project, one of the largest in the world, was set to go through after a 4–3 vote in favor of development. [12][13][14]

On June 26, 2023, it was announced that Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan had purchased the company.[15]

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