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Who is Stream Data Centers?
Stream Data Centers is a data center developer and operator that provides colocation, build-to-suit, and powered shell facilities for enterprise and hyperscale customers.
- Wholesale and hyperscale colocation data center facilities for enterprise and cloud providers (colocation)
- Build-to-suit and turnkey data center development services, including site selection, design, and construction (data center development)
- Powered shell data center buildings with core infrastructure ready for tenant fit-out (data center infrastructure)
- Critical facility operations, monitoring, and maintenance services for customer environments (data center operations)
- Geographically distributed data center campuses in selected North American markets (data center campuses)
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Stream Data Centers focuses on providing data center capacity and infrastructure for enterprises, cloud providers, and other large-scale IT consumers that require dedicated facilities rather than retail, cabinet-level colocation. The company develops and operates wholesale and hyperscale-ready data centers, commonly delivered as multi-megawatt suites or standalone buildings that allow customers to deploy their own compute, storage, and networking stacks while relying on Stream for the underlying power, cooling, and physical security.
Its portfolio typically includes fully commissioned colocation suites (colocation) and powered shell offerings (data center infrastructure), where Stream delivers the site, building, and core mechanical-electrical-plumbing (MEP) backbone and customers complete the white space build-out. This model is used by enterprises consolidating on-premises (on-prem) data centers, cloud and content platforms extending regional capacity, and service providers that require controlled facilities for regulated or latency-sensitive workloads.
Architecturally, Stream Data Centers facilities are designed around concurrently maintainable power and cooling topologies, commonly using redundant utility feeds, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, backup generators, and compartmentalized electrical rooms to support Tier III-style uptime objectives. Cooling designs typically include N+1 or greater redundancy using chilled water or direct expansion systems, hot-aisle or cold-aisle containment, and building management systems that monitor environmental conditions. Customers interconnect their deployments using carrier-neutral meet-me rooms, diverse fiber entry points, and cross-connects to network and cloud on-ramps, aligning with standard practices in wholesale colocation.
From an operational standpoint, Stream provides 24x7 facility monitoring and on-site operations staff (data center operations), covering power systems, cooling equipment, and physical access management. Security controls generally include multi-factor access procedures, video surveillance, mantraps, and compartmentalized access zones, reflecting common enterprise requirements for regulatory and audit compliance. These facilities are used to host workloads such as ERP, databases, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), content delivery, and private or hybrid cloud platforms.
Within an enterprise IT marketplace taxonomy, Stream Data Centers fits into categories such as wholesale colocation, hyperscale data center capacity, build-to-suit data center development, and powered shell infrastructure. Its services are used by organizations that prefer long-term leases or ownership-like control over large data center footprints while offloading real estate development, critical infrastructure engineering, and day-to-day facility operations. This positioning makes Stream relevant for infrastructure leaders planning data center consolidation, cloud adjacency strategies, or regional expansion of latency-sensitive or regulated workloads.
Our description of Stream Data Centers. Updated December 2025.
