Evocative BOS1
OperationalEvocative BOS1 is a data center in Somerville, MA, United States, operated by Evocative, with 6 MW of published IT capacity, currently operational.
A carrier-neutral Somerville, Massachusetts facility with 6 MW of utility power across two substation transformers, acquired by Evocative from Internap/INAP's 2020 US data center divestiture.

- Operator
- Evocative
- City
- Somerville, MA, United States
- Power, MW
- 6 MW
- Cooling
- Air
- Floor space
- 4,274 m²
- Max density
- 20 kW/rack
- Market benchmark
- $196 per kW per month wholesale · United States
- Index rate for the market, not this operator’s price list
- Address
- 50 Inner Belt Road, Somerville, MA 02143 · Open in maps ↗
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Coloprice Score
45 out of 100
Class D · #49 of 1344 in United States
- Resilience6/35
- Compliance11/20
- Transparency12/20
- Scale9/15
- Maturity7/10
Connectivity: 9 networks and 1 internet exchanges are present in this facility.
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BOS1 is Evocative's Boston-area data center at 50 Inner Belt Road in Somerville, Massachusetts, acquired from Internap (INAP) in the 2020 divestiture of its US data centers. The operator's data sheet lists 46,000 sq ft of space with 21,600 sq ft of raised floor and a cabinet load of 20 kW. Power totals 6 MW of utility supply over two 13.8 kV diverse feeds supporting two 3 MW substation transformers, with five 750 kVA UPS systems and three 2 MW generators in an N+1 configuration rated for 48 hours at full load. Cooling is six 150-ton units in N+1, with a 900 gallon-per-minute closed-loop pump room. Listed carriers include Megaport, Lumen, Zayo, Cogent, Crown Castle and Verizon. Certifications listed are HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISAE 3402 and SSAE 18.
- ▮6 MW of utility power on two 13.8 kV diverse feeds.
- ▮Generators: three 2 MW units in N+1, 48 hours at 100% load.
- ▮Cooling: six 150-ton units in N+1.
- ▮Cabinet load is listed at 20 kW.
- ▮46,000 sq ft of space with 21,600 sq ft of raised floor.
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