Inside 123NET’s seven-story Southfield carrier hotel data center

Crain’s Detroit Business published an inside look at 123NET’s Southfield data center.

• Facility details: The piece profiles 123NET’s seven-story, 136,000 square-foot Southfield building that functions as “Southeast Michigan’s digital backbone,” sits atop the state’s most fiber-dense intersection, and moves 10 terabytes of data every second; the site is the state’s largest carrier hotel, links 40 internet service providers, and 123NET reports 60%–70% of its business is fiber connectivity with the remainder in data center services.
• Background and context: Crain’s documents technical specs, security and value of equipment (noting “millions of dollars in computing equipment” per cabinet), includes commentary from CRO Chuck Irvin distinguishing the carrier-hotel role from hyperscalers, and cites industry estimates that AI-driven growth could raise data-center infrastructure spending to $6.7 trillion by 2030.