Price-based power distribution engineering company IE Corp. has acquired edge data center company Baselayer Technology LLC. Edge data centers are smaller facilities located close to the populations they serve that deliver cloud computing resources and cached content to end users. They typically connect to a larger central data center or multiple data centers.
The purchase of Baselayer includes the Baselayer name, intellectual property, software and employee and customer base providing IE a stronger foundation in the edge data center market, IE said in a release.
IE plans to further invest in Baselayer by evolving the product line and offering customers the option of custom products. Since the acquisition, Baselayer has already begun to fulfill domestic edge deployment orders for two new customers. Additionally, Baselayer has contracted expansions for its current client base totalling $8.5 million in business since January.
“We’re excited about the growth opportunities provided by the combined capabilities of IE Corp. and Baselayer,” said Kindra Martone, IE’s vice president of data center strategy. “Since the acquisition, we’ve already secured new customers, grown our pipeline substantially and expanded projects with our current client base.”
Baselayer’s existing installed base includes over 400 data center modules totaling more than 200 megawatts across North America, Europe and Asia. The existing Baselayer team will join IE Corp.’s Mission Critical Business segment, managed by Bobby Houston, IE’s vice chairman and head of the Mission Critical Business.
IE manufactures modular systems including power distribution skids, generator enclosures, tanks and packaging, MV and LV switchgear, UPS enclosures, packaging and integration, chilled water pump packages, colocation and hyperscale deployments as well as data center technology. The company has manufacturing and operation locations across the U.S., including its Price headquarters and sites in Arizona, Colorado, North Dakota, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Texas and Pennsylvania.