Cogeco Peer 1 To Become Standalone Business Backed By Digital Colony
Creates Canada’s first neutral-host provider of small cell and 5G infrastructure and enterprise and wholesale fiber connectivity.
Cogeco Peer 1 has announced plans to become a standalone business following its sale to Digital Colony, a global investment firm dedicated to strategic opportunities in digital infrastructure. Digital Colony has reached a definitive agreement with Cogeco Communications Inc. to acquire Cogeco Peer 1, which will remain headquartered in Toronto and adopt a new brand.
Cogeco Peer 1’s portfolio includes over 3,300 route kilometers of owned, dense metro fiber in greater Toronto and Montreal. The company also owns and operates several data centers across North America and Europe which serve a global blue-chip customer base.