LightEdge expands in Kansas City area
LightEdge Solutions Inc. of Des Moines has signed a three-year lease for roughly 2,500 square feet in Overland Park, Kan., in a move to tap into the expansion of Google Inc.’s 1-gigabit broadband network in the Kansas City metro and because of its proximity to LightEdge’s Iowa headquarters, the Kansas City Business Journal reported. The company, which has built data centers in Altoona, Minneapolis and Moline, Ill., tentatively is planning to build a data center in Kansas City – a potential investment of $18 million to $20 million – if customer needs warrant more data center space. LightEdge first entered the Kansas City market in September 2011.