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FirstLight Regen Hut

9 Westland Avenue, Portland, ME, 04401, US

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Country: United States Region: North America

Carriers on-net
5

Very few amplifier huts sell rack space. 9 Westland Avenue is a long-haul fibre regeneration site on FirstLight's network in Portland, and it lets 23-inch telco full and half cabinets alongside the optics - a format inherited from telephone-company practice rather than the 19-inch equipment norm. Power is a 48 V DC plant on A and B feeds behind a single 750 kW generator and automatic transfer switch, with no house UPS: tenants fit their own in-rack units, on 120 V and 208 V single phase. Cooling is 1N. The NNENIX exchange keeps a peering point in the building, and the networks physically present include Hurricane Electric, the University of Maine System, Bowdoin and Axiom Technologies, with long-haul optics from EXA/GTT, Microsoft and Meta terminating here. FirstLight sells dark-fibre loops out of it to 45 Forest Avenue and 340 Cumberland Avenue, plus long-haul dark fibre beyond. The company, headquartered in Albany, New York, removed its per-city data centre pages in a website rebuild, so the building has no operator page of its own.

Facility Specifications

Power & cooling

Redundancy
A+B 48 V DC plant, single 750 kW generator and ATS, tenant in-rack UPS
Cooling
1N HVAC

Platforms & amenities

Platforms & services
23-inch full and half cabinets, dark-fibre loops, long-haul dark fibre

Network ecosystem — 5 carriers on-net

1 Tier 1 & transit
4 Regional & enterprise

Notable: Hurricane Electric (AS6939)

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of building is 9 Westland Avenue?
A regeneration hut - an optical amplification site on a long-haul fibre route - that unusually also lets space. FirstLight sells 23-inch full and half cabinets in it, with power and long-haul dark fibre.
How are power and cooling arranged?
A 48 V DC battery plant on A and B feeds, a single 750 kW generator with automatic transfer switch, no house UPS - tenants fit their own in-rack units - and 1N HVAC. Circuits are 120 V and 208 V single phase.
Which networks are reachable in the building?
The NNENIX exchange, plus Hurricane Electric on AS6939, the University of Maine System on AS557, Bowdoin on AS22847 and Axiom Technologies on AS18467. EXA/GTT, Microsoft, Meta, EastLink and Premium Choice Broadband terminate long-haul circuits here.
Which resilience standard is attested for this building?
None by a third party. FirstLight's own specification sheet classified it as Tier II, a self-declared design classification rather than an Uptime Institute award.
Where do the dark-fibre loops from the building run?
To 45 Forest Avenue, Consolidated Communications' central office, and to 340 Cumberland Avenue, the CENTRA Digital carrier hotel, alongside long-haul dark fibre on FirstLight's own network.