Aphorio Carter Critical Infrastructure Fund has acquired the Trumbull data center in Trumbull, Connecticut, for $10 million.

It is more than likely a former Digital Realty data center, put up for sale at the beginning of October this year, located at 80 Merritt Boulevard in Fairfield County.

Built in 1960, the multi-tenant colocation facility features two data center pods and one disaster recovery pod on an 8.26-acre site.

The facility offers 15MW of utility power across 227,500 sq ft (21,135 sqm).

Current anchor tenants at the facility include a global financial services group, an international digital business, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer, an automated equities trading solution company, and a global investment firm.

“Our data center portfolio continues to grow with the acquisition of the Trumbull data center, aiming to deliver additional value for our investors. Strategically located in Connecticut with proximity to New York City, top tier tenants, and strong investment fundamentals, the facility is an accretive addition for Aphorio Carter,” said John Regan, chief investment officer of Aphorio Carter.

“New York is the eighth most developed US data center market, yet is struggling to meet AI demand for high power density data centers resulting in low vacancies and rising rents. We hope that our newest acquisition will help meet the growing demand for data center space in that region.”

A Carter Funds company, Aphorio Carter invests in mission-critical infrastructure and data center real estate. The company said it currently has 125 data centers globally. This acquisition is Aphorio Carter’s seventh critical infrastructure real estate purchase in the last two years.

In February 2023, Aphorio Carter acquired a data center in Bryan, Texas, leased to colo firm Fibertown. It later acquired a leased data center in Tucson, Arizona. November saw the company acquire a fully leased enterprise data center property in Collierville, Tennessee for approximately $13 million. Most recently, the company acquired an Equinix and Verizon-leased data center in Denver, Colorado.

According to Datacentermap, there are 60 data centers in Connecticut, with the majority of facilities being concentrated in Norwich.