Datum Deploys Its Open Network Cloud at DataBank to Connect Distributed AI Infrastructure

New PoPs in Ashburn, Dallas, and Salt Lake City place Datum's neutral, programmable network layer inside three of North America's most strategic AI interconnection markets

New York, NY and Dallas, TX - August 18, 2026 - DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class edge colocation, interconnection, and managed services, announced today that Datum, the open network cloud for AI, has added today announced network points of presence (PoPs) inside DataBank facilities in Ashburn, Dallas, and Salt Lake City. The deployment puts Datum's open-source network cloud directly in the interconnection-dense markets where AI companies, hyperscalers, and enterprises increasingly need to connect.

The partnership builds on a relationship between the two companies' leadership that spans nearly 20 years. "I first worked with Zac in 2009, when I joined as CEO of Voxel, the Linux computing startup he had co-founded," said Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank. "In today's complex infrastructure environment, relationships that are built over many years and cycles can make all the difference. We're proud to host Datum's network inside some of our most strategic facilities."

Datum's open network cloud is a neutral layer that lets clouds, data centers, and edge environments connect and operate as one programmable network, rather than through fixed physical links to a single cloud or carrier alone. AI workloads and data are moving beyond public and private cloud boundaries into hundreds of specialized clouds, neoclouds, and edge sites. Connecting them securely requires more than traditional interconnection.

Starting with these three PoPs, customers can connect across clouds and providers while applying consistent routing, policy, and observability from a single control plane - capabilities that have traditionally required large networking teams and direct relationships across the internet ecosystem.

The markets were chosen for their value to the AI ecosystem: Ashburn as the largest interconnection hub in North America, Dallas as a growing central-U.S. exchange point, and Salt Lake City for its proximity to US-West neocloud and public cloud regions.

"Interconnection has traditionally taken place at the physical network layers, but developers and now AI agents are pushing increasing amounts of activity to the application layer," said Kevin Ooley, President and CFO of DataBank and incoming CEO effective January 1, 2027. "This evolution changes how and where digital platforms interact, which is why we're excited to have companies like Datum in our ecosystem."

"The new ways clouds, enterprises, workloads, and end users interact force us to rethink how the internet works for AI," said Zac Smith, CEO of Datum. "Our US deployment with DataBank is an important anchor, helping us unlock the kind of connectivity and control that hyperscalers rely upon for the next wave of clouds and builders."

About Datum

Datum is an open network cloud built for the AI era. We give AI companies and digital leaders a neutral, programmable foundation for edge, inference, compute, and connectivity - available in public cloud, dedicated cloud, BYOC, or open-source AGPLv3 models. Our infrastructure is accelerated by NVIDIA BlueField DPUs, and our control plane is built for both engineers and agents. Datum's mission is to help the next 1,000 clouds thrive in the AI era. Visit https://www.datum.net.

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About DataBank

DataBank helps the world's largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Recognized by Deloitte in 2023 and 2024, and Inc. 5000 in 2024 as one of the fastest-growing private US companies, DataBank's edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 70+ "HPC-ready" data centers in 25+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

To learn more, follow us on LinkedIn or subscribe to our YouTube channel. To tour a facility, visit DataBank or call 1(800) 840-7533.