Cloud and colocation provider LightEdge has announced it will acquire Connectria, a multi-cloud infrastructure and managed hosting solutions expert.

The acquisition of Connectria will add six data centre locations to LightEdge’s existing portfolio, which currently consists of 12 facilities across the US.

“With this acquisition, LightEdge becomes one of the only secure and compliant infrastructure providers in the country offering both hybrid colocation and tailored multi-cloud solutions,” said LightEdge CEO Jim Masterson.

“The acquisition extends LightEdge’s colocation and private cloud offering into public cloud services, while bringing together two incredibly talented and diverse teams and two highly complementary product suites, geographies, and customer bases. We expect this acquisition to further enhance our customer experience, and to that end, our top priority is to continue providing high-level service to our existing and new customers, while seamlessly integrating the companies.”

Connectria CEO Amar Patel added, “Both LightEdge and Connectria have established themselves as successful, fast-growing innovators that put security first within their product sets.

“Both companies are also known for their strong company cultures, employee engagement and empowerment, and close ties to customers and suppliers.”

The transaction is expected to close before the end of April 2024.