DataBank Closes Acquisition Data Center Services Provider LightBound

📅 October 7, 2019 - Data center services company DataBank, headquartered in Dallas, has closed its acquisition of Indianapolis-based colocation, Internet, voice, network and cloud services provider, LightBound.

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