LightEdge
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Lightedge is a managed IT infrastructure provider that combines colocation, private cloud, and public cloud platforms including AWS and Azure into unified hybrid IT infrastructure solutions. The company offers 24/7/365 managed services, security and compliance support, and professional services across a network of data centers located across the United States and Amsterdam. Lightedge specializes in IBM Power (IBM i and AIX) workloads and serves regulated industries including financial services, ...
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Ideal Customer
- LightEdge targets mid-market and enterprise organizations running complex, mission-critical workloads in regulated industries — particularly those with IBM i (AS/400) or VMware environments that require secure, compliant hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Its sweet spot is companies that need Fortune 100-level compliance and infrastructure but cannot or do not want to build it themselves, including healthcare systems, financial services firms, insurance companies, and regulated SaaS providers.
Key Differentiators
- LightEdge's core differentiation is its combination of industry-leading compliance depth (13+ certifications applied across all Tier III facilities), IBM Power managed services expertise (largest IBM Power cloud provider in North America), and direct low-latency on-net connectivity to AWS, Azure, GCP, and other hyperscale providers from owned-and-operated data centers — including two distinctive underground facilities in Kansas City and Lenexa, KS carved into limestone formations.
- The company emphasizes 100% US-based support, zero egress fees on private cloud, and transparent pricing.
Industries Served
- LightEdge explicitly targets highly regulated industries, with its self-described niche in healthcare and life sciences, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, consumer goods, logistics, energy, and regulated SaaS.
- Its compliance portfolio also supports government customers through CJIS and ITAR certifications, enabling it to serve the Department of Defense, FBI, and law enforcement agencies.
Service Coverage
- LightEdge operates a growing national and international network of data centers, with 20 facilities across 14 markets as of late 2024.
- U.S. locations include Ashburn (VA), Austin (TX), Des Moines (IA), Kansas City (MO), Lenexa (KS), Lewisville (TX), Minneapolis (MN), Omaha (NE), Phoenix (AZ), San Diego (CA), San Jose (CA), St. Louis (MO), and Raleigh (NC), plus an Amsterdam (Netherlands) facility.
Partnerships
- LightEdge holds AWS Premier Tier Services Partner status (AWS MSP designation for 9 consecutive years as of 2026) with multiple AWS competencies including L1 MSSP Security, Healthcare Consulting, DevOps, and Migration and Modernization.
- It is also a Microsoft Azure AI Cloud Infrastructure Solution Partner and a registered IBM Managed Service Provider — self-describing as North America's largest IBM Power cloud provider and top 1% of AWS partners globally.
Company Size & Ownership
- LightEdge was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, with approximately 350–365 employees as of 2025–2026.
- Estimated annual revenue is in the $75–$90 million range based on multiple third-party data sources.
Compliance & Certifications
- LightEdge holds one of the most comprehensive compliance portfolios in the managed infrastructure space, maintaining annual certifications across HIPAA/HITECH, HITRUST, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, PCI DSS (validated Level 1 Service Provider), ISO 27001, ISO 20000-1, ISO 22301, ISO 27701, NIST 800-53, CJIS, and ITAR.
- It is one of only approximately 30 organizations globally participating in the HITRUST Inheritance Program, allowing customers to inherit LightEdge controls toward their own HITRUST certification.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 14, 2026
Offerings
25 offeringsApp Modernization
Lightedge provides application modernization as a distinct professional service, helping organizations transform legacy systems and integrate cloud-native services. It is listed within the professional services category and described in the context of both AWS and Azure managed services as transforming legacy applications for serverless or containerized architectures.
Application Development
Lightedge offers application development as a distinct professional service. It is listed within the professional services category alongside cloud migration, penetration testing, database administration, app modernization, cloud strategy consulting, and cloud readiness assessment.
Backup as a Service (BaaS)
Lightedge's BaaS offering provides fully managed backup services as a distinct offering within the backup and disaster recovery category. It is listed alongside DRaaS, Office 365 Backup, and IBM Power DRaaS.
Bare Metal Cloud
Lightedge's Bare Metal Cloud allows customers to build a custom cloud environment where they control the stack without significant hardware investments. It is listed as a distinct infrastructure and cloud offering within the Lightedge portfolio.
Cloud Firewall
Lightedge offers Cloud Firewall as a distinct security and compliance service. It is listed as a separate offering within the security and compliance category alongside Managed Security Services.
Cloud Migration
Lightedge provides cloud migration as a professional services offering, helping organizations move workloads to cloud environments with minimal disruption through tailored strategies and expert execution. It is listed as a distinct professional service alongside application development, penetration testing, and other services.
Cloud Readiness Assessment
Lightedge provides cloud readiness assessments as a distinct professional service to evaluate an organization's current workloads and infrastructure in preparation for cloud adoption or migration. It is listed within the professional services category and referenced in the context of hybrid cloud and AWS and Azure engagements.
Cloud Strategy Consulting
Lightedge offers cloud strategy consulting as a distinct professional service to help organizations align their cloud strategy with business goals. It is listed within the professional services category alongside cloud migration, application development, penetration testing, database administration, app modernization, and cloud readiness assessment.
Colocation
Lightedge provides enterprise-grade data center colocation across a network of facilities in the US and Amsterdam, offering shared colo, cabinets, cages, and private suites. The service includes 24/7/365 remote hands technical support, biometric and physical security, N+1 and 2N power and cooling redundancy, and direct connectivity to AWS, Azure, and other hyperscale providers.
Database Administration
Lightedge offers database administration as a distinct professional service. It is listed within the professional services category alongside cloud migration, application development, penetration testing, app modernization, cloud strategy consulting, and cloud readiness assessment.
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
Lightedge's DRaaS offering provides fully managed disaster recovery capabilities including real-time failover management, recovery testing, and retention policy management to meet customized RTO and RPO goals. It is listed as a distinct backup and disaster recovery service offering.
Edge Cloud
Lightedge's Edge Cloud is a fully managed infrastructure-as-a-service offering that keeps data close to the source, improving security, reducing latency, and lowering on-site processing costs. It is designed for workloads that benefit from proximity to end users or operational environments.
GPU-as-a-Service
Lightedge's GPU-as-a-Service provides access to enterprise-ready GPU capacity for AI, analytics, rendering, simulation, and other compute-intensive workloads without requiring customers to build their own infrastructure. It is listed as a distinct infrastructure and cloud offering within the Lightedge portfolio.
Hybrid Cloud
Lightedge designs, integrates, and manages a unified cloud ecosystem spanning on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud environments including AWS and Azure. The service provides direct low-latency connectivity to hyperscale providers, end-to-end management from migration to ongoing optimization, and continuous security and compliance support for frameworks like HIPAA, HITRUST, and PCI DSS.
IBM Power Cloud
Lightedge's IBM Power Cloud runs IBM i and AIX workloads on IBM Power hardware (Power9 through Power11) hosted in Lightedge data centers, with connectivity to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud at under 2ms latency. Resources are allocated in 1/10 processor core increments and the service includes 24/7 managed services, disaster recovery options such as MIMIX and iTera, and compliance support for HIPAA, HITRUST, and PCI DSS. Lightedge is described as North America's largest provider of IBM Power managed services and cloud hosting.
IBM Power DRaaS
Lightedge provides IBM Power Disaster Recovery as a Service as a distinct offering within the backup and disaster recovery category. It supports IBM i and AIX workloads with advanced data replication options including MIMIX, iTera, and SAN-to-SAN solutions, with capacity rentable during a declared disaster through IBM Power Cloud.
Managed AWS
Lightedge provides 24/7 managed services for AWS environments as an AWS Premier Partner, including always-on monitoring, IAM policy management, automated patching, threat detection and response, FinOps-based cost optimization, and compliance support for HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS, and SOC. The service also includes project-based professional services such as Well-Architected Reviews, cloud readiness assessments, application modernization, Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform and CloudFormation, and seamless migrations.
Managed Azure
Lightedge provides 24/7 managed services for Microsoft Azure environments as an Azure AI Cloud Infrastructure Solution Partner, including always-on monitoring, IAM policy management, automated patching, threat detection and response, FinOps-based cost optimization, and compliance support for HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS, and SOC. The service also includes project-based professional services such as cloud architecture reviews, readiness assessments, application modernization, Infrastructure-as-Code with Bicep and ARM templates, and seamless migrations.
Managed IBM Power (i/AIX)
Lightedge provides fully managed services for IBM i and AIX environments, covering OS updates, PTF application, job scheduling, database management, proactive monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, capacity planning, and continuous security and compliance support for HIPAA, HITRUST, and PCI DSS. The service includes tailored runbooks, advanced data replication options including MIMIX, iTera, and SAN-to-SAN, and 24/7/365 support from a team of IBM engineers.
Managed Kubernetes
Lightedge offers Managed Kubernetes as a distinct managed service offering within its managed services portfolio. It is listed alongside Managed AWS, Managed Azure, and Managed IBM Power as a separate managed service option.
Managed Security Services
Lightedge provides managed security services as a distinct offering within its security and compliance portfolio. The service is listed alongside Cloud Firewall as part of Lightedge's security and compliance service category.
Office 365 Backup
Lightedge offers Office 365 Backup as a distinct backup and disaster recovery service. It is listed alongside DRaaS, BaaS, and IBM Power DRaaS within the backup and disaster recovery category.
Penetration Testing
Lightedge provides penetration testing as a distinct professional service offering. It is listed within the professional services category alongside cloud migration, application development, database administration, app modernization, cloud strategy consulting, and cloud readiness assessment.
Private Cloud
Lightedge delivers a fully managed private cloud solution built on either VMware or Nutanix, deployed in Lightedge data centers and operated by Lightedge engineers. The service offers single-tenant dedicated or multi-tenant options with transparent pricing, no egress fees, continuous compliance support for HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC, and PCI DSS, and direct low-latency connectivity to AWS and Azure.
Public Cloud
Lightedge provides fully managed public cloud services for AWS and Azure environments, including 24/7 monitoring and incident response from US-based NOC and SOC teams, FinOps cost management, security and compliance alignment, and migration and modernization services. Lightedge holds AWS Premier Partner and Microsoft Azure AI Cloud Infrastructure Solution Partner status.
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