Maine · network infrastructure
PeeringDB records four facilities in Maine, in Portland and Orono, holding sixteen network presences. Portland has three of them and thirteen of the presences, headed by CENTRA PWM1 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland) with seven networks. Maine has no internet exchange in the snapshot, so networks peer outside the state.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| CENTRA PWM1 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland) | Portland | 7 |
| FirstLight Regen Hut | Portland | 5 |
| University of Maine - Neville Telecom Colo | Orono | 3 |
| Consolidated - 45 Forest Ave. | Portland | 1 |
What a Maine IP address tells you
Almost all of the capacity recorded in Maine is in Portland. CENTRA PWM1 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland) has seven networks and FirstLight Regen Hut has five, while Consolidated - 45 Forest Ave. adds one more. Orono holds the only site outside Portland, the University of Maine Neville Telecom Colo, with three networks. Nothing in the snapshot shows an exchange, so the sixteen presences here have no in-state meeting point and reach each other over transit or at exchanges further away.
A Maine IP address reflects the registration on the address block, not the position of the machine using it. Geolocation providers read what the operator publishes for the prefix, and an operator serving customers in several states can register one block to a single office. Mobile subscribers concentrate behind a small number of gateways. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon each announce subscriber traffic from a handful of ASNs, so a phone on a tower in Maine can present an address that reads as somewhere else.
The origin ASN on the prefix is more reliable than a city label. A whois lookup returns the netname and the registered address for the block, and matching the ASN against the mobile ranges of the three national operators tells you whether the connection is a handset. If a placement has to be in Maine, the operator has to hold a block it registered to a Maine address.
Mobile carriers in the United States
A mobile address anywhere in Maine is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
How many data centres are in Maine?
The snapshot lists four facilities, three in Portland and one in Orono, holding sixteen network presences between them. CENTRA PWM1 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland) is the busiest with seven networks, followed by FirstLight Regen Hut with five and the University of Maine colo with three.
Is there an internet exchange in Maine?
No. The record shows no exchange and no peers in Maine, so networks with a presence in Portland or Orono exchange traffic through transit providers or carry it to an exchange in another state to meet each other.
Can I get an IP address in Maine?
Placement follows the operator's address registration rather than a customer's choice. A block reads as Maine when the operator that holds it registered it to a Maine address. Mobile ranges cover wide areas and frequently resolve to another state even when the device is inside Maine.
Sources
- PeeringDB - facilities, network presence and exchange participants, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - the operators routing mobile addresses in this country