2022
Vapor IO wins the Smart 50, the CRN Data Center 50 awards and partners with Hypersive to deliver security and video management services from near-premises infrastructure
2021
Vapor IO co-founds the Open Grid Alliance, announces the Kinetic Grid along with partnerships with VMware and Zayo.
Vapor launches INZONE Las Vegas to accelerating industry 4.0 transformation, 5G services and advanced AI solutions.
2020
Vapor IO announces its latest investment round of $90-million to build out its Kinetic Edge nationwide (precursor to the Kinetic Grid®); commits to 36 US cities. Company partners with Digital Realty to integrate platforms and announces first three markets. Vapor IO wins the 2020 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award from IoT Evolution. Kinetic Grid live in three US cities.
2019
Kinetic Grid Alliance ecosystem launched, first two Kinetic Grid sites in Chicago go live with bare metal partners; company holds first international Edgecon in Barcelona. Crown Castle and Vapor IO partner to bring Amazon Web Services to the Kinetic Grid; Vapor IO wins Global Datacloud Award for Edge Innovation
2018
Company announces its 5G and automated robotics strategies, co-founds State of the Edge, conveys the Open Glossary of Edge Computing to The Linux Foundation; announces its Series C financing with Berkshire leading the round and launches the Kinetic Edge® platform (precursor to the Kinetic Grid®).
2017
Vapor announces Vapor Edge for Telecom, its partnership with Crown Castle, and co-founds the Open19 Foundation; Company also announces its first Vapor Edge Module (micromodular edge data center); wins the DataCenter Dynamics Living at the Edge award and holds the first Edgecon summit in Aspen, CO.
2016
Vapor announces its edge-focused product line and demonstrates a cost-based scheduler that foreshadows Open Grid technology.
2015
World’s first hyper-efficient, edge-capable, circular data center racking system unveiled: the Vapor Chamber; Company closes Series A financing from Goldman Sachs and releases OpenDCRE (the precursor to Synse) into open source.
2014
Vapor IO founded by Cole Crawford, Steve White, and Andrew Cencini