Summit & Deft: Partners in the Climb

We’re excited to announce that Summit has officially acquired Deft!

Summit

Summit has expanded from its origins in application hosting to become one of North America’s most dynamic cloud hosting providers. Summit’s combination of visionary leadership, innovative technology, and top-level talent has allowed the company to help clients pursue excellence with flexible cloud services that scale with their needs.

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Deft
Founded in 1999, Deft is a trusted data center, cloud, and network services provider for premier global brands. Through a combination of strategic investments and strong partnerships, Deft has built out a global presence with tremendous cloud connectivity and supported by a variety of professional and managed service offerings.
Timeline

Over the years

This acquisition is only the beginning of our journey.

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1999

ServerCentral is founded

We were never able to find the IT support team we wanted, so we built one ourselves.

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2018

ServerCentral acquires Turing Group

ServerCentral acquires an AWS MSP company and becomes ServerCentral Turing Group.

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2021

ServerCentral rebrands as Deft

The rebrand reflects an evolution beyond servers into managed cloud and data center infrastructure.

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2024

Summit acquires Deft

We are now Deft, a Summit company. There’s no agenda to change how we operate.

Expanded footprint

A larger data center presence

By joining forces with Summit, we’re adding new locations to our global data center footprint.

We’re also adding tremendous technical talent and experience to our team.

Deft Data Centers
  • Ashburn, VA
  • Chicago, IL
  • Dallas, TX
  • Elk Grove Village, IL
  • Miami, FL
  • San Jose, CA
  • Silicon Valley, CA
  • Washington, DC
  • Amsterdam, NL
  • Bucharest, RO
  • Frankfurt, DE
  • London, UK
  • Mumbai, IN
  • Sao Paulo, BR
  • Sydney, AU
  • Tokyo, JP
Summit Data Centers
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Denver, CO
  • Manassas, VA
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Toronto, CA
Outlook

What happens next?

Deft’s journey doesn’t end with the acquisition. Summit is investing in Deft because we share a vision for the future.

Summit’s goal is to amplify the way Deft already operates — the close-knit relationships we share with clients, our hands-on approach, and our unwavering commitment to high-performance infrastructure.

Over the next few months, we’ll begin the process of integrating core aspects of the two companies. For Deft customers, it’s business as usual. You will continue working with your existing account reps and log into the same customer portal.

Get in touch

Get the answers your business needs.

We’re in this for the long-haul.

Deft, a Summit company

Deft, a Summit company
2200 Busse Rd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
+1 (312) 829-1111