Global Access Point as an entity began in 2003 as a vision of the future. Because Union Station (South Bend, Indiana)

Union Station (South Bend, Indiana)

Union Station opened in 1929 in South Bend, Indiana in the United States. Situated across the tracks from the Studebaker auto plant, the building served the New York Central Railroad and Grand Trunk Western Railroad. NYC's Detroit-Chicago "Great Steel Fleet" and GTW's Chicago-Canada trains used...

 is located at the junction of three railsystems, telecom carriers began running lines through the facility in the late 1980s. These carriers now total 13, including many big names such as Cogent

Cogent

Cogent can refer to:* Cogency of an argument* Cogent Communications, an Internet service provider* Cogent Partners, an investment banking firm focused on private equity secondary advisory transactions...

 and Reliance Globalcom.

As the Union Station sat empty after it was no longer in service as a train station, the owner used part of the facility for a family manufacturing business but saw a need to renovate the main areas. Over time the facility was rented out for formal events but eventually the need and opportunity presented itself to build-out the facility into a state of the art data storage facility built to bring South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana

The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...

into the 21st Century, attracting new commerce for the local economy.