# Evocative

> Evocative is a Los Angeles-based digital infrastructure provider that delivers enterprise-grade colocation, bare metal servers, carrier-neutral network, and managed services. Built largely through acquisition, its footprint spans roughly 20 data centers and dozens of Points of Presence across strategically located North American, European, and Asian metros. Evocative positions itself as a carrier-neutral, edge-ready alternative to the largest colocation operators, giving enterprises and service providers full control over performance, connectivity, and scaling for workloads that increasingly include AI.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founders:** Arman Khalili (Founder and former CEO (now Board of Directors))
- **Team size:** ~250 employees (201-500 range)
- **Products:** Colocation, Bare Metal, Network, Managed Services
- **Notable:** Named to the CRN MSP 500 Elite 150 for the eleventh consecutive year (February 2026)., Recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States., Acquired nine data centers from INAP in 2022, a major expansion of its national footprint.

## Products & services

- **Colocation** — Cabinet, cage, and suite options with customizable power, connectivity, and security packages across a carrier-neutral, edge-ready footprint.
- **Bare Metal** — Dedicated single-tenant servers that give customers full control over hardware resources to improve workload performance, provisioned without the overhead of virtualization.
- **Network** — Carrier-neutral IP transit, connectivity, and direct cloud on-ramps engineered to avoid vendor lock-in and shorten the distance to end users.
- **Managed Services** — Managed security, hybrid and multi-cloud support, backup and disaster recovery (including Veeam Cloud Connect), remote hands, and 24/7 support with a one-business-day response SLA.

## Achievements

- Named to the CRN MSP 500 Elite 150 for the eleventh consecutive year (February 2026).
- Recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.
- Acquired nine data centers from INAP in 2022, a major expansion of its national footprint.
- Consolidated a dozen acquired brands into a single Evocative brand in September 2022.
- Secured fresh debt financing in December 2025 to fund AI-driven data center upgrades and metro expansion.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Named to the CRN MSP 500 Elite 150 list for the eleventh consecutive year.
- **2025-12** — Raised debt financing from a large global investment firm, with continued equity support from Crestline Investors, to fund AI-driven data center upgrades and metro expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://evocative.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/evocativeglobal
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/evocativeglobal
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/evocativeglobal

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Last updated: 2026-07-15