# Vertical Cold Storage

> Vertical Cold Storage builds, acquires and operates temperature-controlled warehouses across the United States for food producers, distributors and importers. Backed by Platform Ventures, it combines refrigerated and frozen storage with labor-intensive services such as blast freezing, case picking, labeling and import/export handling on a common technology platform.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Dakota Dunes, United States
- **Products:** Temperature-controlled warehousing, Blast freezing and tempering, Order preparation, Import/export and cross-docking, Common technology platform
- **Notable:** 13 facilities announced as of June 16, 2026., Seventh in North America and thirteenth globally on GCCA’s April 2026 member capacity lists, with 101,371,278 cubic feet., Opened a 311,000-plus-square-foot Kansas City distribution center with 47,000 pallet positions in January 2025.

## Products & services

- **Temperature-controlled warehousing** — Public refrigerated and frozen storage, multi-temperature rooms, dry storage and dedicated new-construction options.
- **Blast freezing and tempering** — Rapid freezing and controlled tempering services for temperature-sensitive products; capabilities vary by site.
- **Order preparation** — Case picking, kitting, packaging, labeling and date coding to prepare customer-specific shipments.
- **Import/export and cross-docking** — Documentation, inspection support, container handling, rail transloading and cross-docking.
- **Common technology platform** — Warehouse management, real-time inventory access and electronic data interchange across the network.
- **Medley customs bonded warehousing** — Licensed bonded storage for frozen imports, allowing duty deferral while eligible goods remain under bond.
- **Indianapolis organic-certified storage** — Organic certification obtained through Where Food Comes From Organic following a customer request.
- **CME Spot Call Butter storage** — April 2026 announcement named Chicago, Fort Worth, Detroit, Indianapolis and Kansas City as approved locations.

## Achievements

- 13 facilities announced as of June 16, 2026.
- Seventh in North America and thirteenth globally on GCCA’s April 2026 member capacity lists, with 101,371,278 cubic feet.
- Opened a 311,000-plus-square-foot Kansas City distribution center with 47,000 pallet positions in January 2025.
- Licensed bonded warehousing at Medley announced in October 2025.
- Indianapolis organic certification announced in February 2026.
- Five named facilities announced CME Spot Call Butter approval in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Acquired a second Dothan facility, a CSX-served cooler operating at 34-50°F, bringing the announced network to 13.
- **2026-04** — Announced five CME Spot Call Butter approved facilities; GCCA’s 2026 rankings reported 101,371,278 cubic feet.
- **2026-02** — Indianapolis received organic certification following a specific customer request.
- **2025-10** — Medley announced customs bonded warehouse services for frozen-food imports.

## Links

- Website: https://www.verticalcold.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/verticalcold/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verticalcoldstorage/

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Last updated: 2026-10-02