The story of is one of rapid expansion, fueled by the ambition to bring the internet's processing power as close to the user as possible. Founded in 2016 by Lance Crosby—the same mind behind SoftLayer (which sold to IBM for $2 billion)—the company was built on the idea that "the edge" is the natural evolution of the cloud. The Vision: Moving Beyond the Centralized Cloud
: To scale these services, StackPath moved away from unbranded "white box" servers and partnered with Lenovo to install thousands of ThinkSystem servers in major metropolitan markets worldwide. Defining the "Edge"
Rather than building every piece from scratch, StackPath grew into a "juggernaut" by acquiring several established startups in the CDN (Content Delivery Network), security, and computing domains.