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Data Center
Chicago, IL
Why Chicago?
Chicago is the second-ranked data center market in the world due to its cloud availability, development pipeline, fiber connectivity, land price, market size, and vacancy, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Chicago has long served as a major infrastructure hub for regional and national trade and commerce. Now, a global nexus for our rapidly transforming digital economy, the “Second City” has become a geostrategic destination for data center investment that no competitive organization would want to ignore. Chicago’s central location, long-haul connectivity, and access to renewable energy options make it an ideal site for hyperscalers, cloud companies, and multinational enterprises to deploy their mission-critical infrastructure.
Economic stability, reliable power and low utility costs, and attractive tax incentives, including exemptions from sales and use tax for qualifying data centers, make Chicago one of the most affordable and sought-after data center markets in the U.S.
Not surprisingly, data center owner-operators and their customers are rediscovering Chicago and its many advantages as a destination site. The Chicago metropolitan area offers world-class fiber infrastructure. The colder climate saves money on cooling costs, and there’s a low risk of natural disasters.
Chicago’s convenient, centralized location is equally as accessible to New York City as it is to the West Coast. The city’s highly skilled workforce has attracted some of the world’s largest social media, software, and tech firms as they look to tap into the market’s immense talent pool, and at a much more affordable cost than coastal alternatives.
ORD-01 Data Center
505 Northwest Ave, Northlake, IL 60164
- 18.5-acre campus
- Designed to Tier III standards
- Concrete slab-on-grade and structured steel
- 24x7x365 accessibility
- 100% Uptime SLA
- 5-layer security approach
- 24x7x365 physical security staff onsite
- Fixed & PTZ cameras covering facility interior and exterior
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- Dual interlocking pre-action zoned fire protection
Connectivity
- Metro providers in proximity to site:
- AT&T, Cogent, Comcast, Crown Castle, PacketFabric, Zayo
Power
- 3 MW back-up generators
- 2 MW UPS line-ups
- N+1 block redundant topology
- 500 KVA PDUs
- 415V distribution racks (A+B distribution)
- 100% renewable power
- Ultra-efficient cooling design
- Near-zero Water Utilization Efficiency (WUE) based on closed-loop chilled water system design
- eCarbon tracking
- Targeting carbon-neutral footprint by 2040
- Delta3™ air cooling arrays in dedicated mechanical galleries
- Secondary loops with valves and taps for DeltaFlow~ liquid cooling to support the highest-density GPU requirements
- Minimum N+1 redundancy
- Closed-loop chilled water system design
- Rooftop chillers
- System and Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2
- SOC 1 Type 2
- PCI DSS
- HIPAA
- HITECH
- NIST 800-53
- ISO 27001:2013
- Bays with delivery platform and equipment trap
- Dedicated office and workspaces
- Shared conference rooms and drop-in office pods
- Secure storage
- Proximity to downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport
ORD-02 Data Center
501 Northwest Ave, Northlake, IL 60164
- OCP Ready™ for Hyperscale certified
- 18.5-acre campus
- Designed to Tier III standards
- Concrete slab-on-grade and structured steel
- 24x7x365 accessibility
- 100% Uptime SLA
- 5-layer security approach
- 24x7x365 physical security staff onsite
- Fixed & PTZ cameras covering facility interior and exterior
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- Dual interlocking pre-action zoned fire protection
Connectivity
Metro providers in proximity to site:
- AT&T, Cogent, Comcast, Crown Castle, PacketFabric, Zayo
Power
- 3 MW back-up generators
- 2 MW UPS line-ups
- N+1 block redundant topology
- 500 KVA PDUs
- 415V distribution racks (A+B distribution)
- Green Building Initiative (GBI) Green Globes® for New Construction certification – Three Green Globes®
- 100% renewable power
- Ultra-efficient cooling design
- Near-zero Water Utilization Efficiency (WUE) based on closed-loop chilled water system design
- eCarbon tracking
- Targeting carbon-neutral footprint by 2040
- Delta3™ air cooling arrays in dedicated mechanical galleries
- Secondary loops with valves and taps for DeltaFlow~ liquid cooling to support the highest-density GPU requirements
- Minimum N+1 redundancy
- Closed-loop chilled water system design
- Rooftop chillers
- System and Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2
- SOC 1 Type 2
- PCI DSS
- HIPAA
- HITECH
- NIST 800-53
- ISO 27001:2013
- Bays with delivery platform and equipment trap
- Dedicated office and workspaces
- Shared conference rooms and drop-in office pods
- Secure storage
- Proximity to downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport
ORD-03 Data Center
50 NW Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
- 36-acre campus
- Designed to Tier III standards
- Concrete slab-on-grade and structured steel
- 24x7x365 accessibility
- 100% Uptime SLA
- 5-layer security approach
- 24x7x365 physical security staff onsite
- Fixed & PTZ cameras covering facility interior and exterior
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- Dual interlocking pre-action zoned fire protection
Connectivity
- Metro: Crown Castle, Everstream, Telesystem, Uniti Fiber, Windstream, US Signal, Zayo Metro & Centurylink
- Longhaul: Sprint Long Haul & Arelion
- Diverse fiber pathways
Power
- 3 MW back-up generators
- 2 MW UPS line-ups
- N+1 block redundant topology
- 500 KVA PDUs
- 415V distribution racks (A+B distribution)
- 100% renewable power
- Ultra-efficient cooling design
- Near-zero Water Utilization Efficiency (WUE) based on closed-loop chilled water system design
- eCarbon tracking
- Targeting carbon-neutral footprint by 2040
- Delta3™ air cooling arrays in dedicated mechanical galleries
- Secondary loops with valves and taps for DeltaFlow~ liquid cooling to support the highest-density GPU requirements
- Minimum N+1 redundancy
- Closed-loop chilled water system design
- Rooftop chillers
- System and Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2
- SOC 1 Type 2
- PCI DSS
- HIPAA
- HITECH
- NIST 800-53
- ISO 27001:2013
- Bays with delivery platform and equipment trap
- Dedicated office and workspaces
- Shared conference rooms and drop-in office pods
- Secure storage
- Proximity to downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport
Location
505 Northwest Ave, Northlake, IL 60164
501 Northwest Ave, Northlake, IL 60164
50 NW Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
What’s Inside
Cooling Infrastructure
Aligned’s DeltaFlow~ liquid cooling and Delta Cube air cooling systems provide an extensible infrastructure that scales seamlessly to meet your business technology requirements supporting virtually any density and GPU cloud requirement.
Power Distribution
Flexible, modular equipment designed for hyper-scalability, resiliency and 100% uptime
Sustainability
Ultra-efficient, rapidly deployable infrastructure with renewable power options
Operational Excellence
Customer-driven team, offering remote hands assistance for enterprises
Customer Portal
Real-time visibility and control
of your infrastructure
Security and Compliance
Multi-layered physical security
and stringent data protection standards