Centersquare: ORD1 Chicago Data Center Campus

Located in the heart of the Chicago Financial District, the campus is located on the 7th floor of an 8-story building on a fiber-linked campus. 

The building was originally constructed for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Printing in 1912, and the Sears Catalog was printed here until 1993. While it was renovated for data center usage in 1999, the building is historically landmarked and protected. The building is 9 minutes from downtown Chicago, 25 minutes from Midway International Airport (MDW) and 30 minutes from O’Hare International Airport (ORD).

Highlights

• 183,419 sq/ft and 8.5 MW of power, located outside the 100-year flood zone
• Fiber-linked campus between the 2 data centers in the heart of Chicago’s leading financial and telecom exchange
• Access to the industry’s only on-demand colocation platform, CXD
• Customer community of over 330 financial services firms, XaaS providers, media companies, and other large enterprises
• Compliance with SSAE18, SOC-1, SOC-2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and NIST 800-53PE standards
• HIPAA aligned
• Connectivity to 22 unique network service providers and an average of 16 providers per Chicago data center
• Solution deployment options include individual Secure Cabinets and dedicated Secure Cages

Amenities

• Free secure Wi-Fi
• Break room
• Food and beverage vending machines
• Crash carts and loaner tools
• Work kiosks
• Conference room

Technical Specifications

Utility Power 8.5 MW

UPS Capacity 4.5 MW

UPS Configuration N+1

Generator Capacity 20 MW

Generator Configuration N+1

Fuel Capacity 25,000 Gal.

Cooling Configuration N+1

Cooling Capacity 1,950 Tons

Carriers

AT&T, Cablevision, CenturyLink, Cogent, Console, Hibernia, Internap, Level 3, Lexent, Lightower, Megaport, NexGen Networks, Packetfabric, Perseus Telecom, Sidera, Sprint, Verizon, XO, Zayo