Lumen: Arlington Heights 1 Data Center

The Lumen Arlington Heights 1 Data Center, located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, is a highly secure and resilient facility delivering enterprise-class colocation services in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Purpose-built to support critical infrastructure, high-density workloads, and hybrid IT strategies, this facility offers businesses the connectivity, scalability, and security needed to thrive in today’s digital landscape.

Arlington Heights 1 is designed to Tier III standards, providing concurrently maintainable systems to ensure continuous operations without service interruption. The facility features N+1 redundancy across all critical infrastructure systems, including UPS power, backup generators, and cooling systems, delivering maximum uptime and reliability. Precision environmental controls support the stability and longevity of high-performance computing hardware in both standard and dense configurations.

This robust infrastructure makes Arlington Heights 1 ideal for supporting mission-critical applications, enterprise private clouds, and disaster recovery strategies.

Situated just northwest of downtown Chicago, Arlington Heights 1 offers convenient access to one of the country’s largest financial, healthcare, and manufacturing hubs. The facility benefits from low seismic activity, stable power grids, and proximity to key transportation corridors and international airports, making it a compelling site for regional and national infrastructure deployments.

Its suburban location also offers cost efficiencies and added protection from urban congestion or high-impact events while maintaining close connectivity to downtown data and business centers.

As part of the Lumen global IP backbone, Arlington Heights 1 provides direct access to Tier 1 internet services, cloud platforms, and major telecom carriers. The facility supports a wide array of networking services including IP VPN, Wavelength, Metro Ethernet, and MPLS, enabling secure, low-latency connections across the U.S. and internationally.

Clients can leverage this rich connectivity for hybrid cloud enablement, inter-site replication, and edge data delivery, with the added advantage of cloud on-ramps for major hyperscale platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Security is a foundational element of Arlington Heights 1. The facility is protected by 24/7 video surveillance, multi-layer access controls, mantrap entry systems, and biometric authentication. Lumen ensures adherence to top industry compliance standards including ISO 27001, SOC 1 & 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA, making it a suitable environment for regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, legal services, and government agencies.

Lumen offers scalable colocation options, from individual cabinets to dedicated cages and suites, allowing customers to expand as their IT requirements evolve. Complementary services include remote hands, structured cabling, cross-connect provisioning, and infrastructure migration assistance—all backed by Lumen’s highly skilled, on-site operations team available 24/7.