Equinix’s Chicago data center (CH3) is located at 1905 Lunt Avenue Elk Grove, IL 60007. The data center is three story, type 1A, non-combustible construction type, pre cast concrete construction building. The data center building is fully complied with building code compliance standards. The data center is 25 miles from Midway international airport, and 10 miles to O’Hare international airport. The parking is available at Hyatt hotel directly across the street from the IBX.
The data center offers half and full cabinet colocation, locked cabinets, caged space, and private suite colocation space. The data center is SSAE 16 SOC I Type II audited facility. The data center provides 272,103 square feet of total space, including 114,457 square feet of colocation space; 56,897 square feet at 2nd floor, 57,560 square feet at 3rd floor, and 3,127 square feet of flex space; 1,832 square feet at 1st floor, and 1,295 square feet at 3rd floor. The data center has floor load capacity of 250 lbs. per square feet at 1st floor, and 150 lbs. per square feet at 2nd & 3rd floor. The data center has multilevel security including CCTV & recorders, motion detection, and 24 x 7 security guards. All doors, including cages, are secured with biometric hand geometry readers, and closed cabinets with kinetic & key locks. The data center has mantrap entry to access the data center resources. Pre action, double interlocked, dry pipe sprinkler system in 19 zones is installed in the data center for life safety.
Chicago CH3 data center is N+1 power infrastructure, and offer 99.999% SLA on power. The data center provides electrical capacity of 4 & 5 kVA per cabinet. The data center has dual utility feeds, and thirteen power transformers. The data center provides 34.5 kV- 3 phase AC power, and DC power to customer’s equipment. The immediate power failure is protected by redundant UPS in N+1 configuration. The standby power is provided by 15 x 2,500 kW diesel generators in N+2 configuration. The cooling and humidity in the data center is controlled by water cooled centrifugal chillers, air handlers in N+1 configuration. The facility is served with cooling of 4 kW per cabinet (13,652 BTUH), and offers 99.99% SLA on temperature & humidity.
The data center is a carrier neutral facility offering connectivity to multiple carriers and service providers. The data center has overhead proprietary cable tray system with multi-tier ladder rack. The data center offers cross connect services including single mode fiber, multi-mode fiber, Cat 5, Cat 6, Cat5(T1), and Cat3 (POTS), and provides 99.99% SLA on cross connect availability. The facility provides Equinix Metro Connect services, Equinix Internet Exchange, Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange, and Equinix Direct. IBX staff of engineers, technicians, and customers support specialists offer onsite technical and logistic support 24 x 7 x 365, and provide smart hands services.