QTS Data Centers: Chicago Data Center

Located just minutes from downtown Chicago, QTS’ 30-acre campus significantly enhances its global footprint. Chicago’s strategic central location has historically served as a vital hub for diverse industries, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and various consumer goods and service sectors. QTS Chicago is uniquely equipped to deliver its integrated product platform, encompassing custom data center solutions, colocation services, and cloud and managed services, to both downtown and suburban data center clients in the Chicago metropolitan area. QTS eagerly anticipates extending its hallmark of operational excellence and superior customer experience to the Chicago data center market. Key features of the QTS Chicago facility include: Spacing: * A expansive 467,000 sq. ft. facility. * A 30-acre property with ample space for future expansion, allowing for duplication of the existing footprint. * A dedicated 208,000 sq. ft. data center footprint. * A 48-inch raised floor system.Power: * A robust 40 MW of critical power capacity. * Power is supplied by dual utility feeds from the Quarry substation, supplemented by an emergency utility line from Crawford, with all three lines rated at 8MVA. * All power cabling beneath the floors is meticulously installed within either conduit or seal-tight flexible conduit, utilizing approved connectors for all equipment. * Offers complete design flexibility with a 2 MW block solution. * Features highly segregated electrical and mechanical rooms, designed to maximize uptime.Cooling: * Highly efficient cooling systems that leverage outside air without introducing external contaminants. * Incorporates real-time economization, streamlining engineering and intake planning. * Provides absolute data center design flexibility, eliminating placement obstacles as no CRAH’s (Computer Room Air Handlers) are required on the data center floor. * Automatically adapts to load variations, accommodating changes from 0 – 4 MW within 30 minutes. * Ensures rapid accommodation through the utilization of standard units by QTS Chicago.Security: * A comprehensive security fence encloses the entire perimeter of the property. * A single point of entrance controls access to the facility. * Access to the data center floor and other secured areas mandates card key entry. * Employs 2-factor biometric authentication, requiring both fingerprint and iris scans for enhanced security. * Security guards are on-site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. * Active patrols are conducted both inside and outside the facility. * Closed-circuit video cameras provide extensive coverage of both the interior and exterior of the building.QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) stands as a prominent provider of data center solutions, boasting a diverse footprint encompassing over 6 million square feet of owned mega-scale data center space across North America. Leveraging its advanced software-defined technology platform, QTS consistently delivers secure, compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity, and premium customer service to a vast clientele of more than 1,100 leading Hyperscale technology companies, enterprises, and government entities. QTS distinguishes itself through: FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS: Its unique portfolio of core data center services and value-added services, combined with financial flexibility, empowers QTS to craft comprehensive solutions that meticulously address both technical specifications and budgetary requirements. SECURE FACILITIES: Robust, redundant, and highly protected facilities, coupled with rigorously trained personnel adhering to strict security procedures, guarantee unparalleled security and reliability. REAL-TIME VISIBILITY: The QTS Service Delivery Platform (SDP) provides users with real-time and on-demand visibility, access, and control over critical metrics across their entire QTS hybrid IT deployment. EXPERT SUPPORT: QTS’ ITIL certified operations personnel and sophisticated monitoring systems provide unwavering support for all services, ensuring maximum availability and uptime. QTS Data Centers are meticulously designed and constructed with paramount emphasis on reliability, redundancy, and resiliency. This commitment begins with fully-redundant, high-density power and cooling capacities, augmented by fully integrated UPS systems, interconnected site-wide security and fire protection systems, and comprehensive visibility facilitated through their customer portal. This holistic approach ensures the provision of secure, dependable, and state-of-the-art data center infrastructure for their customers’ web services. All Quality Data Centers are engineered to provide mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and high-capacity network systems. QTS’ highly skilled staff, comprising facility and electrical maintenance engineers, data center operations experts, network architects, and security officers, are dedicated to delivering on-site 24x7x365 support and operations for all facilities. This crucial design philosophy is intricately woven into their product to minimize service disruption and guarantee the highest level of customer service available. It is precisely this level of experience and proven track record that unequivocally sets QTS apart within the industry.