Chicago, Illinois Data Center

2800 S Ashland Avenue 
Chicago, Illinois 60608

Strategically located on a 26-acre campus near the heart of Chicago’s high-demand downtown corridor.

Meet Toby Hallmer, Site Director at QTS Chicago.

Data Center Features
Building Specifications


Specs
  • 467,000 sq. ft. of total current space
  • Designed specifically to meet needs of enterprise-size deployments and customers
  • LEED Gold certified
  • Energy Star Certified building
  • Leasable customer office space available
  • Ample customer amenities such as free, secure parking, conference areas and break rooms
Power


Specs
  • Renewable sourced power available
  • 125MWs total campus critical power capacity
  • Owned, on-site substation and 4 power feeds from 2 substations
  • Configuration options: N+1, 2N
Connectivity


specs & solutions
  • On-Net Carrier Partners:  13
  • In-House AWS Direct Connect
  • SDN Providers:  Megaport, PacketFabric, Telia Carrier
  • Internet/Peering Exchange:  CH-IX
  • QTS On-Demand Switchboard Connectivity Service
    - AWS, Azure, Google and Oracle Clouds
    - Between 11 QTS Data Centers
    - To 350 E. Cermak Carrier Hotel 
  • QTS Managed internetConnect Service
  • Online Cross Connects
  • Local Carrier Hotel:  350 E. Cermak, Chicago, IL
 

 

Sustainability


Green Data Center Specs
  • Renewable power available
  • LEED Gold Certified
  • Energy Star Certified Building
  • Dedicated Electric Vehicle (EV) charging spots available on-site
  • Indirect air side economizer cooling harnesses free cooling without bringing outside air directly into the facility

Building Specifications


Specs
  • 467,000 sq. ft. of total current space
  • Designed specifically to meet needs of enterprise-size deployments and customers
  • LEED Gold certified
  • Energy Star Certified building
  • Leasable customer office space available
  • Ample customer amenities such as free, secure parking, conference areas and break rooms

Power


Specs
  • Renewable sourced power available
  • 125MWs total campus critical power capacity
  • Owned, on-site substation and 4 power feeds from 2 substations
  • Configuration options: N+1, 2N

Connectivity


specs & solutions
  • On-Net Carrier Partners:  13
  • In-House AWS Direct Connect
  • SDN Providers:  Megaport, PacketFabric, Telia Carrier
  • Internet/Peering Exchange:  CH-IX
  • QTS On-Demand Switchboard Connectivity Service
    - AWS, Azure, Google and Oracle Clouds
    - Between 11 QTS Data Centers
    - To 350 E. Cermak Carrier Hotel 
  • QTS Managed internetConnect Service
  • Online Cross Connects
  • Local Carrier Hotel:  350 E. Cermak, Chicago, IL
 

 

Sustainability


Green Data Center Specs
  • Renewable power available
  • LEED Gold Certified
  • Energy Star Certified Building
  • Dedicated Electric Vehicle (EV) charging spots available on-site
  • Indirect air side economizer cooling harnesses free cooling without bringing outside air directly into the facility
Data Center Features
  • Building Specifications
  • Power
  • Connectivity
  • Sustainability
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AWS DirectConnect Partner
AWS direct connect

Direct connection to Amazon Web Services

AWS Direct Connect lets you establish a secure, dedicated network connection between your private infrastructure and QTS’ AWS Direct Connect node bypassing the Internet. This high performance, high capacity connection is your gateway to the entire suite of AWS cloud services.

01
Enhanced Security

Securely communicate with your AWS environment without traversing Public IP transit.

02
High Performance Data Transfer

Seamlessly transfer large amounts of data with improved latency and increased bandwidth throughput.

03
Complete Access

Connect your existing private infrastructure to all of your existing AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, Glacier and others.

Chicago, Illinois Data Center

10 minutes from downtown Chicago and 20 minutes from Midway Airport.