Chicago Exchange
601 W. Polk St, Chicago, IL, 60605, US
601 West Polk Street is a two-story former brick warehouse in Chicago's West Loop, redeveloped as a data center, acquired by Menlo Equities in April 2021 and leased in full to TierPoint, which runs it as its Chicago-Polk site. The building is recorded at both 104,000 and 107,000 sq ft, with 16,000 sq ft of production data center space and 8 MW of installed capacity. Power runs on a 2N UPS plant backed by two 2.25 MW generators holding 48 hours of fuel, cooling is N+1 with liquid cooling available, and cabinets can be fed at 130 kW. Eight networks and one internet exchange meet in the building, and TierPoint's CCX links tenants to AWS and Azure at multi-10 Gbps. Audits attested for this site are SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and HIPAA. Buyers take cabinets or cages on the production floor.
Facility Specifications
Site information
- Colocation space
- 16,000 sq ft (1,486 m²) colocation, 107,000 sq ft building
- Power capacity
- 8 MW
- Power density
- 130 kW per cabinet
- Uptime SLA
- 100% uptime SLA
Power & cooling
- Redundancy
- 2N UPS, two 2.25 MW generators, 48-hour fuel
- Cooling
- N+1 HVAC, liquid cooling available
Compliance
Platforms & amenities
- Platforms & services
- TierPoint CCX
- Amenities
- Biometric two-factor access, CCTV with 90-day retention, 24x7 on-site security, 25 ft loading dock, staging area
Network ecosystem — 9 carriers on-net
Notable: Cogent Communications (AS174) · GTT Communications (AS3257)
Cloud on-ramps
AWS, Azure via TierPoint CCX, 8 networks, 1 internet exchange