Chicago – West Data Center

Chicago - West Data Center

Just five miles from O’Hare International Airport and 15 miles from downtown Chicago, the state-of-the-art TierPoint West Chicago data center and colocation facility enables companies in many industries to increase business agility and improve IT performance.

High Performance

This secure data center enables businesses to reach 50 million people easily and efficiently in the East North Central region. The West Chicago data center hosts one of TierPoint’s multitenant cloud pods and is part of a nationwide network of TierPoint data centers with guaranteed exceptional performance and low latency connections. TierPoint operates a second data center in Chicago on Polk Street.

Strategic Location

Illinois headquarters 37 of the Fortune 500. Professional and business services, real estate, manufacturing, finance, and insurance are among the top private industries. Chicago is a major transportation hub and relay point to the U.S. heartland. The Midwest’s lower risk of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, leads many businesses to locate a data center here.

Facility Specifications

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Space

89,000+ total square feet, 15,000+ square feet of raised floor space
Cabinets and cages available

Reliability

A-side and B-side power distribution design
2 x 2MW diesel generator on-site, 4,000-gallon tanks
24x7 Remote Hands technical support
100% uptime SLA

Connectivity

Carrier-class, carrier-neutral facility
Cloud on-ramps and fabrics
Multiple, diverse upstream feeds via separate paths into the facility
Connectivity to Lakeside Technology Center (350 E. Cermak)
See Connect Point for all carriers and product offerings

Security

24x7x365 electronic and on-site security qualified personnel
Secure two-factor authentication including biometric systems
CCTV surveillance, with a minimum 90 days of retention

Product Availability

Managed services, including private cloud, disaster recovery, security, and colocation solutions

Compliance

Audited under SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 + HITRUST, GLBA, HIPAA, PCI-DSS¹, NIST SP 800-53 rev 4¹ annually and ISO 27001 certified². ITAR and EU-US Privacy Shield³ registered

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Chicago - West (CHI)

9333 West Grand Avenue

Chicago, IL 60131

Why TierPoint

A leading national provider of hybrid IT solutions, TierPoint helps organizations drive performance and manage risk. No U.S. provider comes close to matching TierPoint’s unique combination of thousands of clients; more than 40 edge-capable data centers and 8 multitenant cloud pods coast to coast; and a comprehensive portfolio of cloud solutions, colocation, disaster recovery, security, and other managed IT services.

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Our biggest challenges were compliance, travel for our IT staff, and the ownership trust factor in terms of moving our mission-critical infrastructure to an outside provider. In the end, it really came down to a matter of trust.

Rich Hawley

Director of IT Infrastructure Services

American Customer Care