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Chicago data center

Iron Mountain is planning a 315,000 Sq. Ft. 36 MW Chicago data center (CHI-1) in the suburb of Des Plaines near O'Hare International.

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Why choose our Chicago data center (CHI-1)?

Located in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois, our Chicago data center will offer a mix of retail colocation and hyperscale data center solutions all in the fifth largest data center market in the U.S. At full build, CHI-1 will offer 36 MW of IT capacity, with the first 8 MW expected to come online in 2025.

13-acre site
315,000 ft²of space
36 MW total capacity

CHI-1: 1680 Touhy Avenue Des Plaines, IL 60018

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13-acre
Campus
100%
Matched renewable power
High density
Ready
2025 expected
for Phase I

Chicago data center overview

At a glance

Phase I expected completion in 2025
15 miles from downtown Chicago
Matched by 100% renewable power
Chicago metro is the 5th largest data center market in the U.S.

Campus

13-acre campus
Located in Des Plaines
315,000 ft²of space at CHI-1
8 MW of capacity expected in 2025
36 MW of power at full build
Four 28,000+ ft²data halls
Minutes from O’Hare airport

Ecosystems

Carrier-Neutral
Cloud-neutral
Diverse fiber points of entry
Access to local carriers, multiple IXs and major clouds
Three redundant MMRs
Low latency access to major metros such as Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, St. Louis and Toronto

Compliance

BREEAM sustainable build targets
World-leading compliance program
Exceptional design build and operational efficiency

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Our Chicago, Illinois data center & colocation services

We provide a full range of certified monitoring, migration and engineering services at all of our facilities worldwide. If you need detailed NOC reporting, a user-friendly customer portal, or full-scale builds and migrations, we can provide a one-off, ongoing or global solution.

Compliance

Trusted by some of the world’s most highly-regulated organizations, Iron Mountain is an industry leader in compliance. Reduce data center risk with our comprehensive compliance support including HIPAA, FISMA High, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2/3.

Security

We are the trusted guardian for more than 230,000 customers including more than 90% of the Fortune 1000. Both aboveground and underground, our highly secure data centers have enhanced physical and digital security layers.

Smart Hands

At every Iron Mountain data center, we offer a full portfolio of remote smart hands services, covering rack and stack services, builds and installs, hardware, power and connectivity as well as general hands-on maintenance tasks.

NOC and Portal

Our Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) is your central point for customer communication and advocacy. Leverage our data center portal for ticketing, power & cooling audits, access logs, bandwidth reports and more.

Network Connectivity

With Iron Mountain’s carrier-neutral networking and data center interconnect services, we’ll get you where you need to be. We offer a wide range of services including cross connects, virtual cross connects, direct internet access, metro waves, peering and internet exchanges as well as Cloud On-Ramp.

Sustainability

We are firm in our commitment to renewable energy and sustainable data centers. Our facilities are matched by 100% renewable energy, and our customers can take credit for the green energy that Iron Mountain buys on their own sustainability reporting with Green Power Pass.

Iron Mountain's CHI data center

Proven track record

Iron Mountain is the trusted guardian for more than 230,000 customers including 90% of the Fortune 1000. The world’s most heavily regulated organizations have trusted us with their data for decades.

Global efficiency

Energize your digital transformation at our Chicago data center via our cloud, network and IT service ecosystems. Enjoy remote data center management, unbeatable operational efficiency and seamless global scale and standards.

Hyperscale-ready

Iron Mountain Data Centers facilities have been designed to scale to accommodate exacting, wholesale requirements of hyperscale cloud providers, government organizations, and global enterprises.

Grow as you go

Rather than relying on legacy infrastructure, your business can deploy data center capacity just like the cloud - as and when you need it. At our Chicago colocation facilities, choose from cabinets, cages, suites, and MODs, and adapt and scale as you go.

Fender customer success story

The challenge

Fender needed a home for their mission-critical financial planning and e-commerce systems. They looked to maximize redundancy while reducing data center total cost of ownership. Also, Fender needed access to numerous services providers to support their evolving hybrid IT architecture.

The results

Fender has enjoyed 100% uptime to date and flexible terms that significantly reduced data center costs. They cited Iron Mountain’s certified engineers as the added bonus, relying on Iron Mountain data center services for on-demand needs, extending capabilities and staying focused on high value activities.

In their words
“It's one thing to outsource your servers. It’s another to outsource the support for those servers—that’s what gives CIOs heartburn. Iron Mountain’s remote support has been spectacular. Not only do they respond quickly, but they have a team that is well-trained and professional and that gives us confidence that the job will be done right.”

SVP for Global IT, CIO of Fender

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Secure data center compliance across the globe

Iron Mountain is an industry leader in global data center compliance and trusted by some of the world's most regulated organizations. Our customers receive the same level of service at each of our global data centers, leveraging our comprehensive compliance support to reduce data center risk, including HIPAA, FISMA High, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 50001, SOC2/3, and more.

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