Digital Realty acquired the Northlake data center in October 2017 for $315 million from Validus Mission Critical REIT. Previously in 2014 Validus acquired the building from Assent Data Centers.
The Northlake site has 21 acres of land with room for expansion.
The 505 N Railroad is in close proximity to Digital's Franklin Park Campus, Elk Grove Campus and downtown. This Digital Chicago Campus covers 21 acres of land with access to major fiber networks and can support up to 8 MW of IT load at N+1 redundancies.
| Distance | Site name | SqFt | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.40 miles | Microsoft Chicago Northlake | 707,244 | 198 |
| 0.48 miles | Aligned Chicago ORD-01 | ||
| 2.77 miles | 9355 Grand Ave | 22 | |
| 2.77 miles | 9333 Grand Ave (DRT) | 7 | |
| 2.77 miles | SingleHop Chicago | ||
| 2.82 miles | 9377 Grand Ave | 13 | |
| 2.83 miles | Tierpoint Chicago West | 15,650 | 2 |
| 2.84 miles | Digital Chicago Franklin Park Campus on Grand Ave - Digital Realty | ||
| 4.55 miles | XO (Swift Dr) | 1 | |
| 4.55 miles | DataBank (ORD4) Oak Brook | 86,000 | 9 |
Sep 07, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has announced that it's expanding into the Italian market with a new Tier IV-quality data center, named ROM1. This announcement comes following the acquisition and pre-development planning of land in Rome. The facility will sit on a 22-hectare site, with construction set to comm...
Sep 07, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty plans to extend its operations into Italy and has already purchased land in Rome, the country's capital. Following the purchase of land in Rome and the subsequent pre-development planning for it, the company announced its entry into the Italian market last week.The ROM1 data cen...
Aug 08, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty, a global leader in the data center industry, has introduced a high-density colocation service in 28 markets across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. The new service supports up to 70 kilowatts per rack of computing power. Digital stated that the increased rack densities we...
Jul 28, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Digital Realty Trust
TPG Real Estate now owns 80% of three Digital Realty data centers in the US state of Virginia's Northern Virginia. Digital will continue to oversee the daily operations of the joint venture's facilities. The data center business aims to utilize the $1.3 billion in proceeds from the transaction...
Jul 26, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Digital Realty Trust
Reliance Industries, the largest business group in India, revealed that it would join Mercury Holdings SG Pte, the current joint venture between Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty, to construct data centers in India. By acquiring a 33,33 % stake in the existing JV, Reliance Industrie...
