Data Center Notes:

• The campus was a former Sun Times Press Facility and was acquired in 2014. [1]
• The campus is 30 acres (an unusually large plot of land) near downtown Chicago.)
• 467,000 sq. ft. facility
• 208,000 sq. ft. raised floor within existing building
  • DH1 is 48,000 sq. ft
  • DH2 is 80,000 sq. ft
  • DH3 80,000 sq. ft
• 2,925 sq. ft. leasable office space
• Three loading docks available with dock levelers
• LEED Gold Certified

Power

• Configuration options: N+1, 2N
• 125MW of critical power capacity
• UPS power in an N+1 configuration
• Generator power in an N+1 configuration

Cooling

• 26+ indirect heat exchanger cooling units 400/367/250 kW
• Temperature and humidity sensors installed in data halls providing
• remote indications and alarms to on-site and off-site facility personnel
• VESDA smoke detection above and below raised floors
• Fully automated Building Management System providing remote
• indications and operations capabilities
• WonderWare monitoring for electrical systems

Future Expansion

QTS has the ability to add an additional 213,000 square feet of raised floor and 32 megawatts of power in Building 2 for a total of 346,000 square feet of raised floor and 56 megawatts of power within the campus.

Data Center Access

For the first data room, the company built a configuration room next to the receiving area, so technicians can unload and unpack equipment without moving it greater distances. QTS installed the lift next to the configuration room so servers can be conveniently transferred to the raised computing floor. Similarly, the site plan calls for each data room to have its own secure receiving area, configuration room and lift.

References:

1. QTS Press Release July 9, 2014