QTS: Chicago Campus

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2800 S. Ashland Ave
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QTS: Chicago Campus

Year Built: 2015
Ownership: QTS Data Centers owns the building.
Lot Size: 26 acres

Sites on this Campus:

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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
  • 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

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

Map and Nearby Locations:

2800 S. Ashland Ave
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0.13 miles QTS: Chicago 3
QTS plans to build another data center building on its Chicago Campus.
0.14 miles QTS: Chicago 2
QTS is developing 366,000 sq ft (34,000 sqm) of data center space across three stories, alongside 80,000 sq ft (7,432 sqm) of office and loading areas in its Chicago Campus.
1.55 miles Metro Edge: Illinois Medical District (IMD)
Commercial real estate investment firm Metro Edge Development is building a data center in Chicago, Illinois.
1.99 miles CoreSite Chicago CH2
In February 2018, CoreSite acquired a two-acre land parcel in downtown Chicago, Illinois, on which CoreSite built CH2, a greenfield development of a 175,000-square-foot, turn-key, four-story data center supporting 18 critical megawatts of power capacity. The building was completed in June 2020.
2.43 miles First Communications Chicago
2.43 miles TierPoint Chicago Polk
2.46 miles DataBank (ORD2) 840 S Canal
2.46 miles Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal
4 MW Critical Load on Each Floor (Floors 1-5) 130-160 Watts per Raised Floor SF
2.66 miles Centersquare: Chicago ORD1(B, C & D)
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2.68 miles Centersquare: Chicago ORD1
Centersquare's ORD1 site is located in the heart of the Chicago Financial District on the 7th floor of an 8-story building on a fiber-linked campus.
2.68 miles Equinix Chicago CH1, CH2, & CH4
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2.68 miles Colocation America CH1
2.68 miles Steadfast Chicago 350 E Cermak
2.68 miles Digital Realty: ORD10
Digital Realty acquired the colocation services business of Hivelocity in 2025.
2.68 miles Deft: Downtown CH1
2.77 miles 725 S Wells - 1547 Critical Systems
In 2025, a joint venture formed by Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC and fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (“1547”) acquired this data center from CIM Group.
2.77 miles Crown Castle 725 S Wells
2.79 miles Netrality Chicago: 717 S Wells
The 10 story building was constructed in 1923 and eventually was converted into a data center.
2.97 miles Colocation America CH2
2.97 miles Lumen Chicago 5
2.97 miles Cogent: 600 S Federal
2.97 miles Digital Realty: Chicago ORD11
2.97 miles DataBank (ORD1) 600 S Federal
3.00 miles Cogent: 427 S LaSalle
3.00 miles 365 Chicago
The site is a former Switch and Data site (also owned by Equinix for a short period.)
3.00 miles CoreSite Chicago CH1
Once owned by the Western Union company, the building was formerly known as "The Telegraph Building."
3.02 miles Legacy: Chicago Byte Exchange CBE1
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3.02 miles QuadraNet Chicago
3.05 miles Cogent: 216 W Jackson
3.24 miles EXA - 111 North Canal
Former GTT suite
3.24 miles Lumen Chicago 1
3.27 miles Verizon: 140 S Dearborn
3.31 miles Lumen Chicago 6
3.53 miles Lumen Chicago 3
3.96 miles 1547 Chicago Midway Technology Centre
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4.00 miles Lumen Chicago 4
4.11 miles Lumen Chicago 2
9.58 miles Related Digital: Chicago, IL
Related Digital is planning a 430-acre campus in Chicago, Illinois, at the old US Steel South Works location.
9.59 miles Related Digital: Chicago Expansion
9.84 miles Lumen Broadview
11.39 miles Digital Realty: Franklin Park Expansion
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11.41 miles Tierpoint Chicago West
11.49 miles Digital Realty: ORD13
11.50 miles Digital Realty: ORD14
11.50 miles Digital Chicago Franklin Park Campus on Grand Ave - Digital Realty
Digital Chicago is a master-planned 40-acre campus in the Village of Franklin Park. The campus has 3 existing buildings, totaling 574,994 sqft
11.52 miles Digital Realty: Chicago ORD12
11.63 miles Digital Realty: ORD15
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11.93 miles Digital Crossroad: Hammond, IN (Phase 2)
Digital Crossroad is planning to expand its campus in Hammond, Indiana. The company plans to add another 180,000 sq ft (16,720 sqm) building in the second phase.
12.02 miles Digital Crossroad (Indiana NAP)
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13.05 miles DataBank (ORD4) Oak Brook
13.05 miles Verizon: Swift Dr
13.05 miles LexusNexis Oak Brook
13.65 miles 505 N Railroad Ave - Digital Realty
The 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.
13.75 miles Aligned Chicago ORD-01
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13.76 miles Aligned ORD-02
Aligned's ORD-02 is a data center located in Northlake, IL near downtown Chicago. Part of Aligned's 18.5-acre hyperscale campus.
13.99 miles Server Farm Oak Brook
The campus was originally built as the corporate headquarters of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I).
13.99 miles US Signal Oakbrook IL01
800a 480V 3 phase 450kW diesel generator with 24 hour run time at full load 500kVa UPS capacity with battery backup
13.99 miles Verizon: (Oak Brook)
14.05 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
14.10 miles NYI Chicago (Oak Brook)
14.27 miles T5: Chicago lll
T5@Chicago III will be build-to-suit, with the company spending more than $500 million to develop a three-story, 250,000 sq ft facility for multi-tenant or single-tenant operations.
15.83 miles Equinix Chicago CH7
15.99 miles Iron Mountain Chicago
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17.50 miles 360TCS-Lombard
17.50 miles Digital Fortress: Chicago Lombard
17.82 miles CyrusOne: Wood Dale CHI6
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17.84 miles Element Critical CH2
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17.84 miles Element Critical CH1
Element Critical acquired the site in January 2019 from Sungard. The facility was previously known as SunGard Wood Dale (711).
17.86 miles TA Realty: Elk Grove
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18.16 miles Centersquare: Chicago ORD2
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18.22 miles EdgeConneX CHI01
18.22 miles T5: Chicago V
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18.26 miles EdgeConneX: CHI03
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18.27 miles 2299 Busse (CH2) Digital Realty
18.32 miles EdgeConneX CHI02
18.33 miles Stream Chicago I
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18.37 miles Equinix: CH5
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18.41 miles Equinix Chicago CH3
18.42 miles Rackspace Elk Grove ORD1
18.44 miles Deft: Elk Grove DF-CH1
18.44 miles HostPapa CH1
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18.44 miles Digital Elk Grove Village Campus
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18.46 miles Stream Chicago II
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18.47 miles 2200 Busse Rd (CH1) DRT
18.53 miles 1450 E Devon Ave (CH3) DRT
18.62 miles CyrusOne: Lombard CHI5
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18.80 miles Stream: Chicago III DC3
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18.80 miles Stream: Chicago III DC2
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18.91 miles Stream: Chicago III
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18.94 miles DigiCo: Chicago
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19.02 miles STACK Chicago CHI01
19.03 miles Stack: CHI02
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19.12 miles STACK CHI01B
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19.16 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
19.60 miles Prime Elk Grove
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19.65 miles Prime: ORD01-03
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19.66 miles CenturyLink: Arlington Heights
19.68 miles Prime: ORD01-02
Building B will be another three-story construction, offering 279,360 gross square feet of space.
19.75 miles CloudHQ: Mount Prospect ORD2
CloudHQ is building a $2.5 billion data center campus at the former United Airlines world headquarters office campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
19.86 miles CloudHQ Mount Prospect ORD3
CloudHQ is building a $2.5 billion data center campus at the former United Airlines world headquarters office campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
19.90 miles CloudHQ: Mount Prospect ORD1
CloudHQ is building a $2.5 billion data center campus at the former United Airlines world headquarters office campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois.

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Source: Baxtel

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QTS Data Centers is a privately held data center company owned by funds managed by Blackstone, with corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. It provides colocation, custom data center and managed services, along with carrier-neutral connectivity across its platform.

QTS operates sites in the United States and in the Netherlands. The company expanded its footprint with acquisitions in Chicago and Princeton in 2014, added government and managed hosting capabilities with the Carpathia acquisition in 2015, and entered the Netherlands market in 2019. QTS became a public company in 2013 and was taken private in 2021.

History:

  • On August 31, 2021 funds managed by Blackstone completed the acquisition of QTS Realty Trust.
  • April 30, 2019: Acquired two operating data centers in Groningen and Eemshaven, Netherlands, for approximately $44 million.
  • June 2015: QTS acquires Carpathis Hosting for $326 million. The transaction increases QTS's ability to serve IaaS and Government clients. Additionally the transaction provides a number of deployments within Equinix facilities.
  • July 8, 2014: Acquired the former Chicago Sun-Times printing plant for conversion to a data center.
  • June 30, 2014: Acquired the Princeton, New Jersey data center from McGraw Hill Financial.
  • 2013: Went public (IPO) and started trading under the symbol QTS on the NYSE.
  • 2010 Acquired their Richmond facility
  • 2005 QTS acquired Atlanta Suwanee data center
  • 2003: Company acquired its first data center in Overland Park, KS
  • 2003: QTS was founded by Chad Williams with its first data center in Overland Park in Kansas
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QTS-Chicago-Data-Center-Data-Sheet.pdf

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