Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal

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Site: Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal

Company: ServerFarm Realty
Metro: Chicago
State: Illinois
Country: United States
Region: North America
Address: 840 South Canal, Chicago, IL
Total Building SqFt: 443,446
Total Power: 20.0 Megawatts
PUE: 1.4

Electrical Power

The Chicago site is powered by 12 utility feeds from 4 substations in a redundant configuration. The block redundant architecture is configured so that a single 2 MW catcher buss supports four (4) 2 MW primary busses. Each primary buss has two (2) 1 MW unity power factor UPS systems that are configured in a distributed redundant architecture. Three (3) 500 kVA/kW UPS units make up a single N+1 1 MW UPS system. Power is then distributed to PDUs located on the data hall floor.

Mechanical

A 1,400 Ton water cooled chilled water plant is utilized for heat rejections. Chilled water is fed via dual risers to each IT floor to create a chilled water loop on each floor. The chilled water is fed to CRAH units configured in an N+4 topology located on the data hall floor. A waterside economizer is utilized in the chilled water plant to maximize efficiency throughout the year, yielding an annual PUE of 1.4.

  • Full Redevelopment in 2011
  • 443,446 Square Feet (Gross Building) on 5.2 acres
  • Eight Story Building (Including Lower Level)
  • 15 Carriers Accessible (AT&T, Verizon, AboveNet, 360 Networks, Cogent, CFN, Fiberlink, Level 3/Looking Glass, CenturyLink/Qwest, Zayo, XO, Synesys, Intellifiber, Global Crossing, Paetec)
  • 40MW of Total Electrical Service to Building (12MW Currently in Place)
  • 2-6MW Existing Electrical Utility Services from Medical Center & Jefferson Substations (1-6MW Existing Electrical Utility Maintenance Feed)
  • 4 Additional 6MW Feeds from Taylor Street Substation Being Installed
  • Taylor Street Feeds will come from Newly Constructed Ring Bus (Fed by Separate Substations)
  • 250 lbs per Square Foot Floor Loading
  • Generator Enclosure Housing 20 2MW Generators
  • 134,000 Square Feet of Raised Floor Data Center
  • Highly-Flexible Design - 4 6,000 - 7,500 SF Suites per Floor (1,000kW Critical Load Each)
  • 20 MW Data Center Critical Load
  • Projected PUE Lower Than 1.4

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840 South Canal, Chicago, IL

SITES within 15 miles of Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal

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Distance Site name SqFt MW
0.00 miles zColo Chicago (840 S Canal) 23,000 2.00
0.15 miles TierPoint Chicago 25,000 2.00
0.15 miles First Communications Chicago
0.24 miles Ascent Chicago CH3 212,000
0.37 miles 725 S Wells - 1547 Critical Systems 42,000 5.00
0.37 miles Digital Capital Chicago 0.60
0.37 miles Steadfast Chicago 725 Wells 30,000 5.00
0.37 miles Colo@ Chicago 1.50
0.37 miles Atlantic Metro ORD3 10,000 0.75
0.37 miles Lightower Chicago 725 S Wells

Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal Photos


Centrally located, well connected, and completely designed as a data center. This facility offers 20MW of data center critical load with a total electrical service to the building of 40 MW and auto...
Rendering of SFR's Downtown Chicago Facility

Centrally located, well connected, and completely designed as a data center. This facility offers 20MW of data center critical load with a total electrical service to the building of 40 MW and autonomous back-up power for 24-hours.

Source: SFR