Chicago Data Center (Polk St.)
601 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60607
Chicago Data Center - Polk St.
Just west of the Loop in the heart of Chicago, the state-of-the-art TierPoint Chicago (Polk St.) data center and colocation facility enables companies in many industries to increase business agility and improve IT performance.
High Performance
This secure data center enables businesses to reach 50 million people throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Chicago area is home to one of TierPoint’s multitenant cloud pods, and the Chicago (Polk St.) data center is part of our nationwide network of data centers with guaranteed exceptional performance and low latency connections. A second TierPoint data center in the Chicago metro area is the Chicago - West data center.
Strategic Location
Chicago is a major transportation hub and relay point to the U.S. heartland. Illinois is the fourth-leading manufacturing state. Other top private industries include professional and business services, real estate, finance, and insurance. A low risk of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, leads many businesses to choose data centers in the Midwest, including Illinois.
Facility Specifications
Space
- 107,000+ total square feet, 16,000+ square feet of raised floor space
- Cabinets, cages, and suites available
Reliability
- A-side and B-side power distribution design
- Two 2.25MW diesel generators on-site with minimum 48 hours runtime
- 100% uptime SLA
Connectivity
- Carrier-class, carrier-neutral facility
- Multiple, diverse fiber access available
- Cloud on-ramps and fabrics
- DWDM connectivity to 350 E Cermak
- See Connect Point for all carriers and product offerings
Security
- 24x7x365 electronic and on-site security qualified personnel
- Secure two-factor authentication including biometric systems
- CCTV surveillance, with a minimum 90 days of retention
Product Availability
- Managed services, including private cloud, disaster recovery, security, and colocation solutions
- 24x7 Remote Hands technical support
Compliance
- Audited under SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type lI, SOC 2 + HITRUST, GLBA, HIPAA, PCI-DSS¹, and NIST SP 800-531 annually, is ISO 27001 certified², and ITAR and Data Privacy Framework³ registered.
- Data Center Colocation Services (NIST Moderate baseline)
- ISMS and data center colocation
- EU Standard Contractual Clause/DPA template available
Chicago Data Center - Polk St.
Why TierPoint
A leading national provider of hybrid IT solutions, TierPoint helps organizations drive performance and manage risk. No U.S. provider comes close to matching TierPoint’s unique combination of thousands of clients; more than 40 edge-capable data centers and 8 multitenant cloud pods coast to coast; and a comprehensive portfolio of cloud solutions, colocation, disaster recovery, security, and other managed IT services.
Our biggest challenges were compliance, travel for our IT staff, and the ownership trust factor in terms of moving our mission-critical infrastructure to an outside provider. In the end, it really came down to a matter of trust
Rich Hawley
Director of IT Infrastructure Services
American Customer Care
Our Satisfied Customers
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