Ascent Corporation Advances Development of Data Center in Chicago Area
CH2 Data Center in Northlake, located in close proximity to the 120 megawatt CH1 Data Center Ascent delivered in 2009, will feature power advantages, superior diverse neutral connectivity, custom-tailored flexible design models, and operational services to match each tenant’s business and technical requirements. Compute spaces in CH2 will range from 10,000-250,000+ square feet and customers will have the option to fit-out and maintain autonomous Powered Suites themselves or lease fully built out autonomous space on a Turnkey Infrastructure Suite basis. Customers can utilize Ascent’s data center expertise throughout the build-out phase and can elect to take advantage of Ascent’s fully managed maintenance service capabilities following commissioning.
Ascent recently secured substantial funding to complete the project build-out and subsequently closed on the 280,000 square foot facility. The company is building an onsite dedicated substation which will deliver a committed 54+ megawatts of power via dual diverse electrical transmission lines. Similarly, multiple fiber providers near the property have committed to build diverse paths to the site per tenants’ specific bandwidth and application requirements, enabling Ascent to provide rapidly deployable diverse carrier neutral access points into the development.