Comments on: Chicago’s Data Fortress for the Digital Economy

By: PJ Brunet

PJ Brunet — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:02:10 +0000

Fascinating article. I can appreciate T.E. Donnelley’s vision.

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By: Kathi

Kathi — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:14:05 +0000

Is there any public access, or can tours be arranged to view the architecture especially the library and gallery spaces?

By: doug humphrey

doug humphrey — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:23:51 +0000

When we (Core Location) developed this project, pretty much
everyone in the real estate world thought we were NUTS
Carlyle Group had the vision to understand though and
back our play.

Back then, nobody could conceive of a million square feet of
data center space – I mean, what would you DO with it all?

Today, while it IS a big building, it likely only is 1% or maybe 3%
of the total data center/colo space in the world – still impressive
for a single building! But it shows how much things have changed
in 10 years!

Peace and Prosperity,
Doug Humphrey
Core Location Co-Founder/CTO

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:53:37 +0000

sadly, the library looks rather empty …..

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:58:37 +0000

This is an amazing building, both visually and technologically. We began hosting some project servers in the facility back in 2002. We liked it so much that we started the colocation company Raqz Networks in 2004 to help others take advantage of this facility that so many futures exchanges, businesses and the largest of websites use. This is very much the premier building for all of the midwest.