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AlteredScale Opens Doors at 601 Polk in Chicago
May 17th, 2013 : Jason Verge
Colcoation provider AlteredScale has opened its doors at 601 Polk In Chicago. The building, which has been around for over a century, is right in the heart of a central business district often strapped for space. Read More
Bionimbus Applies Cloud Power to Genetic Data-Crunching
May 16th, 2013 : John Rath
An ambitious project at the University of Chicago aims to lead the nation in biomedical computation, by making the region the largest hub in the world for genetic and medical information. At the forefront of the effort is Bionimbus, an open source cloud-based system for managing, analyzing and sharing genomic data. Read More
Ascent Goes Downtown With New Chicago Data Center
March 13th, 2013 : Rich Miller
Ascent, which has built several large data centers in the suburban Chicago market, is going downtown. The developer confirmed this week that it will team with Sterling Bay Cos. to renovate a property on South Desplaines Street as its CH3 data center. Read More
PeakColo Expands to Chicago Market
December 19th, 2012 : Jason Verge
After raising $7.5 million earlier this year, Denver-based PeakColo said it would use the money to expand into new geographic markets. It is now expanding into Chicago through partnership with PlusOne. Read More
Sterling Bay Buys Chicago Property for Potential Data Center
December 12th, 2012 : Jason Verge
Sterling Bay Cos. has acquired a Chicago property that has data center potential down the line. The deal reflects a trend in which more real estate companies are looking to data center projects. Read More
Latisys Expands Data Centers in Virginia, Chicago
November 12th, 2012 : Jason Verge
Managed hosting provider Latisys announced two data center expansions, one in Chicago and one in northern Virginia. The company is adding 10,000 square feet in Oak Brook, Ill. and 22,000 square feet in Ashburn, Virginia. Read More
Digital Realty Buys Campus in Suburban Chicago
June 6th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Digital Realty (DLR) has now entered the suburban Chicago market, acquiring a 575,000 square foot redevelopment property in Franklin Park, Ill. for $22.3 million. The three-building property has an existing tenant and considerable land to develop data centers. Read More
Ascent Lines up $107 Million for Chicago Project
April 18th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Data center developer Ascent Corporation has closed on $107 million in debt financing to fund the expansion of its CH2 project in Chicago and to enter new markets. Read More
Jim Kerrigan, David Horowitz Join Avison Young
February 13th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Data center real estate veterans Jim Kerrigan and David Horowitz have joined Avison Young’s brokerage operations in Chicago, the company said today. Kerrigan and Horowitz have joined Avison Young as Principals and will lead the company’s data center specialty efforts. Read More