• 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

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