Boeing Building Data Center

 

If facilities are a reflection of the companies they house, then Hostway's new data center mirrors a reliable, growing company with state-of-the-art equipment. This new space will allow Hostway to offer colocation in Chicago for the first time and to expand its world-class hosting services.

Located at 100 North Riverside Plaza, in Boeing International’s modern skyscraper, the facility is in the heart of downtown Chicago. With 36 stories and almost 1 million square feet of office space, the building is home to Boeing International’s world headquarters. The data center will occupy a space originally built out for $200 million. Hostway is investing an additional $10 million to ensure the data center meets the leading industry standards for security, network availability, fire suppression and power capacity.

Reliable Seven dedicated electrical feeds Powered by five different substations Connected to multiple transfer switches 1,500 kVA of uninterruptible power supply Weekly testing of back-up generators Secure 24x7 live closed circuit TV monitoring Biometric access control Redundant power supplies Multiple HVAC systems Disaster recovery and geographic load balancing

Growing Capacity for 17,000 servers 31,000 square feet of server space Adds 50,000 square feet to total footprint Brings global footprint to 450,000 square feet Provides colocation services in Chicago State-of-the-Art Level 3, Telia and MCI connectivity Accommodates custom build-outs 1,000 tons of available cooling $10 million in upgrades Formerly site of Ameritech’s mission-critical facility

Hostway's Tier 1 data centers in key locations across the globe are all built out with N+1 redundancy. The new data center is Hostway’s 11th, and one of the largest commercially operating data centers in downtown Chicago.