Chicago data centers and colocation

Main operators in Chicago

Here, Digital Realty operates 9 buildings and Colocation America operates 5. Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4 - Chicago leads on connectivity, holding 335 networks.Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak) comes next with 102. More networks under one roof means more carrier options, plus cross connects that are cheaper and shorter (a cable joining your rack with another company's).

• Digital Realty9 buildings
• Colocation America5 buildings
• DataBank4 buildings
• Equinix3 buildings
• Centersquare3 buildings
• Cogent Communications3 buildings
• CoreSite2 buildings
• Lumen Technologies2 buildings
• CyrusOne2 buildings
• TierPoint2 buildings

Internet exchanges serving Chicago

A shared switch where networks trade traffic directly is called an internet exchange. If you're in a building on the exchange, one port connects you to its members.

• Equinix Chicago 255 members, 3 buildings here
• DE-CIX Chicago 83 members, 11 buildings here
• QCIX 65 members, 1 building here
• ChIX 62 members, 5 buildings here
• Any2Chicago 17 members, 2 buildings here
• MegaIX Chicago 12 members, 17 buildings here
• Chicago Open Pipes 8 members, 5 buildings here
• Digital Realty Chicago 7 members, 3 buildings here
• DACS-IX Central 7 members, 1 building here
• Global Peer Exchange 6 members, 3 buildings here
• FD-IX - Chicago 4 members, 5 buildings here
• BBIX Chicago 3 members, 1 building here
• GCIIX 1 member, 1 building here
• CyrusOne IX Chicago 0 members, 1 building here

Colocation costs in Chicago

Add the list price of a rack to the Chicago market rent above. One full rack using 5 to 10 kW comes to roughly $1,440 to $2,710 a month.

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Building locations

Buildings in the Chicago market sit in Chicago (26), Elk Grove Village (10), Oak Brook (5), Aurora (4), Franklin Park (4), Mount Prospect (4), Northlake (4), Wood Dale (2), Elk Grove (2), Lisle (1), Lombard (1), Westmont (1), Arlington Heights (1), Itasca (1), Alsip (1) and Bannockburn (1).