DLS Internet Services: DLS Internet Services – Lake in the Hills / LITH

DLS Internet Services – Lake in the Hills / LITH in Lake in the Hills, Illinois is a Chicago-area data center and network operations location at 950 East Oak Street. The facility supports colocation, dedicated servers, hosted NAS, virtual servers, web hosting, business internet, VoIP, and managed network services for organizations that need local infrastructure in the northwest Chicago suburbs. DLS operates two Internet data centers in the Chicago Metro area and uses the Lake in the Hills site as both a data center location and business-service hub for communications, network, hosting, and infrastructure operations.

The Lake in the Hills facility supports smaller organizations and regional businesses that need enterprise-class infrastructure without building their own server room. DLS data center services include backup power, redundant cooling, secure access, multi-layered infrastructure monitoring, 24x7x365 network operations support, space management, asset management, provisioning, change control, and remote hands. DLS’s colocation network uses Cisco Systems and HP technologies, with routing, VPN, intrusion detection and prevention, email, database, SAN, and virtualization technologies supporting hosted and colocated environments.

Connectivity is a core part of the LITH site’s role in the Chicago Metro market. DLS offers business fiber with symmetrical speeds up to 10 Gbps, switched Ethernet, fixed wireless broadband, static IP services, hosted PBX, SIP trunking, and network consulting. Data Center Catalog identifies the Lake in the Hills facility with upstream redundancy and failover to another DLS-owned network operations center. The site gives infrastructure buyers a suburban Illinois alternative to downtown Chicago colocation while remaining connected to the wider Chicagoland business, telecom, and cloud-services ecosystem.

🏢 Facility Highlights

1. Facility Address: 950 East Oak Street, Lake in the Hills, Illinois 60156.
2. Chicago Metro Footprint: One of two DLS Internet data centers in the Chicago area.
3. Colocation Services: Rack rental, server hosting, dedicated servers, virtual servers, and hosted infrastructure.
4. Operations Support: Multi-layered monitoring, 24x7x365 network operations, provisioning, change control, and remote hands.
5. Infrastructure Systems: Backup power, redundant cooling, secure access, Cisco Systems networking, and HP server technologies.

🔒 Security & Compliance

1. Secure Access: DLS lists secure access for its data center services.
2. Network Security: Routing, VPN, intrusion detection and prevention, UCE filtering, and virus filtering support hosted environments.
3. Compliance Listings: HIPAA and SOC 2 Type 2 are listed for the Lake in the Hills facility on Datacenters.com.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Business Fiber: Symmetrical fiber service available up to 10 Gbps.
2. Switched Ethernet: Fiber-optic and electrical handoff options support hub-and-spoke and point-to-point topologies.
3. Wireless Access: Fixed wireless broadband and private wireless network engineering are part of DLS’s access portfolio.
4. Network Redundancy: Upstream redundancy and failover to another DLS-owned network operations center are listed for LITH.
5. ASN Presence: AS10692 / DLS-LITH is registered to DLS Internet Services in Lake in the Hills.

🏭 Who It Serves

1. Colocation Customers: Businesses needing rack space, remote hands, and suburban Chicago infrastructure.
2. Hosted Infrastructure Users: Dedicated servers, hosted NAS, web hosting, database, backup, and virtualization workloads.
3. Network Buyers: Organizations using business fiber, switched Ethernet, fixed wireless, static IPs, and managed routing.
4. Voice Customers: Hosted PBX, SIP trunking, unified communications, and business phone workloads.