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Element Critical: Chicago One Data Center

Element Critical Chicago One Data Center is located at 711 North Edgewood Avenue, Wood Dale, IL, USA. The data center is 151000 sqft. There is a total of 85500 sqft in raised floor space for colocation. It has access to 7.0 MW of power. We found 40 data center locations within 50 miles of this facility. Certifications for this location include HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 1 Type 1, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, SSAE 16 Type 1.
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About Chicago One Data Center

Element Critical’s Chicago One Data Center, located at 711 North Edgewood Avenue, Wood Dale, Illinois, is a high-resiliency colocation and disaster recovery facility serving the greater Chicago metro region. Originally constructed in 1981 and renovated in 2019, Chicago One has built a reputation for continuous uptime across decades of operation.  Its proximity (just a couple of miles) to O’Hare International Airport and access to major fiber routes through Chicago places it strategically for low-latency interconnection and contingency deployments. 

⚙️ Facility Highlights

  • Power footprint: 7 MW total power capacity, with support for N, N+1, and 2N configurations 
  • Utility fed via dual 12 kV circuits, dual-substation entry 
  • Backup power: N+1 diesel generators with 10,000 gallon fuel storage and redundant fuel systems
  • Cooling: CRAH / CRAC systems with N+1 redundancy, close-coupled refrigeration, and hot/cold aisle design 
  • Raised floor: 85,500 sq ft of white space within a 151,000 sq ft facility 
  • Floor load capacity: 300 lbs per sq ft
  • Tier / class: Designed as Tier III (concurrently maintainable) 
  • Deployment flexibility: supports single cabinets, cages, private suites, and build-to-suit halls; supports hot/cold aisle containment 
  • Staging / logistics: multiple loading docks, storage & staging areas for customer equipment 

🔐 Security & Compliance

  • 24×7 onsite security personnel, cardkey / multi-factor access control, and biometric authentication 
  • CCTV coverage throughout facility, with video retention (90 days) 
  • Certifications: PCI DSS, HIPAA, SSAE 16 / SOC 1 & SOC 2, ISO 27001
  • Fire protection: double-interlock, pre-action dry-pipe systems; VESDA smoke detection 

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

  • Carrier-neutral facility with a rich ecosystem of providers (AT&T, Lumen (CenturyLink), Comcast, Crown Castle, Verizon, Zayo, Cogent)
  • Redundant fiber entry and intra-building diverse paths; direct fiber to 350 Cermak; dark fiber links between Chicago One and Chicago Two 
  • Meet-me rooms and cross-connect services available for customers to interface with carriers and cloud providers 
  • Hybrid cloud / Cloud On-Ramp access to AWS, Azure, etc. via custom connectivity options 
  • Network platform redundancy: dual internal network architecture to avoid a single point of failure

💼 Who It Serves

  • Enterprises requiring disaster recovery / business continuity for their US Midwest operations
  • Cloud providers and SaaS firms needing Chicago presence with strong connectivity to Chicago’s major fiber routes
  • Financial services, trading, and low-latency operations benefiting from direct access to Chicago’s exchange and network core
  • Organizations needing high compliance (PCI, HIPAA, ISO) and high-availability infrastructure
  • Customers deploying hybrid or multi-cloud architectures, leveraging cross-connect and direct cloud on-ramps