GTHost: Chicago Data Center

Chicago Data Center is a GTHost infrastructure location in Chicago, Illinois, USA. On its official location and company pages, GTHost identifies the site as Chicago Data Center and places it at 365 Data Centers, 427 S La Salle Street, Chicago, IL 60605, USA. GTHost positions the location in the heart of Chicago’s financial district, adjacent to the Board of Trade, and describes it as serving low latency requirements for financial, healthcare, and media users in the area.

The site is in downtown Chicago’s Loop, one of the most important commercial and network-dense districts in the U.S. Midwest. Official 365 Data Centers materials identify the underlying facility at 427 S La Salle Street as a downtown Chicago data center with direct connectivity to 350 Cermak, describing it as the second largest connectivity hub in Chicago. GTHost also states that its Chicago data center is connected to Equinix Internet Exchange, reinforcing the location’s role in interconnection-heavy and latency-sensitive deployments.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Facility identity (operator stated, facility level): GTHost identifies this site as Chicago Data Center.
2. Location reference (operator stated, facility level): GTHost places the site at 365 Data Centers, 427 S La Salle Street, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.
3. Market positioning (operator stated, facility level): GTHost states the site serves low latency requirements for financial, healthcare, and media companies in the area.
4. Infrastructure positioning (operator stated, operator level): GTHost states its Chicago deployment is built on current infrastructure and bare metal server platforms for enterprise requirements.
5. Facility configuration (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers describes the site as a 10,000 sq ft downtown Chicago data center with 24 inch raised floor and cabinets, cages, and custom-built configurations.
6. Power infrastructure (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists 2 x 203 kW and 3 x 144 kW UPS backup power for AC customers with N+1 redundancy, plus onsite 400 kW and 500 kW diesel generators and A and B DC power options.
7. Cooling architecture (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists a 156 ton cooling plant with N+1 configuration and hot aisle / cold aisle containment.
8. Operations support (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists 24/7/365 customer care and available Remote Hands Services.

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. Security access model (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists 24/7/365 multiple-layer security access.
2. Monitoring (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists 24/7/365 infrastructure and perimeter monitoring.
3. Video surveillance (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists multiple internal and external cameras with CCTV recorder.
4. Fire and environmental sensing (underlying facility source, facility level): 365 Data Centers lists fire and flood sensors throughout the building.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

GTHost places the Chicago deployment at 427 S La Salle Street within 365 Data Centers’ downtown Chicago facility. 365 Data Centers states that this site has direct connectivity to 350 Cermak and presents it as the second largest connectivity hub in Chicago. Its published carrier roster for the Chicago facility includes providers such as AT&T, Cogent, Comcast, Crown Castle, DE-CIX, Lumen, NTT, Verizon Business, Windstream, and Zayo, among others. GTHost separately states that its Chicago data center is connected to Equinix Internet Exchange, supporting interconnection and broader network reach from the location.

💼 Who It Serves

1. Organizations requiring low latency infrastructure in downtown Chicago for financial, healthcare, and media workloads, as stated by GTHost.
2. Customers needing bare metal server deployments in Chicago, based on GTHost’s Chicago dedicated server offering.
3. Colocation customers requiring cabinets, cages, or custom-built configurations, as listed by 365 Data Centers for the facility.
4. Interconnection-driven deployments needing access to Chicago carrier ecosystems and connectivity into 350 Cermak and Equinix IX.