ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
CH2
DATA CENTERS
POWERED BY TRUST
BUILDING
POWER & COOLING
•25.6 MW
•336,000 SF
•15+ acres
THE NEXT LEVEL
OF PREMIUM
PERFORMANCE
FLEXIBILITY
•Design PUE of 1.15 annualized
•N+2 redundancy for all building
systems at full capacity
•Scalable and flexible densities
ranging from 1,000 kW - 2,000 kW of
critical IT capacity per
computer room
•Slab floor for increased weight capacity
•Provisions for stand-alone data
center containers
•PDUs off the computer room floor for
added usable square footage
•Dashboard technology for monitoring
your data center infrastructure
Our relentless focus on performance has resulted in an industry-leading
11.1 million megawatt hours of uptime.
PDU CLOSETS
ADDITIONAL
GALLERY DOORS
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CONFERENCE
ROOM
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CUSTOMER
OFFICES
FUTURE OFFICES
& STAGING
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CUSTOMER
STAGING
ROOMS
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POE
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ADMINISTRATIVE
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NOC
POE
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MMR
POE
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GALLERY
FENCE
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UPS
Benefit Your Bottom Line
Entrusting CH2 to power your business- and mission-critical
applications is a good return on your investment. Cook County offers
some of the country’s most competitive power rates. Nearby mass
transit makes CH2 easily accessible. In addition, Chicago is one of the
country’s leading telecommunications infrastructure cities and has a low
risk for natural disasters.
With over a dozen Fortune 500 companies and numerous sports,
cultural and recreational venues, Cook County will connect your
company to a world of new possibilities.
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Choose Your Network Carrier
Many of the most popular carriers are available on DFT’s Chicago
campus. If your choice of carrier isn’t already present, we can invite
them to join our growing campus on your behalf.
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MECHANICAL PLANT
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MEZZANINE LEVEL
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GALLERY
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With approximately 336,000 square feet and a critical load capacity totaling 25.6 megawatts,
CH2 delivers the ultimate in flexibility and reliability—along with our standard-setting
operational expertise. In true DFT fashion, you can depend on uninterrupted service with
cutting-edge power, security, cooling and energy efficiency options to help protect your
most critical IT assets.
That means designing data centers to deliver perpetual power,
unequaled reliability, stalwart security and economic advantage. We
apply our engineering and operational expertise to keep your costs
down while maintaining 100% service level agreements. We deploy
proven technologies and practices to deliver an unrivaled PUE and
minimize our carbon footprint.
•Carrier-neutral
•Four separate network Points
of Entry (POE) with diverse
underground duct banks
•Dark fiber available
•Meet-Me-Room (MMR)
ADDITIONAL
GALLERY DOORS
EG ROOM
Introduce your business to the many advantages of CH2—one of the newest additions to the
DuPont Fabros Technology data center portfolio. Located a few miles west of Chicago, just
across the street from DFT’s CH1 facility, CH2 stands as a model of best practices. Forming
a small but growing data center campus environment, both facilities are connected via an
underground conduit system for diverse network options.
We stop at nothing to support your mission.
CONNECTIVITY
•24 x 7 x 365 security officers
•CCTV surveillance cameras
•Two-factor authentication and
biometrics access
•Gallery wall options
PDU CLOSETS
POE
A Philosophy of Support
Your business is more than data. And DFT does more than house
your servers.
SECURITY
ADDITIONAL
GALLERY DOORS
ADDITIONAL
GALLERY DOORS
GROUND LEVEL
RECEIVING
DOCK
MAIN ENTRANCE
SECURITY
OPERATIONS
CENTER
FUTURE OFFICES
& STAGING
TYPICAL COMPUTER ROOM
(396 2'x4' CABINETS SHOWN)
TYPICAL COMPUTER ROOM
WITH GALLERY WALLS
(360 2'x4' CABINETS SHOWN)
CONFERENCE
ROOM
CH2
SPECIFICATIONS
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PROPERTY
Location: Elk Grove Village, IL
Acreage: 15.07
Building Size: 335,642 SF
Nearest Airport: Chicago O’Hare
International (ORD)
BUILDING DESCRIPTION
Utility Power: 34.5 kV
Parking: 130 spaces
Number of Stories: One, plus
engine-generator mezzanine
Loading Docks: Four dock bays; two
with dock levelers
COMPUTER ROOM
SPECIFICATIONS
Computer Room Size: 8,955 SF
(average)
Critical Power Capacity: 1,000 kW—
2,000 kW (1,422 kW standard)
Containment: Required
DATA CENTER AREA DESCRIPTION
Computer Room Floor: 160,600 SF
Number of Computer Rooms: 18
Raised-Floor Height: N/A (slab floor)
Computer Room Floor-to-Ceiling
Height: 13'
AMENITIES
Offices: 13 pre-constructed offices,
with flexible space for custom
requirements
Staging: 11 rooms
Miscellaneous: Wi-Fi, conference
rooms, break room and shower room
with lockers
SECURITY
Building and Perimeter: Fully
monitored by CCTV cameras and
security officer patrols
Security Officers: 24 x 7 x 365
Access Control: Electronic security
features with access card entry and
dual authentication with biometric
readers
CCTV: Yes (minimum 95-day
video retention)
CRITICAL POWER
Total Megawatts: 25.6
UPS SYSTEMS
Eighteen 1,600 kW rotary UPS in
isolated-parallel configuration
Redundancy: N+2
GENERATORS
Eighteen 2,250 kW diesel-engine
generators
Redundancy: N+2
ONSITE FUEL CAPACITY
Storage Tanks: Four 40,000-gallon
underground diesel-fuel storage
tanks
Fuel Run Time: Minimum 48 hours
HEAT REJECTION
SYSTEMS (HVAC)
Eight centrifugal chillers and heat
exchanger lineups, each with
1,323-ton capacity
Redundancy: N+2
Chilled-Water Storage: 80,000
gallons
PDUs
Voltage: 415/240 V
Redundancy: 2N
COMMUNICATIONS
POE: Four separate network POEs
with diverse underground duct banks
leading into the facility
Conduits: Dedicated underground
conduits to each computer room
Multiple Carriers: DFT is
carrier-neutral, AMS-IX Chicago
Internet Exchange
Meet-Me-Room: Available MMR with
redundant power and cabinet options
for lit equipment
Telecom Ductbanks: Diverse
underground duct bank between CH1
and CH2
Dark Fiber: Diverse dark fiber
between CH1 and CH2
FIRE PROTECTION
Double interlocked pre-action
sprinkler system with VESDA
monitoring system standard
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WASHINGTON, DC 20005
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About DuPont Fabros Technology
DFT designs, builds and operates wholesale data centers nationwide. We help
clients across various industries make smart IT decisions that match their business
goals, including managing growth, gaining more control over their infrastructure,
lowering operating costs and adding data center capacity quickly.