Status: Operational | Location: 717 South Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60607, United States
The Netrality 717 South Wells Data Center, located in Chicago’s downtown financial district, represents a major carrier-neutral interconnection and colocation facility serving financial institutions, enterprises, telecommunications providers, and cloud infrastructure operators across the Midwest. Encompassing more than 105,000 square feet of specialized data center and carrier-hotel infrastructure, the multi-floor facility is designed to provide approximately 12 megawatts of utility capacity and up to 10 megawatts of critical IT load for demanding digital and network-intensive applications. Electrical infrastructure is supported by redundant utility feeds supplied by Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), complemented by N+1 uninterruptible power supply systems, resilient electrical distribution, and standby diesel emergency generators supported by extended fuel supply arrangements. This layered architecture helps maintain continuous operation for mission-critical workloads during utility disturbances and other electrical events. Thermal management is delivered through precision computer room air-conditioning systems configured around hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment principles, helping maintain consistent temperature and airflow conditions across server environments while improving cooling efficiency. The facility’s downtown Chicago location provides significant advantages for organizations requiring direct access to the city’s financial and telecommunications ecosystem. Operating as a major carrier gateway, 717 South Wells incorporates extensive fiber vault infrastructure and diverse fiber pathways connecting customers with financial trading venues, metropolitan dark-fiber rings, major cloud edge nodes, internet networks, and leading telecommunications carriers. Its proximity to Chicago’s financial institutions and established network infrastructure makes the facility particularly suited to latency-sensitive financial applications, enterprise connectivity, cloud on-ramps, and high-performance digital services. By combining substantial electrical capacity, resilient power infrastructure, efficient thermal management, carrier-neutral architecture, and extensive fiber connectivity, Netrality 717 South Wells functions as an important interconnection hub linking Chicago’s financial, enterprise, telecommunications, and cloud ecosystems.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Project Name | Netrality - 717 South Wells Chicago Data Center |
| Location | 717 South Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60607, United States |
| Status | Operational |
| Project Type | Carrier Hotel, Core Interconnection Gateway, Enterprise Colocation |
| Commissioning | 🔒 Subscriber Intelligence |
| Total IT Load | 🔒 Subscriber Intelligence |
| Total Capacity | 🔒 Subscriber Intelligence |
| Tier Level | 🔒 Subscriber Intelligence |
| Header | Details |
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| City Name | Chicago |
| Population | ~2.7 million |
| Urban Agglomeration | ~9.4 million (Chicago Metropolitan Area) |
| Economic Profile | 🔒 Detailed city intelligence available to subscribers |
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