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Oct 27, 2008
The center, located in Elk Grove Village, IL, is one of the largest stand alone data centers in the Chicago area and is the size of four football fields. It serves as a critical hub in the infrastructure of the Internet, providing a high-performance, high-security location where Internet and corporate networks interconnect with each other.
The architect for the project was Sheehan Partners, Ltd. a Chicago based architecture firm that specializes in technically challenging projects such as data centers, trading floors and other mission critical facilities. Blair Kamin, the architecture critic at the Chicago Tribune, said of the design, “It elevates that usually anonymous building type with an artful contrast of blunt concrete walls and inviting protrusions of glass. In picking it, the jurors were sending the right message: Good design can happen where you least expect it.”
This is the 53rd year in which AIA Chicago has recognized the achievements of architecture professionals with the Design Excellence Awards. Founded in 1869, AIA Chicago represents over 3,000 licensed architects, architectural interns and allied professionals in northeastern Illinois. AIA Chicago is the second largest AIA chapter in the nation.
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix's insight and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix operates 41 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across 18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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