The data centers will feature 111,000 square feet of raised floor and up to 15 megawatts of available power capacity. Element Critical did not put a name to the seller, but Sungard Availability Services is listed as operating two facilities in Wood Dale. Wood Dale, where the data centers are to be located, is in the suburban Chicago market, 17 miles west of downtown Chicago and 2 miles from O’Hare International airport. The two data centers the company has acquired in Chicago encircle an area of 195,000 square feet of data center space.

The company is known to serve smaller deals in big markets, with their main focus being enterprise customers. This deal means that Element Critical will be positioned into a third market, as it currently has operations in Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.Ĭentral Colo, as Element Critical was previously known, is an expansion-minded data center provider backed by the global investment firm Safanad Capital and private equity firm Industry Capital.

Last week, the data center provider Element Critical announced that its expanding into the Chicago market with acquisition of two data centers in suburban Wood Dale, Illinois.

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