US data center services company Telx announced the addition of 1.2MW of power in its Chicago data center (CH1), located at 350 E Cermak Rd. in downtown Chicago.

The building is a key midwestern telecommunications hub with more than 40 domestic and international carriers and physical connection points of telco networks and Internet backbones. It offers access to the CME/LNET Exchanges and direct access to the SFTI Network.

Telx operates the interconnection area, known as the “Meet-Me-Room,” within the 1.1m sq ft carrier hotel. With this addition across two new suites, the firm now operates eight suites, exceeding 3.7MW of colocation data center capacity total.

Tom Guinan, EVP and CTO for Advantage Futures, a customer, said, “Telx has consistently delivered exceptional levels of customer service and enabled our access to key markets to meet the critical needs of our clients. Telx’s expansion strategy as well as their ability to foster new business connections for our company via their robust ecosystem was a big factor in our decision to nearly triple our suite space in Telx’s Cermak CH1 facility.”

Ron Sterbenz, SVP of product and marketing for Telx, said, “Chicago is a critical marketplace for not only financial services, but content and digital media as well. The power and capacity expansion in such a globally important location for enterprises to deploy and connect key edge applications is further proof of Telx’s commitment to provide best-in class services for the continued growth of our clients.

“CHI1 offers a high degree of interconnectivity between enterprises as well as an ideal facility for businesses ecosystems across the economic spectrum.”