David
www.falforums.com

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is the only building in Chicago to draw power from 6 different city substations which virtually ensures a continuous and reliable power supply. As one of the largest financial centers in the world, the CBOT's power supply is fully redundant. In addition, all power from the building passes through onsite Liebert Precision Power unites before reaching any servers.

The security in the CBOT is very extensive, including Security Guards and Video Surveillance throughout the building. In addition the building is patrolled by Chicago Police Officers. All Tenants of the building must have proper identification including photo I.D. to gain entrance to the building. All visitors must show proper identification and sign in at the Guards desk before gaining access to the building. A pass from the Office Of The Building is need to take any and all equipment out of the building.

Chicago board of trade has build infrastructure of fiber optic raisers throughout its building which ensures easy delivery of any of many ISPs that are present in the building. DC3 currently has POP of XO communications , Yipes and COGENT at their premises. Following networks are also available in CBOT and can be delivered to our datacenter within couple days if needed :

XO Communications
NTT/Verio
PCCW
Global Crossing
Tiscali
XeeX
WVFiber

Our datacenter is utilizing three 15 ton Liebert air-conditioning units. Cold air comes though the raised floor to ensure proper and even cooling distribution.

Our datacenter has an early fire detection system. In case of a fire HALON gas fire suppressant is used to distinguish fire, which will not harm any electronic equipment.