Facility Overview
- Tier III+ SAS70 compliant facility in Illinois
- 86,260 sq. foot data center facility
Security Systems
- 24/7/365 armed on-site security guards
- Very low-profile building (plain wrapper) with a single entry point
- Multiple bulletproof circle-lock man traps with biometric palm scan authentication
- Ubiquitous camera systems with 30 day retained storage
- Electronic motion detection throughout the facility
Power Systems
- N+1 Redundant Uninterpretable Power Supply systems
- N+1 Redundant Diesel generators each with 2000 gallon belly tank
- 150+ watts per square foot (up to 80 AMPs 110v power per cabinet)
Environmental’s
- 20x 135 ton dual Trane Compressors (2N+1)
- 3x 20 ton Liebert Cooling Loops (2N+1)
- 24/7 pro-active manned monitoring of temperature, humidity, and dust levels
- VESDA Air Sampling Smoke Detector
- Laser and light scattering detection technology
- Automatically triggered dry pipe 4-stage system for fire prevention
- Additional fire extinguishers located throughout the data center
Chicago Network Configuration
- Redundant Brocade XMR 8000 Edge Routing
- Full router redundancy – 3 switch fabrics, multiple linecards, 2x management modules
- Brocade SuperX Distribution Layer Switching (N+1 redundant)
- Cisco Catalyst 2950 and 3750 access switches (redundancy optional)
- Fully meshed and redundant network connectivity to the Recon Hosting Network!
Recon Hosting Network Speed
The Recon Hosting networks are powered by high-speed Cisco cores, with built-in redundancy and an emphasis on stability and performance. Located in Chicago, IL, we have access to all of the major fiber exchanges and have established peering relationships with many of them to provide you with faster network connections and reliable network connectivity.

