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What is the value proposition of the real estate? |
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1) Master-planned “world-wide best practices” design
2) Significant cost savings for all consumers of bandwidth and power
3) Converged communications and utility infrastructure supporting speed, throughput, redundancy and survivability |
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When will the first buildings be built at DNTP? |
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The park’s first building, 'NETPOP 1' that houses the communications hub, is nearing completion on the north side of the technology campus. The initial large-scale buildings are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2006.
The master plan calls for about 2 million square feet of industrial space on the park's south side, 2.6 million square feet for technology companies and about 600,000 square feet for such uses as restaurants, retailers and a conference center. |
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What are the benefits of the Park's technology infrastructure? |
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The DNTP has been designed to lead the next generation of campus technology platforms. The Park’s technology infrastructure deploys all of the critical elements required to meet the highest standards (Tier 4) data center, collocation and disaster/workplace recovery deployment, and/or data survivability, mission-critical operations, and the 'five nines' (99.999%) of network uptime as defined by The Uptime Institute (www.upsite.com).
Global 1000-type enterprises requiring large stand-alone facilities to small and medium corporate, research and education tenants will have the worlds’ premier technology resources available at their work station at a sustainable price-point that is below the market’s deepest discount pricing.
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Scalable 1-Gigabit to 10-Gigabit Ethernet (8,000+ times the bandwidth of a T1) for private Local and Wide Area Networking and public internet access |
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The nation’s largest pool of managed resources including: |
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• Server collocation
• Data storage (NAS and SAN)
• Firewall, e-mail purification, disaster/workplace recovery suites
• Business continuity planning, testing and implementation
• Partial to total IT outsourcing |
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Tier 4 Data Center facilities available on a partitioned, managed basis |
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Level 7 telecommunications route diversity for multiple bandwidth providers |
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Complete dark fiber local/metro/regional/national connectivity |
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Unlimited power supply with complete duel grid diversity and 2(n+1) redundancy and feeder route diversity. |
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What is StarLight and why is it important to this project? |
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The StarLight Network (www.startap.net) is the world’s premier research and education converged communications network (voice/video/data). As a primary Point Of Presence (NETPOP) for the StarLight Network, DNTP provides a direct 10-Gigabit network connection for any commercial business enterprise working regionally, nationally or internationally with the world’s top research and educational institutions. |
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What is the Rapid Response Team and why is it critical? |
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The DNTP Rapid Response Team is composed of the nation’s top design -build engineers and related vendors in technology, utility, MEP, and real estate / industrial development disciplines. The Rapid Response Team works as a coordinated unit delivering a complete basket of services from preliminary site-selection and design to network migration and “lights on” support for DNTP tenants.
The coordinated effort of the Rapid Response Team offers new tenants the confidence and assurance that their facility will be built exactly to their specifications, by the best sub-contractors in their respective industries. Because this service is initiated from the ground up, customers will have the ultimate say and flexibility throughout the build-out process |
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How is DNTP creating community? |
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DNTP strives to facilitate community among the park’s tenants to establish an environment that fosters innovation. Creating a technology community will help make collaboration a central element in the park’s overall identity.
Over time, and with the addition of new tenants and companies in the park, the community and its amenities will continue to grow. Initially, a Park advisory council is being established to help sponsor and encourage forums for exchange among tenants. These and other efforts going forward will establish a focal point for technology collaboration in Chicago. |
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Why is DNTP ideal for co-location or data warehousing? |
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DNTP’s strategic location in Chicago’s west suburbs makes it the ideal location for companies looking for network route diversity and co-location facilities. The park’s redundant infrastructure and its distance from the urban center, creates a highly survivable environment under a variety of disaster scenarios. Further, stand-by space can be provided along with plans to convert conference rooms or office facilities to facilitate workplace recover.
To accommodate present and future demand for data storage, infrastructure at the Park has been pre-engineered to maximize connectivity and eliminate the problems associated with bandwidth constraints. A dual-entry infrastructure providing Level 7 path diversity has been designed to support the highest quality network performance. This design allows for uninterrupted service, even in the event of a fiber cut or other direct Central Office equipment failure. This unique infrastructure design enables the park to offer a 100% network uptime Service Level Agreement supporting: SONET/MON, OPT-E-MAN(sm), GigaMAN, FibreMAN, Ethernet over SONET, and, DecaMAN 10G bit/sec point-to-point metro Ethernet products.
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What’s the difference between retrofitting an old or existing facility vs. building a new data center from the ground-up at DNTP? |
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The retrofitting of an old or existing facility can impose significant installation restrictions on current and future industry leading infrastructure systems. Alternatively, a ground-up design provides for complete customization and integration of the industry’s “best practices” for a Tier 4 Data Center infrastructure (core and shell) within a complete value-engineered design/build program. |
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How can I keep up to date with progress at DNTP? |
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The DNTP web site (www.dntp.com) is continually updated. If you choose to enter your contact information, updates on new service offerings, on-going Park developments and expanded resources will be e-mailed to you on a regular basis.
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