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Equinix Chicago Data Center Wins American Institute of Architects Design Award
2008-10-27
Foster City, CA ? October 27, 2008 ? Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a
provider of global data center services, today announced that the company?s
Chicago 3 International Business Exchange (IBX®) data center has won an award in
the Distinguished Building category of the Design Excellence Awards presented by
the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Chicago). The
2008 winners of the awards, selected from a field of 379 entries by a jury of
distinguished architects from around the country, are being honored for
outstanding work in the areas of distinguished building, interior architecture,
sustainable design, and architectural detail.
The center, located in Elk Grove Village, IL, is one of the largest stand alone
data centers in the Chicago area and is the size of four football fields. It
serves as a critical hub in the infrastructure of the Internet, providing a
high-performance, high-security location where Internet and corporate networks
interconnect with each other.
The architect for the project was Sheehan Partners, Ltd. a Chicago based
architecture firm that specializes in technically challenging projects such as
data centers, trading floors and other mission critical facilities. Blair Kamin,
the architecture critic at the Chicago Tribune, said of the design, ?It elevates
that usually anonymous building type with an artful contrast of blunt concrete
walls and inviting protrusions of glass. In picking it, the jurors were sending
the right message: Good design can happen where you least expect it.?
This is the 53rd year in which AIA Chicago has recognized the achievements of
architecture professionals with the Design Excellence Awards. Founded in 1869,
AIA Chicago represents over 3,000 licensed architects, architectural interns and
allied professionals in northeastern Illinois. AIA Chicago is the second largest
AIA chapter in the nation.
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure
the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and
financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix?s insight
and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets.
Equinix operates 41 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across
18 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Important information about Equinix is routinely posted on the investor
relations page of its website located at
www.equinix.com. We encourage you to check Equinix?s website regularly for
the most up-to-date information.
Press Contacts
North America
David Fonkalsrud
K/F Communications, Inc
(415) 255-6506
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