TrippLite Opens Telecom Hotel in Chicago

By Rich Miller
CarrierHotels News Staff

Dec. 6, 2000 -- -Tripp Lite, a manufacturer of power protection equipment, said Monday it is opening a 500,000-square-foot section of its Chicago headquarters building to provide colocation services.
The company said it is eyeing corporations, ISPs and telecom carriers as potential tenants for The Tripp Lite Technology Center, a 1 million square foot building at 1111 W. 35th Street that the firm owns and occupies.
The newly-renovated computer and data-storage facility is available for immediate build-out from an existing, fully-operational infrastructure, which includes fiber optic and T-1 cabling as well as heat, electric, phone and elevator systems.
Recent renovations include completely outfitted office facilities for pooled or dedicated use. Tripp Lite said two local power plants serve the computer and data-storage facility, which is located in a heavy-distribution grid in a former heavy-industry area.
Tripp Lite offers business power services ranging from total turn-key solutions to complete tenant build-out.