Tag Archives: Chicago

Planet Earth 4-D: Shallow Seas is Playing at the Shed

Planet Earth 4-D: Shallow Seas is now playing at the Shed Aquarium in Chicago. If you are wondering what 4-D is, it is basically 3-D with a bit of high-tech audio and special effects such as bubbles, wind, smells and I would not be at all surprised if you got a little wet.
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Free Day’s at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry

January 12th through the 31st, the Museum of Science and Industry has free day’s.

Written by Doug Jaworski

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Digital Realty Trust Earns First LEED Gold Certification in the U.S. Data Center Industry

 A Press Release on October 31’st by Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) is stating that the 4th floor of 350 East Cermak has earned the first LEED Gold Certification on its build out of 20,000 square feet, 4 Megawatt IT load data center.
I have been following the progress of this built out and while it […]

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Almost Winter in Chicago

Written by Doug Jaworski

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Chicago Data Center Burglery At C I Host Co-Location

The Register, a UK based technology news site, reported that a Chicago based co-location facility was broken into on October 2nd. The co-location company known as C I Host, has had 3 previous intrusions.
“at least two masked intruders entered the suite after cutting into the reinforced walls with a power saw” according to a letter […]

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Microsoft to Open New Data Center in Chicago

Microsoft released it’s plans to open a mega data center in Chicago in 2008. Sources say this facility is costing $500 million to build and would rang as one of the most expensive construction projects to be undertaken in the suburbs of Chicago. Not much is currently released regarding the purpose of the data center […]

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