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Bare Metal Servers in Chicago

Dedicated bare metal servers in our Chicago data center, deployed in under 10 minutes. Peering at Equinix Chicago and DE-CIX Chicago in the 350 E Cermak ecosystem, 18 ms to New York.

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Tier 1 Carriers
COGENT, GTT
Test IP (AT&T US - 7018)
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12.186.73.17
Use Looking Glass to check PING, MTR, and BGP routes.
Network Capacity
0.4+ Tbps
DDoS Protected

Bare metal configurations in Chicago

Deployed in < 10 min

Dedicated bare metal servers in Chicago with access to the Midwest's densest carrier hotel ecosystem, unmetered premium bandwidth, and 24/7 on-site support.Explore Features

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Dedicated Servers in the Chicago Data Center

Run dedicated bare metal servers in Chicago, the crossroads of US transcontinental fiber anchored by the 350 E Cermak carrier hotel. Upstream transit comes from AT&T, Lumen, Verizon, and Zayo, with peering at Equinix Chicago and DE-CIX Chicago and 18 ms to New York.

The facility is Tier-3+ with a 99.99% uptime SLA and 24/7 on-site support. Chicago's central position balances latency to both US coasts and sits next to CME trading infrastructure.

Chicago at a glance
Facility
Tier 3+
Uptime SLA
99.99%
On-site Support
24/7
To New York City
<18 ms
Network Capacity
360 Gbps
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FAQ about Chicago

Quick answers to common questions about deploying compute, bare metal and cloud connectivity in Chicago.

01Where is the Zenlayer Chicago location?
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Zenlayer's Chicago location is in the NORTH AMERICA region. Upstream connectivity is provided through COGENT, GTT.

02Which public clouds can I connect to from Chicago?
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Zenlayer Cloud Connect supports dedicated Layer 2 paths from Chicago to major hyperscalers. See the Cloud Connect panel on this page for the clouds currently available at this location.

03What is the latency from Chicago to other Zenlayer locations?
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Chicago is connected to the Zenlayer private backbone with deterministic, low-latency paths to other Zenlayer locations. The full latency matrix is published on this page. You can also use Looking Glass on this page to run live PING / MTR / BGP checks.

04Are bare metal servers available in Chicago?
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Bare metal cloud (BMC) servers aren't generally available in Chicago yet. Contact us to scope custom or bulk deployments, or see the Bare Metal documentation to explore other Zenlayer locations.

05Does Zenlayer offer virtual machines in Chicago?
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Zenlayer Elastic Compute (ZEC) virtual machines aren't available in Chicago yet. Contact us for availability, or see the Elastic Compute documentation to explore other Zenlayer locations.

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Africa

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