CoreSite has expanded its collaboration with STN, Inc., a managed infrastructure and private cloud provider, by hosting STN’s GPU One platform at its CH2 data center in Chicago. GPU One is a fully managed, private graphical processing unit (GPU) cloud platform built for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance model development. This deployment leverages the NVIDIA-Certified CH2 facility, which offers operational efficiencies and access to state tax incentives for qualified data center customers, according to CoreSite.
The GPU One cluster, owned and operated by STN within CH2, consists of over 1,500 NVIDIA B200 GPUs designed for compute-intensive AI training and inference workloads. Technical highlights of the deployment include a turnkey managed service with enterprise-grade reliability, dual pumps for liquid cooling, thermal storage, 415-volt 100-amp power whips, and real-time system monitoring. CoreSite reports that its liquid cooling solution supports more than 100 kilowatts per cabinet for this deployment, targeting high-density rack environments suitable for advanced AI operations.
STN selected CoreSite’s CH2 site due to its direct connectivity options with hyperscale platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and access to over 65 networks. Data center customers can utilize the Open Cloud Exchange and Any2Exchange for interconnection and internet peering, which enables low-latency access to cloud and AI ecosystems.
STN also participated in the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Retail Sales Tax Exemption program, which applies to all information technology equipment and software deployed in the data center by eligible CoreSite customers. CoreSite states this program generated substantial savings for STN’s hardware and software investment supporting GPU One.
According to Yvonne Ng, Vice President and General Manager, Central Region at CoreSite, “CH2 is a purpose-built data center with the power, cooling, interconnection and financial incentives needed to host scalable, high-performance infrastructure, so companies like STN can capitalize on the rising demand for AI and machine learning.”
CoreSite reports that over 90 percent of customers in the multi-tenant computer room that includes STN’s deployment are currently using liquid cooling. STN’s expansion at CH2 follows previous deployments at CoreSite’s Santa Clara (SV7) and Los Angeles (LA1) data centers, marking continued growth in GPU-based, enterprise AI infrastructure.
Source: CoreSite
