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CHICAGO — Environmental Systems Design (ESD) has been selected to design Server Farm Realty's new 440,000-square-foot data center/electronic trading facility in Chicago's South Loop. Located at 840 S. Canal St., the facility will offer an electronic trading environment of 30 watts per square foot with more than 150,000 square feet of data center space designed at 150 watts per square foot. The facility will be supported by more than 32 megawatts of power and will be backed up by more than 20 2,500-kilowatts generators. Additionally, the facility has a floor load of 225 pounds per square foot. The new facility will be ready for occupancy in September.