CoreSite’s Chicago AI-Optimized Infrastructure Powers STN’s GPU One Platform and Helps Deliver Significant Savings

Why It Matters

The deal highlights the accelerating need for high‑performance, liquid‑cooled AI infrastructure and shows how state tax incentives can accelerate deployment, positioning CoreSite as a strategic hub for AI workloads in the competitive data‑center market.

Summary

CoreSite announced an expanded partnership with STN, Inc., deploying the GPU One private cloud platform in its CH2 Chicago data center using more than 1,500 NVIDIA B200 GPUs in a liquid‑cooled, 100 kW‑per‑cabinet configuration. The deployment leverages CoreSite’s high‑density cooling, low‑latency interconnections to AWS, Azure, Google and Oracle clouds, and the Open Cloud Exchange to support enterprise‑scale AI training and inference. STN also secured substantial savings through Illinois’s retail‑sales‑tax exemption for IT equipment, underscoring the financial incentives tied to the site. The collaboration, which began in 2019, now spans three CoreSite campuses and reflects growing demand for AI‑optimized colocation services.