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DePaul Research Network & Datacenters (UNI-013)

Summary đź”´ ?

  • Owner Unit: Division of Information Services / university infrastructure
  • Sub-unit: Research connectivity and datacenter services
  • Content Type: infrastructure
  • Campus/Location: Multi-campus
  • Last Verified: May 30, 2026

Description & capabilities

University research networking and datacenter infrastructure supporting high-bandwidth science, creative work, and cloud/HPC workloads. Includes a self-managed campus fiber ring with Internet2 access via the Starlight facility, colocated primary datacenter capacity, and a Loop-campus secondary datacenter.

Access status

  • Level: red (Restricted Access)
  • Rationale: Enterprise research network and datacenter capacity are described in grant facilities sources; no public self-service access policy for colocation or datacenter systems was found on the IS homepage.
  • Access URL: www.depaul.edu/is/Pages/default.aspx
  • Verification date: 2026-05-30
  • Source URLs:
  • www.depaul.edu/is/Pages/default.aspx

Verification

  • Status: needs_review (?)
  • Confidence: 46/100
  • Rationale: Datacenter/network inventory comes mainly from grant facilities documents; IS homepage does not confirm current specs or provisioning in this pass.
  • Last verified: 2026-05-30
  • Evidence:
  • Information Services site linked
  • Grant facilities text (GRANTED, DiaBalance, NIH BRIDGE) is primary equipment evidence
  • Notes flag need to confirm specs with IS

Equipment

Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search (e.g. “3D printers”, “laser cutter”, “NMR”).

Category Specific equipment
Research network and datacenter infrastructure Campus fiber ring — Loop, Lincoln Park, primary datacenter (near O'Hare), Starlight 710 N. Lakeshore; Internet2 connectivity via Starlight; WDM optical provisioning on fiber ring; 3,000+ campus Wi-Fi access points; Eduroam; Workspace wired network (1 Gbps jacks; static IPv4 available); Primary colocation datacenter private cage (12 racks, 83 kW, near O'Hare); Loop campus secondary datacenter (~2,000 sq ft, 117 kW)

Source: GRANTED Facilities DRAFT; Facilities-DiaBalance; NIH STRONG BRIDGE (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

Last verified: May 30, 2026.

People & contacts

Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.

Source URL

Grant facilities sources — data/GRANTED Facilities DRAFT.pdf, data/Facilities-DiaBalance.pdf, data/NIH STRONG BRIDGE Facilities.pdf.

Documented Relationships

Backbone for CDM-014 HPCC, CDM-021 department servers, and cross-campus research data transfer.

Linked Relationship IDs

Notes

Facility-level inventory from grant Facilities sections (May 2026); confirm current specs with Information Services on verification pass.