Chicago Dedicated Server · Illinois, USA

Chicago dedicated servers — central-US power, both coasts in reach

Single-tenant bare metal in a Tier-III Chicago facility, adjacent to the Equinix CH1-CH4 exchange and a short hop from CME Group's Aurora campus. 5 Intel Xeon configurations from $78/mo, every plan with 30 TB bandwidth on a 1 Gbps port, full root access and transparent CPU benchmarks.

5 configurations From $78/mo 30 TB bandwidth Equinix CH1-CH4 adjacent
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Chicago dedicated server hardware
5 configs Intel Xeon E3, E5, E-series & dual-Xeon builds
$78 /mo Entry plan · pro-rata billing · no setup fee
30 TB /month 1 Gbps port · anti-DDoS · transparent CPU benchmarks
Chicago · Equinix Tier-III · Central-US · both coasts within ~50 ms

Chicago Dedicated Server Plans

High-performance Intel Xeon bare metal in Chicago, Illinois — from $78/mo to $241/mo, with transparent CPU benchmarks so you can compare real compute.

Pro-rata billing on every Chicago plan. Your first invoice covers the days remaining in the current calendar month plus the next full month paid in advance — so every subsequent invoice lands cleanly on the 1st of the month at the standard monthly rate.
Chicago — Illinois, USA
Processor RAM Storage Frequency Bandwidth Network CPU Benchmark Price
Intel Xeon E3-1230 16 GB DDR3 2 × 2 TB SATA 4C / 8T @3.2 GHz 30 TB 1 Gbps
5137
$78/month ORDER
Intel Xeon E5-1650 V4 32 GB DDR3 2 × 2 TB SATA 6C / 12T @3.6 GHz 30 TB 1 Gbps
11389
$102/month ORDER
Intel Xeon E-2274G 32 GB DDR3 2 × 480 GB SSD 4C / 8T @4.0 GHz 30 TB 1 Gbps
9931
$129/month ORDER
2 × Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 128 GB DDR4 2 × 480 GB SSD 20C / 40T @2.2 GHz 30 TB 1 Gbps
19263
$176/month ORDER
2 × Intel Xeon Silver 4214 128 GB 2 × 480 GB SSD 24C / 48T @2.2 GHz 30 TB 1 Gbps
25464
$241/month ORDER

How the pro-rata math works: If you order the entry $78/mo plan on the 20th of a 30-day month, your first invoice covers the 10 days remaining in this month plus the next full month (30 days) — billed as $78 × (10 + 30) / 30 ≈ $104. From the 1st of the following month onwards you pay the standard $78 monthly rate. Cancel any time from your client area.

Every Chicago plan includes: 30 TB / month on a dedicated 1 Gbps port · always-on anti-DDoS · full root / administrator access · self-service OS reinstall & rDNS / PTR · transparent PassMark CPU benchmarks · no setup fee.

Detailed server specs

Why host in Chicago?

Chicago is the network capital of the central United States — the place to be when your users are spread across the country and you want one origin that serves them all well.

Both coasts within ~50 ms

Chicago's central position gives it the lowest combined round-trip time to both US coasts. No single user in the mainland US is far away — the smartest single-origin pick for nationwide SaaS, and one hop (~17 ms) from Toronto for Canadian reach.

CME & financial-exchange proximity

Chicago is a global financial-infrastructure hub. CME Group's Aurora data centre is a short hop away, making the city a natural home for market-data ingestion, broker integrations and trading-adjacent workloads that benefit from low exchange latency.

Equinix CH1-CH4 peering density

Our facility sits adjacent to the Equinix CH1-CH4 exchange campus in Elk Grove Village — one of the densest peering points in the Midwest. That means short, well-peered paths to the carrier backbones serving the Great Lakes region and beyond.

Network latency from Chicago

Approximate round-trip times from our Chicago facility to major cities. Numbers vary by carrier and time of day, but the central-US position keeps both coasts comfortably close.

DestinationApprox. round-trip time
Toronto, Canada~17 ms
Ashburn, Virginia~22 ms
New York City~25 ms
Dallas, Texas~28 ms
Miami, Florida~32 ms
Los Angeles, California~50 ms
London, United Kingdom~95 ms
São Paulo, Brazil~140 ms
Chicago dedicated server infrastructure

Chicago dedicated server — technical specifications

Every Chicago dedicated server includes:
Plus, on every plan:

What a Chicago dedicated server gives you

Full control over powerful, single-tenant hardware — no noisy neighbours, no shared resources, no compromises.

Core features

The foundation every Chicago deployment is built on.

99.9% uptime SLA

A Tier-III Chicago facility with redundant power, cooling and network paths backs our 99.9% uptime guarantee. Deploy without worrying about avoidable downtime.

DDoS protection

Always-on volumetric DDoS mitigation is included at no extra charge, filtering attack traffic at the network edge before it can reach your server.

Transparent benchmarks

Every plan lists its real PassMark CPU benchmark, so you can size by actual compute instead of guessing from clock speed. Intel Xeon hardware throughout.

Full control

The server is yours — run it exactly how you want.

Any operating system

Install any mainstream Linux distribution, Windows Server, or FreeBSD — and bring your own custom ISO if you need something specific. Reinstall any time at no charge.

Full root access

Complete administrator control — configure the firewall, tune the kernel, manage users, and build the environment exactly the way your workload needs it.

Fast deployment

Most Chicago configurations are deployed within 6-24 hours of payment. Stock-on-hand builds frequently ship faster, with live status visible in the client area.

Optional extras

Add what you need, skip what you don't.

Additional IPv4

Need more addresses? Additional dedicated IPv4 is available subject to ARIN justification, with self-service rDNS / PTR on every assigned IP.

24/7 technical support

Engineers on chat around the clock. Whether it's a hardware question or a network path issue, a real human reads your ticket and responds quickly.

Hardware RAID

Hardware RAID controllers manage your array independently of the host, presenting a single resilient volume. Custom RAID layouts available on request.

Shared RDP vs VPS vs Dedicated Server — which do you need?

Each product suits a different workload. Use the comparison below to find the right fit; if you're still unsure, our team will help you size it correctly before you spend a dollar.

Shared RDPVPSDedicated Server
Reboot control
RAMSharedReservedExclusively reserved
Root access
OS reinstallation
PerformanceShared, variableMid to highHigh, consistent
ScalabilityLimitedHighHigh
Security isolationModerateHighVery high
ConfigurabilityHighly restrictedMostly unrestrictedFully unrestricted
Dedicated IPs1 (shared)11+
Additional IPs ?

Workloads that thrive on a Chicago box

The kind of customer who picks Chicago over a coastal US location — and why the Central-US position wins.

Trading & market-data systems

CME Group's Aurora campus is a short hop away. Run market-data ingestion, broker integrations and trading-adjacent services close to the exchange infrastructure that matters.

Nationwide US SaaS

One Chicago origin serves both coasts within ~50 ms. If your users are spread across the country with no dominant region, this is the smartest single-origin home — skip the multi-region complexity.

Canada-facing applications

Toronto is roughly 17 ms from Chicago — the best US location for serving Canadian end-users without hosting north of the border. Low-jitter routes into Ontario and the wider Great Lakes region.

Game servers — Central US

Minecraft, Rust, CS2, ARK, FiveM. A central location means balanced ping for players across the whole country instead of favouring one coast. High-clock single-thread builds suit game tick-rates.

Virtualization & build farms

The dual-Xeon configurations (20-48 threads, 128 GB RAM) make capable KVM/Proxmox hosts, container build farms and CI runners — plenty of parallel compute with enterprise SSD storage.

DR & hot-standby

If your primary stack lives on a coast, a Central-US Chicago site is the textbook secondary — geographically separate enough to survive a regional outage, close enough for low-RPO replication to both coasts.

Talk to our team

TALK TO OUR TECHNICAL TEAM

Not sure which Chicago configuration fits your workload? Our engineers will help you size it right before you order.

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Email our specialists

EMAIL A DEDICATED-SERVER SPECIALIST

Prefer email? Send your requirements and a Chicago dedicated-server specialist will get back to you with a tailored recommendation.

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Chicago dedicated servers — frequently asked questions

Everything teams usually ask before deploying in Chicago. Still have a question? Our engineers are on chat 24/7.

Our Chicago dedicated servers are housed in a Tier-III data centre in the Chicago metro area, adjacent to the Equinix CH1-CH4 internet exchange campus in Elk Grove Village — one of the densest peering points in the central United States. This puts your server one short hop from the major carrier backbones serving the Midwest, the Great Lakes region, and Canada.

Chicago sits in the geographic centre of the United States, which gives it the lowest combined round-trip time to both coasts — typically within ~50 ms of any user in the mainland US. If your audience is spread across the country with no single dominant region, Chicago is usually the smartest single-origin choice. It's also the best US location for Canadian users (Toronto is roughly 17 ms away) and for any workload that benefits from proximity to CME Group's financial exchange infrastructure in nearby Aurora, Illinois.

Approximate round-trip times measured from inside the network: Toronto ~17 ms, New York City ~25 ms, Ashburn (Virginia) ~22 ms, Dallas ~28 ms, Miami ~32 ms, Los Angeles ~50 ms, London ~95 ms, São Paulo ~140 ms. Numbers vary by carrier path and time of day, but Chicago's central position keeps both US coasts within a comfortable 50 ms window — something no coastal location can match.

Chicago is a strong fit for financial-services and trading-adjacent workloads (market-data ingestion, broker integrations, anything that benefits from CME proximity), insurance and manufacturing platforms with Midwest user bases, logistics and supply-chain systems, and any nationwide SaaS that needs balanced latency to both coasts. The dual-Xeon configurations (20-48 threads, 128 GB RAM) suit virtualization hosts, container build farms, and database servers; the single-socket Xeon E3/E-series builds suit web applications, game servers and CPU-bound single-thread tasks.

Each plan lists its PassMark CPU benchmark so you can compare raw compute directly instead of guessing from clock speed alone. Our Chicago range spans roughly 5,100 (entry Xeon E3-1230) to 25,400 (dual Xeon Silver 4214). Higher benchmarks mean more throughput for parallel workloads like encoding, compilation, simulations and virtualization; if your workload is single-threaded, prioritise the higher-clock E-2274G (4.0 GHz) over a higher-core dual-socket build.

Every Chicago plan includes 30 TB of monthly traffic on a dedicated 1 Gbps port. Within that allowance there is no throttling and no per-GB overage surprise. If you regularly exceed 30 TB — for streaming, CDN-origin, or high-egress workloads — talk to us about a higher allowance or an unmetered upgrade; we'll quote based on your real traffic profile.

They're unmanaged by default. KwikServer covers everything at and below the hardware layer at no extra charge: physical faults, network path issues, RAID controller problems, boot/login recovery, and OS reinstallation. The operating system, patching cycle, and application stack are yours to run. If you'd like hands-on help with a migration, hardening pass or specific incident, managed engineering hours can be attached from the client area.

Any mainstream OS: the full range of Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS, Fedora), Windows Server, and FreeBSD. Custom ISOs are supported on request. You can reinstall or switch the OS yourself from the client area at any time at no charge.

Most Chicago configurations deploy within 6-24 hours of payment confirmation. Stock-on-hand SKUs frequently ship faster. Bespoke requests — custom RAID layouts, extra IPv4 blocks pending ARIN justification, or non-standard memory configurations — can take 1-4 working days. The client area shows live deployment status from the moment payment clears.

The full list is in the Terms of Service. The short version: no CSAM (child sexual abuse material) of any kind, no scanning or attacking third-party networks or IP addresses, no spoofed or forged source IPs, no manual MAC-address spoofing, no spam or phishing infrastructure, and no copyrighted material distributed without licence. Legal adult content is permitted. If you're unsure whether your use case is allowed, ask us before you order.

Yes. All Chicago dedicated server plans are billed on a pro-rata basis. Your first invoice covers the remaining days of the current month plus the full month ahead, calculated as the monthly rate × (remaining days + 30) ÷ 30. This aligns every renewal to the 1st of the month. From the second invoice onward you simply pay the flat monthly rate shown on the plan. There is no setup fee, and you can cancel before the next renewal to avoid further charges.

Yes. Additional dedicated IPv4 addresses are available subject to ARIN justification — most reasonable requests are approved quickly. Pricing and the justification form are available from the client area or by contacting support. rDNS / PTR records on your assigned IPs can be set yourself from the client area.

Yes — always-on volumetric DDoS protection is included on every Chicago dedicated server at no extra charge, mitigated at the network edge before traffic reaches your server. For high-value targets that need specialised application-layer filtering, additional protection tiers can be configured on request.
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