Deft
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Deft, a Chicago-founded IT infrastructure provider now operating under the Summit brand, sells colocation space, managed VMware-based cloud, and network/disaster-recovery services out of roughly a dozen data centers spanning the US, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Australia, Japan and Brazil. Its flagship building is a large retrofit facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, supplemented by a long-standing presence inside the 350 E. Cermak carrier hotel in downtown Chicago, plus sites in Ashburn, San Jose/Santa Clara, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Sydney, Tokyo and São Paulo. Founded in 1999 as ServerCentral, the company merged with Turing Group in 2018 to become ServerCentral Turing Group, rebranded as Deft in 2021, and was acquired by Summit in February 2024 — with the Deft name being phased out in favor of Summit branding during 2025. Deft markets itself less on hyperscale footprint and more on white-glove managed services (an on-site Service Desk, equipment depot, and hands-on network engineering) layered on top of carrier-neutral colocation.
Deft operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
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Deft Data Center Locations
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Summit-SY (639 Gardeners Road, Mascot) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The 107,443-square-foot facility operates as a sublisting within the Equinix SY2 campus and sits roughly two miles from Sydney Airport. - São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil São Paulo Data Center PENDING REVIEW
- Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Frankfurt Data Center CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Per Deft's own site: Deft states the Frankfurt location is within the European Union, ideal for access to the common market and for businesses with data-sovereignty requirements. - Tokyo, Japan Deft-TY (Ota City, Heiwajima) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The facility is housed within the Tokyo Ryutsu Center logistics building complex in Ota City and offers roughly 21,000 square feet of raised-floor colocation space. - Amsterdam, Netherlands Deft-AM (Luttenbergweg 4) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The facility, located about 13 miles from Schiphol Airport, is powered by 100% renewable energy sourced through bundled Guarantees of Origin from hydroelectric generation. - London, UK London Data Center CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The site is described as providing access to more than 30 European markets and 80 internet exchanges, backed by a 1,000,000-gallon chilled water reserve. - San Jose, California, USA San Jose (Great Oaks Blvd) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Per Deft's own site: Deft describes maintaining multiple facilities in the heart of Silicon Valley for proximity to the technology sector and Asia-Pacific peering points, operated as a Managed VMware Cloud Availability Zone. - Santa Clara, California, USA Summit Silicon Valley (2820 Northwestern Parkway) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The facility offers roughly 38,000 square feet of raised-floor colocation space with 7,500 kW of utility power and 13,750 kW of N+1 generator backup capacity. - Chicago, Illinois, USA 350 E Cermak CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
The facility sits within 350 E. Cermak Road, a building certified for ISO 27001, ISO 9001, LEED, PCI DSS and multiple SOC standards, and hosting roughly 100 MW of utility power drawn from three underground substations. - Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA Deft-EGV1 (DRT-CH1) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This 485,000-square-foot retrofit building is Deft's largest US facility, with roughly 275,000 square feet of raised-floor colocation space and cloud on-ramps from PacketFabric, Console Connect and Megaport. - Ashburn, Virginia, USA Deft-IAD1 CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This single-story, 113,300-square-foot purpose-built facility is LEED Silver certified and provides 10,000 kW of utility power with 12,000 kW of generator backup. - Ashburn, Virginia, USA DC3 (44470 Chilum Place) CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This is a physically distinct Deft-operated Ashburn building from the Devin Shafron Drive site, offering roughly 10.5 MW of power with N+1 redundant power and cooling.
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Common Questions
Is Deft still an active brand, or has it become Summit?
Deft was acquired by Summit (formerly Summit Hosting) in February 2024, and the combined business operated as 'Deft, a Summit company' before fully rebranding to the Summit name in early 2025, though Deft-branded data sheets and the deft.com site remained live as of 2024-2025.
Where is Deft's flagship data center?
Deft describes its Elk Grove Village, Illinois facility (2200 Busse Road) as its flagship site, offering the company's highest power density along with an on-site Service Desk and equipment depot, in addition to its long-running presence within the 350 E. Cermak Road carrier hotel in downtown Chicago.
Does Deft/Summit offer GPU or AI-specific infrastructure?
Summit announced the acquisition of HorizonIQ, a private cloud, bare-metal, and GPU provider, in December 2024, gaining a presence in nine additional data centers and expanding its private cloud/GPU offering — though this evidence applies at the corporate level rather than to a specific, named Deft-branded building.
Are Deft's data centers carrier-neutral?
Deft states on its own service description that all Deft-operated data centers are carrier neutral, ensuring customers can choose among multiple network providers at each site.
How many locations does Deft operate globally?
Deft's own materials describe a network of roughly ten core global data centers as of 2024, though a service catalog brochure cites 14 core data centers plus 89 edge locations, and third-party directories list slightly different counts (for example, 16-19) reflecting the post-Summit-acquisition footprint.
Does Deft offer colocation services?
Deft is classified as a colocation provider among other services it offers — we can't confirm which specific facilities provide colocation services. Please contact Deft directly to confirm colocation availability.
Does Deft offer cloud services?
Deft is classified as a cloud provider among other services it offers — we can't confirm which specific facilities provide cloud services. Please contact Deft directly to confirm cloud availability.
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