Case Study: CSX Transportation achieves highly available, SDN-enabled real-time operations with QTS Realty Trust colocation services

Highly available colocation services bolster forward-looking IT initiatives

CSX Transportation, one of North America’s largest railroads operating thousands of miles of track and serving tens of thousands of employees, embarked on a large IT transformation to support real‑time analytics, machine learning and safety systems like Positive Train Control. To deliver predictable, low‑latency data and higher availability — and to consolidate its Indianapolis operations and disparate services — CSX needed a resilient, highly connected infrastructure that would enable faster cloud adoption and seamless, real‑time data ingestion.

CSX selected QTS’ Atlanta colocation for its redundant power and cooling, rich connectivity (including SDN options), strong physical security and real‑time management via QTS’ Service Delivery Platform. The migration completed without disruption, enabling an active‑active environment and software‑defined networking that moves workloads seamlessly, reduces latency, improves uptime and accelerates cloud and ML initiatives. The result: better visibility into power and asset use, faster operational changes, improved cost control and a more resilient platform that supports CSX’s predictive and data‑driven services.

CSX Transportation

Asher Lohman

Senior Technical Director