Data Center Campus
Microsoft Hoffman Estates data center campus is located on a 53-acre site on the north side of Lakewood Boulevard. Phase one is completed with a 250,000 square foot (23,200 square meter) building erected, followed by a second 150,000 square foot (14,000 square meter) building in phase two under construction, along with an electrical substation.
Buildings
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SouthInterested in this information?Contact us | Microsoft Azure |
Operational
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░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 250,000 SqFt | 2023 |
| Central PlazaInterested in this information?Contact us | Microsoft Azure |
Under Construction
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— | — | 2026 |
| Station AlphaInterested in this information?Contact us | Microsoft Azure |
Planned
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— | — | 2027 |
| PointInterested in this information?Contact us | Microsoft Azure |
Planned
|
— | — | 2027 |
Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.
An Azure region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
An Azure geography is a discrete market, typically containing two or more regions, that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries.
Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region. Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more data centers equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.
May 20, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center
Microsoft just gained approval from Hoffman Estates village board members to build a data center outside of Chicago, Illinois. The approved data center building is one of the two planned buildings at the 53-acre site. A 250,000 square feet building would be erected at the first phase while the...
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March 09, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center
According to plans submitted to the Hoffman Estates council, Microsoft aims to build two data centers on the 53-acre site on the north side of Lakewood Blvd in two phases. Phase one would see a 250,000 sq ft (23,200 sqm) building erected by the end of 2022. The second phase would be a 150,000 sq...
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