Chicago Data Center Market

The Chicago data center market is located in the state of Illinois within Americas. Chicago has 119 facilities with 10,241,167 sqft and 1,480 megawatts.

The top providers in Chicago are Digital Realty Trust (11 sites) and Lumen Technologies with 8 facilities. The most popular facilities are Edged Energy: Chicago ORD02 and Edged Energy: Chicago ORD02.

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Data Centers in Chicago

Name Company Gross SqFt Type
Centersquare: Chicago ORD1(B, C & D) Centersquare 41,073 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Metro Edge: Illinois Medical District (IMD) Metro Edge Development Partners Real Estate
QTS Chicago QTS Data Centers 208,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
1547 Chicago Midway Technology Centre 1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven) 52,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Element Critical CH1 Element Critical 115,500 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Meta: DeKalb 3 Meta Hyperscale
CoreWeave: US Central ORD1 CoreWeave Hyperscale
1450 E Devon Ave (CH3) DRT Digital Realty Trust 157,500 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 3 Lumen Technologies Carrier
Microsoft Hoffman Estates 1 Microsoft Azure Hyperscale
Equinix Chicago CH7 Equinix 45,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
ServerCentral CH1 Deft 18,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
NTT: 1250 N Arlington Heights (Planned) NTT Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
CyrusOne: Aurora CHI2 CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
Meta: DeKalb 5 Meta Hyperscale
TierPoint Chicago Polk TierPoint 25,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
NTT: 1200 N Arlington Heights (Planned) NTT Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 5 Lumen Technologies Carrier
9333 Grand Ave (DRT) Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Chicago CH1, CH2, & CH4 Equinix 296,927 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 4 Lumen Technologies Carrier
T5 Northlake IL T5 Data Centers Carrier-Neutral
Microsoft Chicago Northlake Microsoft Azure 707,244 Gross SqFt Hyperscale
Equinix Chicago CH3 Equinix 272,103 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
QuadraNet Chicago QuadraNet Carrier-Neutral
Cogent Naperville Cogent Communications 1,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Cogent: 427 S LaSalle Cogent Communications 2,711 Gross SqFt Carrier
STACK Chicago CHI01 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Carrier-Neutral
Prime: ORD1 Bldg C Prime Data Centers Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Broadview Lumen Technologies 8,917 Gross SqFt Carrier
DataBank (ORD2) 840 S Canal DataBank 10,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Netrality Chicago: 717 S Wells Netrality Properties Carrier-Neutral
505 N Railroad Ave - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Skybox Chicago I Skybox Datacenters 120,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Stream Chicago II Stream Data Centers Carrier-Neutral
CyrusOne: CHI2 Bldg 2 CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
Verizon: (Oak Brook) Verizon Enterprise Carrier
US Signal Oakbrook US Signal Carrier
725 S Wells - 1547 Critical Systems 1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven) 42,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
SingleHop Chicago HorizonIQ Carrier
CoreSite Chicago CH1 CoreSite 180,032 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Digital Elk Grove Village Campus Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
EdgeConneX CHI02 EdgeConneX 19,875 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Edged Energy: Chicago ORD02 Edged Energy Carrier-Neutral
Edged Energy: Chicago ORD03 Edged Energy Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 2 Lumen Technologies Carrier
Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal ServerFarm Realty Carrier-Neutral
T5 Chicago II T5 Data Centers 103,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
4267 Meridian Pkwy: Lincoln Rackhouse Lincoln Rackhouse 34,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Centersquare: Chicago ORD2 Centersquare 163,747 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Centersquare: Chicago ORD1 Centersquare 142,346 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Edged Energy: Aurora, Chicago Edged Energy Carrier-Neutral
EXA - 111 North Canal EXA Infrastructure 5,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Lumen Chicago 1 Lumen Technologies 57,847 Gross SqFt Carrier
Verizon: 140 S Dearborn Verizon Enterprise Carrier
Atlantic Metro ORD0 Atlantic Metro 20,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
NTT Chicago CH1 NTT 126,000 Gross SqFt Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
First Communications Chicago First Communications Carrier
New Continuum: 603 Discovery SBA Edge 80,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
STACK CHI01B STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Carrier-Neutral
LexusNexis Oak Brook LexisNexis Carrier-Neutral
2299 Busse (CH2) Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust 160,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
HostPapa CH1 HostPapa 10,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cogent: 600 S Federal Cogent Communications 2,400 Gross SqFt Carrier
Digital Fortress: Chicago Lombard Digital Fortress 27,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Centersquare: Lisle CHI1 Centersquare 130,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
9355 Grand Ave Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Colocation America CH3 Colocation America Carrier-Neutral
CyrusOne Chicago Aurora CME CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
Compass Hoffman Estates Compass Datacenters Carrier-Neutral
Colocation America CH1 Colocation America Carrier-Neutral
Atlantic Metro ORD3 Atlantic Metro 10,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Colocation America CH2 Colocation America Carrier-Neutral
600 S Federal - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust 161,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
ServerCentral Chicago DRT-CH1 Deft Carrier-Neutral
Stream Chicago I Stream Data Centers 70,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Aligned: ORD-03 Aligned Carrier-Neutral
Steadfast Chicago 350 E Cermak Steadfast 16,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
360TCS-Lombard 360TCS 16,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite Chicago CH2 CoreSite 34,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
NYI Chicago (Oak Brook) New York Internet (NYI) 16,750 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Iron Mountain Chicago Iron Mountain Carrier-Neutral
CenturyLink: Arlington Heights Lumen Technologies Carrier
CloudHQ Mount Prospect ORD3 CloudHQ Carrier-Neutral
DataBank (ORD4) Oak Brook DataBank 86,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
DataBank ORD3 Mount Prospect DataBank 28,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CloudHQ: Mount Prospect ORD2 CloudHQ Carrier-Neutral
Verizon: Swift Dr Verizon Enterprise 1,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
EdgeConneX CHI01 EdgeConneX 90,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
InfoRelay Chicago InfoRelay Carrier-Neutral
Prime Elk Grove Prime Data Centers 200,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Aligned Chicago ORD-01 Aligned Carrier-Neutral
Prime: ORD1 Bldg B Prime Data Centers Carrier-Neutral
2200 Busse Rd (CH1) DRT Digital Realty Trust 230,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 6 Lumen Technologies 1,572 Gross SqFt Carrier
Element Critical CH2 Element Critical 30,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Microsoft Hoffman Estates 2 Microsoft Azure Hyperscale
CyrusOne: Bilter Rd Bldg 2 CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
350 E Cermak - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
365 Chicago 365 Data Centers 21,748 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Server Farm Oak Brook ServerFarm Realty Carrier-Neutral
DataBank (ORD1) 600 S Federal DataBank 8,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CyrusOne Chicago Lombard CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
Digital Chicago Franklin Park Campus on Grand Ave - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Complete Source Schaumburg Complete Source IT 5,650 Gross SqFt MSP
Colo@ Chicago Colo@ Carrier-Neutral
CloudHQ: Mount Prospect ORD1 CloudHQ Carrier-Neutral
NetSource Chicago NetSource Carrier-Neutral
CyrusOne: Bilter Road campus CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
Steadfast Chicago 725 Wells Steadfast 30,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cogent: 216 W Jackson Cogent Communications Carrier
Crown Castle 725 S Wells Crown Castle Carrier
9377 Grand Ave Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Meta: DeKalb 4 Meta Hyperscale
Meta: DeKalb 2 Meta Hyperscale
Aligned ORD-02 Aligned Carrier-Neutral
Rackspace Elk Grove ORD1 Rackspace 96,232 Gross SqFt MSP
Meta: DeKalb IL Meta Hyperscale
Tierpoint Chicago West TierPoint 15,650 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral

Largest Providers in Chicago

Digital Realty Trust
Facilities: 11
Power: 246 MWs
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Lumen Technologies
Facilities: 8
Power: 6 MWs
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CyrusOne
Facilities: 6
Power: 167 MWs
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Meta
Facilities: 5
Power: 105 MWs
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Largest Data Centers in Chicago

Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
Microsoft Chicago Northlake 0 SqFt
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QTS Chicago 467,000 SqFt
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350 E Cermak - Digital Realty 1,133,391 SqFt
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Prime Elk Grove 384,000 SqFt
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CyrusOne Chicago Aurora CME 428,000 SqFt
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Sites Under Construction in Chicago

Location Building SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW) Estimated Launch
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Regions in Chicago

About This Metro

Chicago is a popular location to build colocation and wholesale data centers. Five quick reasons to colocate a data center in Chicago:
  • Chicago is the 3rd largest metro in the United States
  • Nexus of connectivity options
  • Low risk of natural disasters
  • Low to moderate electric utility costs
  • Cooler climate

Chicago Data Center Market

The Chicago Data Center Market is one of the largest data center markets in the US. It is primarily split into 2 distinct markets: Downtown Chicago and Suburban Chicago.

Downtown Chicago Market

Downtown (also known as the Loop) consists of network dense facilities and financial trading deployments. Because of the urban environment, the data centers are tall multistory buildings usually retrofitted from an office tower or a warehouse. That's ok, warehouses have "good bones" because of the ability to support high floor weights and have taller ceilings than office towers.

Downtown Chicago also has higher network density as it is a nexus of networks for the Midwest region. Digital Realty maintains the Meet-Me-Room (MMR) at 350 E Cermak (Lakeside Technology Center) and Equinix's CH1, CH2, & CH4 sites are also in the building. CoreSite's CH1 site at 427 S LaSalle offers modest network density.

Suburban Chicago

The suburbs consist of data centers that are built in a campus environment where the buildings generally are 1 or 2 stories. The suburban data centers have higher power densities and offer more wholesale options. However, there are less Interconnection (Network) options and higher latencies to most destinations. (Most IP traffic needs to be hauled downtown before reaching the broader Internet.)

Wholesale Providers:

  • QTS's Chicago site offers a mix of wholesale and retail floor space. Located in the former Sun Times Press Facility it offers a location just outside of the loop.
  • Digital Realty offers 6 locations in Chicago. 350 E Cermak and 600 S Federal are downtown and network rich retail options. Digital's Franklin Park Campus and the former Dupont Fabros's campus in Elk Grove.
  • RagingWire is in Itasca near Elk Grove

Retail Colocation Chicago Providers:

  • Equinix has 3 locations
  • Zayo has 3 sites
  • Sungard has 3 sites in the Northwest
  • Cyxtera offers 2 locations
  • Steadfast has 2 retail locations downtown.
  • CyrusOne focuses on the Fintech colo after they acquired the CME data center in Aurora.

Electrical Utility:

Illinois's electricity market is deregulated that separates power generation and transport. Commonwealth Edison, aka ComEd, is the primary electric provider that generates its power from Coal (31%), Nuclear (26%, Wind (15%), Natural Gas (14%) and Hydro (7%). Pricing fluctuates, but the average cost in the $.08/kwh range.


Chicago Demographics:

Located at the southern end of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the United States with a MSA population of 9.5 million people. Chicago's economy is one of the world most diverse. There are more than 400 major corporate headquarters, including 31 in the Fortune 500. Source: Wikipedia




Files

File Date Added Description Actions
IL_Data_Centers_Incentives_Report_Final.pdf July 2019

Indepth discussion around data center incentives. Should Illinois provide incentives to seed data center growth (42 pages)
Chicago-H1-2018-US_Industrial_DataCenterOutlook_JLL.pdf August 2019

JLL's Chicago Data center market overview H1 2018