The Chicago: Downtown data center market is located in the metro of Chicago within Americas. Chicago: Downtown has 40 facilities with 3,284,153 sqft and 273 megawatts.
The top providers in Chicago: Downtown are Digital Realty Trust (2 sites) and QTS Data Centers with 2 facilities . The most popular facilities are Equinix Chicago CH1, CH2, & CH4 and Digital Realty: ORD10.
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| Location | About | Total SqFt | Power (MW) |
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| Digital Realty: ORD10 |
Digital Realty acquired the colocation services business of Hivelocity in 2025.
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| QTS: CHI1 DC1 |
The campus was a former Sun Times Press Facility and was acquired in 2014
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| Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal |
* 4 MW Critical Load on Each Floor (Floors 1-5)
* 130-160 Watts per Raised Floor SF
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| CoreSite Chicago CH1 |
Once owned by the Western Union company, the building was formerly known as "The Telegraph Buildi...
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| Digital Realty: Chicago ORD11 | NN Request Dataset |
| Location | Building SqFt | Power (MW) | Estimated Launch |
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| QTS: CHI1 DC2 | 366,000 SqFt | 40 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| Legacy: Chicago Byte Exchange CBE1 | 385,000 SqFt | 13 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| Metro Edge: Illinois Medical District (IMD) | 184,750 SqFt | 18 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
| 1547 Chicago Midway Technology Centre | SqFt | 0 Megawatts | Q4 2026 |
October 15, 2026 ServerFarm Realty
Serverfarm has topped out the first building at its new data center campus in Clarksville, Arkansas. CEO Avner Papouchado said the company is committed to the area and aims to be a long-term community partner. The two-story ARK1 facility will offer 108MW of capacity across 300,000 sq ft (27,870...
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October 15, 2026 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027. “The topping out isn't just a construction milestone; it's a powerful symbol of what happens when incredible teams come together to build...
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October 10, 2026 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the company announced on Oct. 7. The facility is being developed by MC Digital Realty, the operator's 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, and is...
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September 30, 2026 Equinix
Equinix and Schneider Electric have partnered to pilot software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an undisclosed Equinix data center. The technology, developed by Schneider Electric, is designed to reduce the need for specialized cabling and hardware in data centers. Schneider said the...
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September 26, 2026 Digital Realty Trust
US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadership roles, most recently as general manager of global energy markets. Before Microsoft, he spent a...
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September 16, 2026 ServerFarm Realty
US data center company Serverfarm has increased its existing revolving credit facility to $3.89 billion after securing an additional $895 million. The funding, secured last month, will support Serverfarm’s North American data center projects, including campuses in Houston, Texas, Clarksville,...
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