CyrusOne: Aurora III (CHI3)

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CyrusOne: Aurora III (CHI3)

Short Code: CHI3 DC1
Year Built: 2026
Floors: 2
Lot Size: 32 acres

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CyrusOne has started developing a pair of new data centers in Aurora, Illinois, a project that will also include the construction of three 350-foot telecommunication towers.

  • The company submitted plans to Aurora lawmakers in May 2024 for two new data centers totaling more than half a million square feet, with the campus slated for a 32-acre site directly across Interstate 88 from CyrusOne’s existing complex in the city.
  • The first phase of the proposed development entails the construction of a 411K SF, two-story data center and facilities for backup generators. A second data center totaling 153K SF would be built during a later phase.

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0.11 miles CyrusOne: CHI3 DC2
CyrusOne is developing a pair of new data centers in Aurora, Illinois, a project that will also include the construction of three 350-foot telecommunication towers.
0.21 miles Edged Energy: Chicago ORD03
This facility will be part of Edged Energy's Aurora TechPark in Chicago.
0.23 miles Edged Energy: Chicago ORD02
The new data center campus, Aurora TechPark, will offer facilities built to handle dense AI-driven workloads that are transforming the IT industry.
0.40 miles Edged Energy: Aurora ORD01
The new data center campus, Aurora TechPark, will offer facilities built to handle dense AI-driven workloads that are transforming the IT industry.
0.42 miles CyrusOne: Aurora CHI2
The CyrusOne CHI2 data center is located on 16 acres, 45 minutes southwest of Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
0.43 miles DataCanopy: Chicago, IL
0.45 miles CyrusOne Chicago Aurora CME
In 2016, CyrusOne acquired the CME data center for $130 million. CME hosts its electronic trading platform CME Globex on site. Globex will continue to be hosted on site as part of the 15-year lease agreement between CyrusOne and CME.
0.52 miles CyrusOne: CHI2 DC2
CyrusOne's CHI2 second building is located at 2805 Diehl Road, Aurora, IL.
2.60 miles 4267 Meridian Pkwy: Lincoln Rackhouse
The facility was acquired when Lincoln Rackhouse acquired Bytegrid in 2019.
2.61 miles DataBridge: Aurora, IL
DataBridge Sites is the new name for ESite Systems, a company with two decades of history in the industry.
2.69 miles NetSource Chicago
4.03 miles Crypto Mining Data Center Request Dataset
HPC and cryptomine data center developer Hut 8 is developing a 120,000 sq ft (11,148 sqm) data center nearby Batavia, Kane County.
4.79 miles Colovore: Chicago
Colovore is developing a liquid-cooled colocation data center in Chicago, Illinois, with construction expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026.
5.05 miles SBA Edge: 603 Discovery
Former New Continuum site that was acquired in 2019
5.27 miles Cogent Naperville
5.98 miles Summit: Naperville
6.52 miles Karis: Naperville, IL
The Naperville City Council officially denied Karis Critical’s proposal for a "boutique data center campus" at 1960 Lucent Lane in January 2026.
7.80 miles Centersquare: Lisle CHI1
Centersquare's cloud-enabled Lisle data center is situated approximately 20 miles from O’Hare International airport.
9.45 miles CloudCenters: Lisle, IL
The Cloud Centers data center project aims to transform the 18 acre former Lockformer superfund site in Lisle, Illinois, into a two story, 256,000 square foot facility.
10.05 miles Connect Data Centers: Chicago
Oppidan is developing Carol Stream’s first data center in Chicago, Illinois.
11.61 miles CyrusOne: Lombard CHI5
9 MW of critical capacity Both a 1.5MW and a 2MW transformer
12.68 miles 360TCS-Lombard
12.68 miles Digital Fortress: Chicago Lombard
13.31 miles Project Cardinal
Pioneer Development, LLC has filed an application for Project Cardinal, a sprawling data center campus planned for over 1,000 acres in Yorkville, Kendall County.
13.53 miles Project Cardinal Expansion
13.74 miles Prologis: Project Steel
Project Steel involves developing a 540-acre campus featuring 24 two-story data center buildings, totaling over 9 million square feet (836,125 sqm), along with three substations.
13.84 miles Prologis: Project Steel Expansion
14.10 miles Equinix Chicago CH7
14.53 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 8
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
14.58 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 9
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
14.65 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 7
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
14.71 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 6
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
14.73 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Microsoft acquired 500 acres of land around Eldamain and Corneils roads from three landowners in Plano, Illinois.
14.82 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 5
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
14.92 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 4
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
14.96 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 3
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
15.02 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 2
This data center is a part of CyrusOne's Little Rock Township Campus in Illinois.
15.14 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville Campus
CyrusOne is building a huge data center campus on 228 acres in Kendall County outside of Chicago, Illinois. The data center campus will have up to nine (9) two-story buildings and a centralized 800,000-square-foot electric substation.
15.94 miles NYI Chicago (Oak Brook)
16.07 miles Verizon: (Oak Brook)
16.07 miles US Signal Oakbrook IL01
800a 480V 3 phase 450kW diesel generator with 24 hour run time at full load 500kVa UPS capacity with battery backup
16.07 miles Server Farm Oak Brook
The campus was originally built as the corporate headquarters of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I).
16.39 miles Savion: Plano, Illinois
Savion, the company developing the massive 250MW Plano Skies Energy Center solar project in Kendall County, Illinois, is now proposing to add a large data center campus to the development.
16.68 miles Savion: Plano Expansion
17.11 miles LexusNexis Oak Brook
17.11 miles Verizon: Swift Dr
17.11 miles DataBank (ORD4) Oak Brook
17.66 miles NTT: CH3
This facility is a part of NTT's Chicago data center campus in Illinois.
17.74 miles NTT Chicago CH1
NTT acquired its Chicago site in 2018 through its RagingWire subsidiary. Launched in 2021, the first two-story data center, CH1, spans 126,000 sq ft (11,705 sqm) of data floor space.
17.79 miles NTT: CH2
This facility is a part of NTT's Chicago data center campus in Illinois.
17.89 miles NTT: Chicago CH4
NTT has acquired two office buildings in Chicago, Illinois, and plans to replace them with data centers.
17.89 miles Nexstar: Elk Grove
As of January 2026, the Nexstar/WGN data center project has expanded from its original 35-acre, three-building plan to a four-building campus utilizing a larger portion of the 102-acre transmitter site.
17.92 miles NTT: Chicago CH5
In November 2023, NTT Global Data Centers in November paid $27.5 million for the building.
17.92 miles Nexstar: Elk Grove Bldg 2
This facility is part of Nexstar's Elk Grove data center campus in Illinois.
17.99 miles Nexstar: Elk Grove Bldg 3
This facility is part of Nexstar's Elk Grove data center campus in Illinois.
18.01 miles Nexstar: Elk Grove Bldg 4
This facility is part of Nexstar's Elk Grove data center campus in Illinois.
18.52 miles Aligned ORD-02
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18.58 miles Aligned Chicago ORD-01
Aligned's ORD-01 data center is a state-of-the-art facility located in Northlake, IL, just outside of downtown Chicago. At full build, Aligned’s Chicago campus covers 520,000 sq. ft. and offers ~ 100 MW of critical load.
18.59 miles Element Critical CH2
Element Critical acquired the site in January 2019 from Sungard. The facility was previously known as SunGard Wood Dale (341).
18.71 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
18.77 miles Element Critical CH1
Element Critical acquired the site in January 2019 from Sungard. The facility was previously known as SunGard Wood Dale (711).
18.77 miles Compass Hoffman Estates
Located in Cook County, the campus will feature five buildings and represents a total planned investment of $10 billion.
18.94 miles CyrusOne: Wood Dale CHI6
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18.98 miles 505 N Railroad Ave - Digital Realty
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19.19 miles DigiCo: Chicago
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19.24 miles T5: Chicago lll
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19.30 miles Karis: Hoffman Estates Campus
Karis Critical purchased 180 acres of land in the Hoffman Estates area from 5a7 for $45 million.
19.39 miles Karis: Hoffman 2
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19.61 miles 1450 E Devon Ave (CH3) DRT
19.67 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
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19.71 miles Digital Elk Grove Village Campus
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19.71 miles Deft: Elk Grove DF-CH1
19.71 miles HostPapa CH1
Formerly known as "ColoCrossing CH1"
19.71 miles Rackspace Elk Grove ORD1
19.72 miles Complete Source Schaumburg
19.73 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Microsoft Hoffman Estates data center campus is located on a 53-acre site on the north side of Lakewood Boulevard.
19.74 miles 2200 Busse Rd (CH1) DRT
19.75 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
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19.80 miles Centersquare: Chicago ORD2
Cyxtera's CH3 Elk Grove site is across the street from the Digital Realty Chicago campus (former Dupont Fabros) and close to Equinix CH3.
19.85 miles 2299 Busse (CH2) Digital Realty
19.86 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
19.91 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Microsoft Hoffman Estates data center campus is located on a 53-acre site on the north side of Lakewood Boulevard.

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CyrusOne Bilter Road Campus preliminary site map
Source: Baxtel
CyrusOne Bilter Road Campus preliminary site map
Source: Baxtel

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CyrusOne is a data center owner, operator, and developer that manages more than 50 facilities, with its footprint concentrated in the U.S. and Europe. The company is based in Dallas and was taken private in March 2022 by funds managed by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners in a transaction valued at approximately 15 billion dollars including debt.

Its portfolio centers on hyperscale and enterprise colocation across multi-building campuses. CyrusOne has also pursued international growth initiatives alongside its core North American and European markets.

CyrusOne History:

  • March 2022: Taken private by funds managed by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners in an approximately 15 billion dollar all-cash transaction including debt.
  • July 2015: Acquired Cervalis, adding four data centers and two disaster recovery sites in the New York metro.
  • July 2014: Acquired Cervalis
  • January 2013: Completed initial public offering on NASDAQ as a carve-out of Cincinnati Bell’s data center business.
  • June 2010: Cincinnati Bell acquired CyrusOne for approximately 525 million dollars.
  • 2000: Founded by David Ferdman.
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