Illinois Data Center Market

The Illinois data center market is located in the region of Midwest US and within United States. Illinois has 224 facilities.

The top providers in Illinois are Digital Realty Trust (12 sites) and Meta with 5 facilities . The most popular facilities are Equinix Chicago CH1, CH2, & CH4 and Digital Realty: ORD10.

Market Facts

The Illinois Data Center Market Has 224 data centers, operated by 74 providers.

The largest data center in Illinois is Microsoft Chicago Northlake with 158 megawatts and 707,244 SqFt

Illinois Data Center Map

Illinois Power Growth Over Time

+75% since 2022

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Largest Providers in Illinois

Digital Realty Trust

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309.75

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Largest Data Centers in Illinois

Location	Total SqFt	Gross SqFt	Power (MW)
MaxInterested in this information?Contact us		707,244 SqFt	NN Request Dataset
Digital Realty: ORD10	1,133,391 SqFt		NN Request Dataset
Prime Elk Grove	384,000 SqFt	200,000 SqFt	NN Request Dataset
CloudInterested in this information?Contact us	477,000 SqFt		NN Request Dataset
CyrusOne: Aurora CHI2	428,000 SqFt		NN Request Dataset

Regions in Illinois

Chicago
- Facilities: 212
- Under Construction: 28 sites
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Chicago: Suburban
- Facilities: 166
- Under Construction: 23 sites
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Chicago: Downtown
- Facilities: 38
- Power: 278 megawatts
- Under Construction: 4 sites
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Industry Events See all

Sep 16 -

DICE: Midwest 2026

DICE Midwest is a single-day data center investment and development conference organized by Bisnow, focused on Midwest U.S. markets. The 2026 edition takes place September 16 at the Loews Chicago O'Hare in Rosemont, IL. The event brings together developers, operators, investors, construction firm...

5300 N River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018

Nov 15 - Nov 20

SC26

SC26 is the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, held November 15 to 20, 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The 2026 edition carries the theme "HPC Unites." Co-sponsored by ACM/SIGHPC and IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on High P...

2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616