Chicago Data Center Market

The Chicago data center market is located in the state of Illinois within Americas. Chicago has 105 facilities with 7,880,399 sqft and 1,011 megawatts.

The top providers in Chicago are Digital Realty Trust (11 sites) and Lumen Technologies with 8 facilities. The most popular facilities are T5 Northlake IL and test99.

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Data Centers in Chicago

Name Company Gross SqFt Type
T5 Northlake IL T5 Data Centers Carrier-Neutral
2299 Busse (CH2) Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust 160,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Aligned ORD-02 Aligned Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Chicago CH7 Equinix 45,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 1 Lumen Technologies 57,847 Gross SqFt Carrier
Equinix Chicago CH1, CH2, & CH4 Equinix 296,927 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
STACK Chicago CHI01 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Carrier-Neutral
CloudHQ Mount Prospect ORD3 CloudHQ Carrier-Neutral
Cogent: 427 S LaSalle Cogent Communications 2,711 Gross SqFt Carrier
Stream Chicago I Stream Data Centers 70,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
XO (Swift Dr) XO Carrier
CoreWeave: US Central ORD1 CoreWeave Hyperscale
ServerCentral CH1 Deft 18,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Server Farm Realty 840 South Canal ServerFarm Realty Carrier-Neutral
Edgeconnex Chicago Campus EdgeConneX Carrier-Neutral
Server Farm Oak Brook ServerFarm Realty Carrier-Neutral
Microsoft Chicago Northlake Microsoft Azure 707,244 Gross SqFt Hyperscale
CyrusOne Chicago Aurora CME CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Chicago CH3 Equinix 272,103 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
EdgeConneX CHI01 EdgeConneX 90,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Metro Edge: Illinois Medical District (IMD) Metro Edge Development Partners Real Estate
Netrality Chicago: 717 S Wells Netrality Properties 100,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
TierPoint Chicago Polk TierPoint 25,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
US Signal Oakbrook US Signal Carrier
Verizon Chicago (Downers Grove) Verizon Enterprise 45,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Atlantic Metro ORD0 Atlantic Metro 20,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Stream Chicago II Stream Data Centers 30,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
NTT Chicago CH1 NTT 126,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Evoque Lisle CH1 Evoque Data Center Solutions 130,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
725 S Wells - 1547 Critical Systems 1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven) 42,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
QTS Chicago QTS Data Centers 48,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
test99 11:11 Systems Content
CoreSite Chicago CH1 CoreSite 180,032 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Colocation America CH1 Colocation America Carrier-Neutral
Rackspace Elk Grove ORD1 Rackspace 96,232 Gross SqFt Hyperscale
Lumen Chicago 5 Lumen Technologies Carrier
Digital Elk Grove Village Campus Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Compass Hoffman Estates Compass Datacenters Carrier-Neutral
2200 Busse Rd (CH1) DRT Digital Realty Trust 230,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
9333 Grand Ave (DRT) Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Cyxtera Chicago CH4 Cyxtera Technologies 41,073 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
505 N Railroad Ave - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
XO: 140 S Dearborn XO Carrier
350 E Cermak - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 2 Lumen Technologies Carrier
DataBank (ORD2) 840 S Canal DataBank 10,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 4 Lumen Technologies Carrier
Cyxtera Chicago CH2 Cyxtera Technologies 142,346 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
EdgeConneX CHI02 EdgeConneX 19,875 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
First Communications Chicago First Communications Carrier
DataBank (ORD1) 600 S Federal DataBank 8,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
T5 Chicago II T5 Data Centers 103,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Digital Fortress: Chicago Lombard Digital Fortress 27,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Colocation America CH3 Colocation America Carrier-Neutral
New Continuum: 603 Discovery SBA Edge 80,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Skybox Chicago I Skybox Datacenters 120,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
XO: (Oak Brook) XO Carrier
Colocation America CH2 Colocation America Carrier-Neutral
ColoCrossing CH1 ColoCrossing 10,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
LexusNexis Oak Brook LexisNexis Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Chicago 3 Lumen Technologies Carrier
600 S Federal - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust 161,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Steadfast Chicago 725 Wells Steadfast 30,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
ServerCentral Chicago DRT-CH1 Deft Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite Chicago CH2 CoreSite 56,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Facebook DeKalb IL Facebook Hyperscale
Prime Elk Grove Prime Data Centers Carrier-Neutral
NYI Chicago (Oak Brook) New York Internet (NYI) 16,750 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
360TCS-Lombard 360TCS 16,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Steadfast Chicago 350 E Cermak Steadfast 16,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
1547 Chicago Midway Technology Centre 1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven) 52,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CyrusOne Chicago Lombard CyrusOne Carrier-Neutral
1450 E Devon Ave (CH3) DRT Digital Realty Trust 157,500 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
QuadraNet Chicago QuadraNet Carrier-Neutral
4267 Meridian Pkwy: Lincoln Rackhouse Lincoln Rackhouse 34,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cyxtera Elk Grove CH3 Cyxtera Technologies 163,747 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Iron Mountain Chicago Iron Mountain Carrier-Neutral
Digital Chicago Franklin Park Campus on Grand Ave - Digital Realty Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
Cogent Naperville Cogent Communications 1,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
GTT - 111 North Canal EXA Infrastructure 5,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Colo@ Chicago Colo@ Carrier-Neutral
DataBank (ORD4) Oak Brook DataBank 86,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cogent: 216 W Jackson Cogent Communications Carrier
CenturyLink: Arlington Heights Lumen Technologies Carrier
Crown Castle 725 S Wells Crown Castle Carrier
NetSource Chicago NetSource Carrier-Neutral
DataBank ORD3 Mount Prospect DataBank 28,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Complete Source Schaumburg Complete Source IT 5,650 Gross SqFt MSP
Lumen Chicago 6 Lumen Technologies 1,572 Gross SqFt Carrier
Microsoft Hoffman Estates 2 Microsoft Azure Hyperscale
Cogent: 600 S Federal Cogent Communications 2,400 Gross SqFt Carrier
InfoRelay Chicago InfoRelay Carrier-Neutral
365 Chicago 365 Data Centers 21,748 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
9377 Grand Ave Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral
GTT - 717 South Wells EXA Infrastructure 20,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Atlantic Metro ORD3 Atlantic Metro 10,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
SingleHop Chicago Internap INAP Carrier
STACK Chicago CHI02 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Broadview Lumen Technologies 8,917 Gross SqFt Carrier
Element Critical CH1 Element Critical 115,500 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Microsoft Hoffman Estates 1 Microsoft Azure Hyperscale
Tierpoint Chicago West TierPoint 15,650 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Aligned Chicago ORD-01 Aligned Carrier-Neutral
Element Critical CH2 Element Critical 30,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
9355 Grand Ave Digital Realty Trust Carrier-Neutral

Largest Providers in Chicago

Digital Realty Trust
Facilities: 11
Power: 246 MWs
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Lumen Technologies
Facilities: 8
Power: 1 MWs
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Cogent Communications
Facilities: 4
Power: 2 MWs
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DataBank
Facilities: 4
Power: 14 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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350 E Cermak - Digital Realty 1,133,391 SqFt
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Facebook DeKalb IL 1,807,000 SqFt
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CyrusOne Chicago Aurora CME 428,000 SqFt
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2200 Busse Rd (CH1) DRT 485,000 SqFt
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Sites Under Construction in Chicago

Location Building SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW) Estimated Launch
T5 Northlake IL 300,000 SqFt ??? NN
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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