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Illinois

116 data center facilities we can tie to a public record. 1 sit within 10 miles of protected public land. 37 small sites are on record but not on the map.

18 proposed 20 under construction 78 operating 17 stopped

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Who’s building in Illinois

  1. CyrusOne7 sites
  2. Equinix7 sites
  3. Digital Realty6 sites
  4. Aligned Data Centers4 sites
  5. T5 Data Centers3 sites
  6. Microsoft3 sites
  7. Prime Data Centers2 sites
  8. Rackspace2 sites

Closest to protected land

  1. CyrusOne AuroraDuPage County · Mid-size · 40 MW~6.8 mi

Distance is to the boundary of the nearest protected unit; open a row to see which.

Projects communities stopped

17 proposed projects in Illinois were defeated, withdrawn or blocked after local pushback, a moratorium or a developer’s own retreat.

  1. Eagle Rock Meridian Technology ParkChristian County · Campus · 1.0 GWCanceled
  2. Rochelle Data Center (Midwest Power Investors)Ogle County · Mid-size · 48 MWCanceled
  3. Karis Critical Hoffman Estates Data CenterCook County · Mid-size · 36 MWWithdrawn
  4. Karis Critical Naperville Data CenterDuPage County · Mid-size · 36 MWCanceled
  5. Elgin Data Center MoratoriumKane CountyBlocked by moratorium
  6. Galesburg Data Center MoratoriumKnox CountyBlocked by moratorium
  7. Pekin Technology Park (Lutticken Property)Tazewell CountyWithdrawn
  8. Exelon Braidwood IL DCWill CountySuspended
  9. Lake County Data Center MoratoriumLake CountyBlocked by moratorium
  10. Meyer Data Center (Yorkville Nexus V LLC / Green Door Capital)Kendall CountyWithdrawn
  11. CloudCenters Lisle Data CenterDuPage CountyWithdrawn
  12. Peace Road Boutique Data Center and Solar (Donato Solar, DeKalb)DeKalb CountyCanceled
  13. Brennan Investment Group Barrington Hills Data CenterCook CountyWithdrawn
  14. Cloverleaf Troy Data CenterMadison CountyWithdrawn
  15. Normal Data Center MoratoriumMcLean CountyBlocked by moratorium
  16. Lawrence County Data Center MoratoriumLawrence CountyBlocked by moratorium
  17. Digital Realty Hawthorne Race Course Data CenterCook CountyBlocked by moratorium

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Every tracked facility in Illinois

116 facilities across 13 counties, the busiest first. Open a county for its rows; each row opens the facility.

Cook County 6 proposed 13 under construction 54 operating73
  1. 1547 Chicago Midway Technology CenterUnsized, inferred
  2. Aligned Chicago Metro CampusCampus, inferred
  3. Aligned Data Centers Chicago WestLarge · 108 MW
  4. CloudHQ Elk Grove Hyperscale CampusCampus, inferred
  5. CoreWeave Elk Grove Village GPU FarmCampus, inferred
  6. H5 Data Centers Chicago (Hastings)Unsized, inferred
  7. HydraVault Data Center (2538 S Wabash Ave)Mid-size · 20 MW
  8. Microsoft Elk Grove Village CampusCampus, inferred
  9. Microsoft Hoffman Estates CampusCampus, inferred
  10. ORD01 Data Center (TA Realty, Elk Grove Village)Large · 250 MW
  11. Prime Data Centers Chicago CampusLarge · 175 MW
  12. Prime Data Centers Chicago West CampusLarge · 270 MW
  13. T5 Northlake Data Center (T5@Chicago III)Mid-size · 36 MW
  14. Hartrey Avenue Data Center (1265 Hartrey Ave)Unsized, inferred
  15. Nexstar/WGN Elk Grove Data Center CampusCampus, inferred
  16. Related Digital Chicago Campus (South Works)Campus · 1.0 GW
  17. Robbins Resource Recovery Center (former incinerator site)Unsized, inferred
  18. Stack Infrastructure Chicago Elk GroveMid-size · 36 MW
  19. Stream Elk Grove Data CenterCampus, inferred
  20. 1547 Critical Systems CHIL2 (725 S Wells)Edge · 7 MW
  21. 350 E Cermak (Lakeside Technology Center)Mid-size, inferred
  22. 365 Data Centers Chicago CH6Colo, inferred
  23. 800 E. Devon Ave. Data Center (GI Partners, Elk Grove Village)Small, inferred
  24. Aligned Chicago Northlake CampusMid-size, inferred
  25. Aligned Data Center - Chicago ORD-02Mid-size · 36 MW
  26. Centersquare Elk Grove Village Data Center Campus ORD2Mid-size · 50 MW
  27. Cloudflare Edge PoP ChicagoLarge, inferred
  28. Cogent Communications Chicago PoPNetwork, inferred
  29. Colocation America ChicagoDC1Colo, inferred
  30. Comcast Chicago Midwest HubEdge · 5 MW
  31. Corelink Chicago LoopSmall, inferred
  32. CoreSite Chicago CH1 CampusMid-size, inferred
  33. CoreWeave Chicago GPULarge, inferred
  34. Crown Castle Fiber Chicago (725 S Wells)Small, inferred
  35. Cyxtera Chicago Downtown CampusEdge · 9 MW
  36. DataBank Chicago DowntownColo, inferred
  37. DataBank ORD1 ChicagoEdge · 1 MW
  38. Digital Realty CHI-04 Franklin ParkMid-size · 36 MW
  39. Digital Realty CHI-05 Elk Grove VillageMid-size, inferred
  40. Digital Realty Chicago 350 CermakMid-size, inferred
  41. Digital Realty Chicago Elk Grove CampusMid-size, inferred
  42. Digital Realty Chicago Franklin ParkMid-size, inferred
  43. EdgeConneX CHI01 Elk Grove VillageMid-size · 20 MW
  44. Equinix CH2 ChicagoMid-size, inferred
  45. Equinix CH3 ChicagoMid-size, inferred
  46. Equinix CH4 ChicagoMid-size, inferred
  47. Equinix CH5 Elk Grove VillageMid-size, inferred
  48. Equinix Chicago Campus CH1-CH4Edge · 8 MW
  49. Equinix Metal Bare Metal Cloud ChicagoEdge · 4 MW
  50. Google Cloud Edge ChicagoMid-size, inferred
  51. Iron Mountain CHI-1 Des PlainesMid-size · 36 MW
  52. Lumen Chicago 1 (111 N Canal)Network, inferred
  53. Metro Edge IMD1 (Illinois Medical District)Small, inferred
  54. Microsoft Chicago CampusLarge · 100 MW
  55. Netrality Chicago 717 S WellsSmall, inferred
  56. Oracle Cloud Chicago CampusLarge, inferred
  57. QTS Chicago CampusMid-size · 40 MW
  58. QTS Chicago Metro CampusMid-size · 24 MW
  59. QTS Hillside CampusLarge, inferred
  60. Rackspace Chicago Data CenterMid-size · 56 MW
  61. Rackspace Chicago Enterprise CenterColo, inferred
  62. Rackspace ORD1 Elk Grove VillageMid-size · 56 MW
  63. ServerFarm Chicago CHI1Mid-size · 22 MW
  64. Skybox Chicago IMid-size · 30 MW
  65. Steadfast Networks 350 CermakEdge · 1 MW
  66. Stream Data Centers ChicagoMid-size · 32 MW
  67. Summit Chicago (350 Cermak, ex-Deft)Small, inferred
  68. T5 Chicago IMid-size · 20 MW
  69. TierPoint Chicago Polk Data CenterColo, inferred
  70. University of Chicago ComputingMid-size, inferred
  71. Vapor IO Kinetic Edge ChicagoColo, inferred
  72. Verizon Chicago Metro CenterNetwork, inferred
  73. Zayo Chicago 600 S FederalNetwork, inferred
DuPage County 4 under construction 13 operating17
  1. Connect Data Centers Carol StreamMid-size · 10 MW
  2. CyrusOne AuroraMid-size · 40 MW
  3. CyrusOne DuPage Data CenterLarge · 175 MW
  4. CyrusOne Wood Dale (CHI6)Mid-size · 18 MW
  5. Argonne Leadership Computing FacilityInstitutional, inferred
  6. CenterSquare ORD4 (Lisle)Edge · 6 MW
  7. DuPage County Cloud CenterMid-size, inferred
  8. Edged Chicago ORD01Mid-size · 24 MW
  9. Element Critical CH2Small, inferred
  10. Element Critical Chicago CHI1Edge · 7 MW
  11. Equinix Chicago Data CH7Mid-size, inferred
  12. NTT Chicago CH1Mid-size · 36 MW
  13. NTT Global Chicago Metro CampusMid-size · 36 MW
  14. SBA Edge Discovery Data CenterSmall, inferred
  15. Sungard AS Chicago Metro Recovery CenterColo, inferred
  16. US Signal Chicago Data CenterColo, inferred
  17. US Signal Chicago Suburban CampusColo, inferred
Kane County 2 proposed 4 operating6
  1. Batavia Data Center (Hut 8, 1780 Hubbard Ave.)Mid-size · 50 MW
  2. South Elgin Data Center (Kenyon Rd & Route 25)Unsized, inferred
  3. CME Group Trading ITMid-size · 20 MW
  4. DataCanopy Chicago (Aurora)Mid-size · 49 MW
  5. Fermilab Scientific Computing CenterSmall, inferred
  6. Lincoln Rackhouse Chicago WholesaleColo, inferred
Kendall County 2 proposed 2 under construction4
  1. CyrusOne Aurora Illinois CampusMid-size · 40 MW
  2. CyrusOne Yorkville CampusCampus, inferred
  3. Project Cardinal Data Center (Pioneer Development)Campus · 1.8 GW
  4. Project Steel Data Center (Prologis)Unsized, inferred
Champaign County 3 operating3
  1. National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsInstitutional, inferred
  2. NCSA Delta Computing CenterInstitutional, inferred
  3. UIUC National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)Mid-size · 24 MW
Grundy County 3 proposed3
  1. Aligned Coal City Data Center CampusCampus, inferred
  2. Equinix Minooka Data Center (CH8)Unsized, inferred
  3. Grundy County Data CenterCampus · 1.0 GW
DeKalb County 1 proposed 1 operating2
  1. Project Vector (Edged / Endeavour Energy, DeKalb)Unsized, inferred
  2. Meta DeKalb Data CenterLarge, inferred
Lake County 1 under construction 1 operating2
  1. Grayslake Data Center Campus (T5 @ Chicago IV)Campus · 1.6 GW
  2. Chirisa Volo Technology Park (YLO-01/YLO-02)Mid-size · 28 MW
Peoria County 2 operating2
  1. OSF Healthcare System Data CenterInstitutional, inferred
  2. Pearl Technology Peoria Data CenterSmall, inferred
Logan County 1 proposed1
  1. Hut 8 Logan Prairie Data CenterCampus · 500 MW
Sangamon County 1 proposed1
  1. CyrusOne Sangamon Data Campus (near Waverly)Campus · 600 MW
Will County 1 proposed1
  1. Blackstone Chicago West CampusCampus · 1.0 GW
Winnebago County 1 proposed1
  1. Monarch Energy Rock Air Data CenterCampus · 1.4 GW

Data centers in Illinois: common questions

How many data centers are in Illinois?
More Than Just Parks tracks 116 active data center facilities in Illinois, each citing a public source: 78 operating, 20 under construction and 18 proposed. 17 more were canceled, withdrawn or blocked.
How much electricity do Illinois's data centers use?
We don’t publish a state total, and the reason matters: roughly four in ten facilities never disclose a capacity, so any sum would look like a census of Illinois's data center load while leaving out the sites that stayed quiet. Each facility page shows the figure its own source states. A single large campus can draw as much power as a small city.
Are Illinois data centers near protected land?
1 of the tracked facilities in Illinois sit within 10 miles of protected public land, measured to the real boundary of the nearest national park, wilderness area, wildlife refuge or conservation area; 0 sit within a single mile.

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Every facility on this page cites a public record we can link to: industry reporting, facility trackers, company announcements, and local planning and utility filings, cross-referenced against protected public land. Part of the Data Center Tracker from More Than Just Parks. A row prints a capacity only where its own source states one.

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