Illinois Data Center Market

The Illinois data center market is located in the region of Midwest US and within United States. Illinois has 219 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.

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Market Facts

Illinois Data Center Map

Illinois Power Growth Over Time

Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
In Doubt
Withdrawn
+50017% since 1912
Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
announced for 1912–2037

Largest Providers in Illinois

Digital Realty Trust
Site
Power
Operational
12
309.75
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
12
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Meta
Site
Power
Operational
5
260.0
Construction
0
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
5
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Microsoft Azure
Site
Power
Operational
4
229.0
Construction
1
Planned
4
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
5
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CyrusOne
Site
Power
Operational
5
161.4
Construction
1
Planned
12
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
6
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Largest Data Centers in Illinois

Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
Station 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
Edge 477,000 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
CyrusOne: Aurora CHI2 428,000 SqFt
NN Request Dataset

Regions in Illinois

  • Chicago

    • Facilities: 208
    • Under Construction: 26 sites

  • Chicago: Suburban

    • Facilities: 163
    • Under Construction: 21 sites

  • Chicago: Downtown

    • Facilities: 38
    • Power: 272 megawatts
    • Under Construction: 4 sites

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The Illinois data center market is dominated by Chicago with only a few data centers outside of the Chicago region.

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