Data centers in Illinois
Existing and planned data centers across Illinois, mapped from the public record with capacity, operators, and impact scores.
73
total
29
planned
38
operating
0
contested
Combined capacity 7,385 MW — roughly the power of 5,538,375 homes.
All facilities
| Facility | Status | Operator | Capacity | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliet Technology Center Jackson Twp/ Joliet | Under construction | PowerHouse | 1,800 MW | 55 |
| CyrusOne Waverly/ Talkington Twp | Under construction | CyrusOne | 632 MW | 54 |
| Tract Morris Data Center Morris | Proposed | Tract Data Centers | 1,000 MW | 52 |
| Eagle Rock Data Center Palmer | Proposed | Eagle Rock | 1,000 MW | 46 |
| Hut8 Data Center Latham/ Laenna Twp | Proposed | Hut 8 | 500 MW | 46 |
| T5 Grayslake Data Center Grayslake | Under construction | T5 | 480 MW | 39 |
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure Minooka | Proposed | — | 500 MW | 34 |
| Troy Cloverleaf Data Center Troy | Proposed | Cloverleaf | 500 MW | 33 |
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure New Lenox | Proposed | — | 350 MW | 30 |
| Meta DeKalb Data Center DeKalb | Under construction | Meta | 250 MW | 29 |
| Digital Realty Chicago ORD12 Franklin Park | Operating | Digital Realty | — | — |
| Lakeside Technology Center Chicago | Operating | — | — | — |
| Netrality Chicago | Operating | Netrality | — | — |
| Digital Realty ORD10 Chicago | Operating | Digital Realty | — | — |
| Centersquare Chicago Data Center - ORD1 Chicago | Operating | Centersquare | — | — |
| CoreSite Chicago Data Center (CH1) Chicago | Operating | CoreSite | — | — |
| Digital Realty ORD11 Chicago | Operating | Digital Realty | — | — |
| Equinix Chicago Data Center - CH1 Chicago | Operating | Equinix | — | — |
| HydraVault Data Center Chicago | Under construction | — | 20 MW | 25 |
| VISA Vernon Hills | Operating | VISA | — | — |
| NCSA Petascale Computing Facility Champaign | Operating | — | — | — |
| CoreSite Chicago Data Center (CH2) Chicago | Operating | CoreSite | — | — |
| Serverfarm CH1 Chicago | Operating | Serverfarm | — | — |
| Iron Mountain Data & Record Storage Chicago | Operating | Iron Mountain | — | — |
| ORD-01 Data Center Northlake | Operating | Aligned Data Centers | 42 MW | 23 |
| Edged Data Center Aurora | Under construction | Edged | 72 MW | 23 |
| Whiterose Partners LLC Data Center South Elgin | Proposed | — | 48 MW | 23 |
| QTS Chicago Chicago | Operating | Quality Technology Services | — | — |
| Stream Data Center: Chicago 1 Elk Grove Village | Operating | — | 15 MW | 22 |
| Stream Data Center: Chicago 2 Elk Grove Village | Operating | — | 32 MW | 22 |
| Microsoft - Azure Datacenter Northlake | Operating | Microsoft | — | — |
| EdgeConneX CHI02 Elk Grove Village | Operating | EdgeConneX | — | — |
| 300 West Adams Data Center Chicago | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Stream Chicago II Elk Grove Village | Operating | Stream | — | — |
| EdgeConneX CHI01 Elk Grove Village | Operating | EdgeConneX | — | — |
| CyrusOne CHI3 Aurora | Operating | CyrusOne | — | — |
| Stream Chicago I Elk Grove Village | Operating | Stream | — | — |
| Equinix Chicago CH3 Elk Grove Village | Operating | Equinix | — | — |
| ORD-02 Data Center Northlake | Under construction | Aligned Data Centers | — | — |
| NTT Chicago CH4 Itasca | Operating | NTT | — | — |
| Digital Realty CH1 Elk Grove Village | Operating | Digital Realty | — | — |
| T5 Data Center Elk Grove Village | Under construction | — | 36 MW | 20 |
| CyrusOne Data Center Lombard | Under construction | CyrusOne | 18 MW | 20 |
| Element Critical CH2 Wood Dale | Operating | Element Critical | — | — |
| Centersquare Elk Grove Village Data Center Campus ORD2 Elk Grove Village | Operating | Centersquare | — | — |
| Skybox Chicago I Elk Grove Village | Operating | Skybox | — | — |
| Element Critical CH1 Wood Dale | Operating | Element Critical | — | — |
| Centersquare Lisle ORD4 Data Center Lisle | Operating | Centersquare | — | — |
| Digital Realty CH3 Elk Grove Village | Operating | Digital Realty | — | — |
| Digital Realty CH2 Elk Grove Village | Operating | Digital Realty | — | — |
| NTT Chicago CH1 Itasca | Operating | NTT | — | — |
| NTT Chicago CH2 Itasca | Operating | NTT | — | — |
| CyrusOne Data Center Yorkville | Under construction | CyrusOne | — | — |
| NTT Chicago CH3 Itasca | Operating | NTT | — | — |
| US Signal Data Center Aurora | Operating | — | 4 MW | 20 |
| Cloud Centers Data Center Lisle | Proposed | Cloud Centers | 50 MW | 18 |
| Stream Data Center Elk Grove Village | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Aligned Elk Grove Village | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Aligned Elk Grove Village | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Aligned Elk Grove Village | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Robbins Incinerator Data Center Robbins | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Karis Data Center Naperville | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Nexstar Media Group Data Center Elk Grove Village | Proposed | — | — | — |
| DKL Meta Data Center DeKalb | Operating | Meta | — | — |
| CyrusOne Data Center Yorkville | Proposed | CyrusOne | — | — |
| North Pekin Data Center North Pekin | Cancelled | North 52 | — | — |
| Barrington Hills Data Center Barrington Hills | Cancelled | — | — | — |
| Western Hospitality Partners Data Center Groveland Twp | Cancelled | — | — | — |
| Karis Critical Data Center Naperville | Cancelled | — | 36 MW | 12 |
| Karis Critical Data Center DeKalb | Proposed | — | — | — |
| Gail Technology Data Center Effingham | Proposed | Gail Technology | — | — |
| Western Hospitality Partners Data Center Braidwood/ Braceville | Blocked | — | — | — |
| Karis Data Center Dundee | Cancelled | Karis | — | — |
Frequently asked questions
- How many data centers are in Illinois?
- We track 73 data centers in Illinois from public records — 38 operating and 29 planned or under construction.
- How much power do data centers in Illinois use?
- Their combined disclosed capacity is about 7,385 MW.
- Where does this data come from?
- Every facility is compiled from public records and cited sources, including the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL). You can report an error on any facility page.
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