Data centers in Illinois
107 data centers are listed in Illinois. The cities with the most listings are Chicago (35), Elk Grove Village (22), Aurora (10), Northlake (5) and Itasca (4); together they hold 71% of them. The operators with the most listings are Digital Realty (9), CyrusOne (9) and Centersquare (7), out of 33 named operators.
By type, the listings in Illinois are 66% colocation, 24% unclassified and 6% hyperscaler-owned. Across the United States the colocation share is 49%. By published IT load, the largest single buildings are NTT Global Data Centers Chicago CH1 Data Center (NTT Global Data Centers, 36 MW) and NTT Global Data Centers Chicago CH3 Data Center (NTT Global Data Centers, 32 MW).
Illinois ranks 5th of 50 US states by listed facilities, with 4% of the US total. Neighboring states: Missouri (36), Iowa (35), Michigan (34) and Indiana (30).
The three operators with the most listings hold 23% of them; 15 of the 33 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 129 MW of IT load across 10 buildings and 375 MW of utility power across 9 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 3 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (3 Tier III). Tier III: Cyxtera CH3 Data Center, Data Center I, Chicago and SDC-EGV Phases 1A & 1B. Listings not yet in operation: 2 planned and 1 under construction. Among them: Iron Mountain CHI-1, CyrusOne Sangamon County, IL and CyrusOne Yorkville Technology Campus, IL.
About Illinois
The directory lists 107 data centers in Illinois, 5th among US states and 4 percent of the 2,612 listed in the United States. They are run by 33 operators in 26 towns and cities. Chicago has the most with 35, followed by Elk Grove Village with 22, Aurora with 10 and Northlake with 5. Itasca has 4. The directory's Illinois market is Chicago, with 97 facilities.
CyrusOne and Digital Realty have the most listings, 9 each, followed by Centersquare with 7 and Equinix with 6. DataBank, Meta and NTT Global Data Centers are among those with 4 each. 71 records are colocation sites.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. Of the 10 buildings with a published IT load, the largest is NTT's Chicago CH1 in Itasca at 36 MW, followed by NTT's CH3 at 32 MW. Of the 9 with a published utility supply, Digital Realty ORD10 in Chicago is the largest at 109 MW, and Digital Realty's buildings in Elk Grove Village and Northlake follow. ORD10 is also the largest listed building by floor area, at about 1 million square feet.
1 facility is under construction, Iron Mountain CHI-1, and 2 are planned, CyrusOne's Sangamon County site and its Yorkville Technology Campus. 3 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, all at Tier III.
106 of 107 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Markets
Chicago (98)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| CyrusOne | 9 |
| Digital Realty | 9 |
| Centersquare | 7 |
| Equinix | 6 |
| DataBank | 4 |
| Meta | 4 |
| NTT Global Data Centers | 4 |
| Aligned | 3 |
| EdgeConneX | 3 |
| Microsoft | 3 |
| CoreSite | 2 |
| Element Critical | 2 |
| Iron Mountain | 2 |
| Lumen | 2 |
| Oracle | 2 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 2 |
| Stream Data Centers | 2 |
| TierPoint | 2 |
| 365 Data Centers | 1 |
| Compass | 1 |
| Edged | 1 |
| Financial Corporation | 1 |
| H5 | 1 |
| NetSource | 1 |
| Netrality | 1 |
Top 25 of 33 operators.
Largest data centers in Illinois by power
Top 10 of 10 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in Illinois
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain CHI-1 | Iron Mountain | Under construction | not recorded |
| CyrusOne Sangamon County, IL | CyrusOne | Planned | not recorded |
| CyrusOne Yorkville Technology Campus, IL | CyrusOne | Planned | not recorded |
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Illinois
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Cyxtera CH3 Data Center | Centersquare | Tier III (Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability; M&O Stamp of Approval) |
| Data Center I, Chicago | Financial Corporation | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| SDC-EGV Phases 1A & 1B | Sirius Data Centers | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Chicago 2 & 4 | Centersquare | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| Chicago 3 | Centersquare | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| CyrusOne data center, Aurora, CH1 | CyrusOne | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| EdgeConneX CHI01 | EdgeConneX | M&O Stamp of Approval |
| STACK Infrastructure CHI01 – Elk Grove Village | STACK Infrastructure | M&O Stamp of Approval |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty ORD10 | Digital Realty | 1,005,500 |
| Digital Realty data center, 2200 Busse Road | Digital Realty | 485,000 |
| Serverfarm CH1 – Chicago Data Center | Serverfarm | 443,000 |
| Digital Realty data center, 2299 Busse Road | Digital Realty | 328,000 |
| Digital Realty data center, 1400 East Devon Avenue Elk Grove Village | Digital Realty | 305,500 |
| EdgeConneX Chicago, IL | EdgeConneX | 282,000 |
| Digital Realty ORD13 | Digital Realty | 224,500 |
| Equinix Chicago CH3 | Equinix | 196,151 |
| Equinix Chicago CH5 | Equinix | 193,110 |
| Digital Realty ORD23 | Digital Realty | 186,500 |
| CoreSite CH1 Data Center | CoreSite | 180,000 |
| CoreSite CH2 Data Center | CoreSite | 168,000 |
| Digital Realty ORD14 | Digital Realty | 130,500 |
| NTT Global Data Centers Chicago CH1 Data Center | NTT Global Data Centers | 126,000 |
| NTT Global Data Centers Chicago CH2 Data Center | NTT Global Data Centers | 126,000 |