Data centers in Chicago

35 data centers are listed in Chicago, Illinois. Operators present include Digital Realty (5), Equinix (3), Centersquare (2) and CoreSite (2), plus 11 others. By type, the listings in Chicago, Illinois are 74% colocation, 17% unclassified and 6% cloud region. Across Illinois the colocation share is 66%.

By published IT load, the largest single buildings are Serverfarm CH1 – Chicago Data Center (Serverfarm, 21.5 MW) and Centersquare Chicago (Cermak) ORD1 Data Center (Centersquare, 8.8 MW). Nearby cities with listed data centers: Northlake (22 km, 5), Oak Brook (24 km, 2) and Wood Dale (28 km, 2).

By number of listings it ranks first of 7 cities with a page in Illinois, with 33% of all listings in Illinois. The three operators with the most listings hold 29% of them; 8 of the 15 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 33 MW of IT load across 4 buildings and 175 MW of utility power across 5 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 1 facility holds an Uptime Institute Tier certification (1 Tier III). Tier III: Data Center I, Chicago. Listings not yet in operation: 1 under construction. Among them: Iron Mountain CHI-1.

Chicago is part of the Chicago market, which has 98 listed data centers across the metro area.