How many data centers are operating in Illinois?

There are 82 operating data centers in Illinois, out of 264 in the active pipeline: operational, under construction and announced.

Data Centers in Illinois

Aterio data team has collected and analyzed data on all operating and under-construction data centers in the United States. Providing a comprehensive overview of the current state and future growth of the US data center market and energy demand. In Illinois, Aterio tracks 278 data centers. The 264 in the active pipeline, operational, under construction and announced, account for 62 million sq ft of space and 16,640 MW of estimated power capacity.

Illinois Operating data centers
82

Illinois Announced data centers
159

Illinois Under construction data centers
23

Last update at Mon Sep 07 2026

Largest data centers in Illinois

The largest facilities Aterio tracks in Illinois, with development stage, provider, size and power demand.

Stage	Name	Provider	Facility Size	Power Demand	Open
Construction	ORD1 Chicago	CloudHQ	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	Chicago ORD10 Data Center	Digital Realty	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Project Vector Building 3	Edged Energy	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Project Vector Building 1	Edged Energy	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Construction	ORD2 Chicago	CloudHQ	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	Microsft Illinois Azure North Central US	Microsoft	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	E Cermak Rd Chicago Data Center	Digital Realty	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Chicago V	Stream Data Centers	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Construction	Chicago III	Stream Data Centers	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Chicago IV	Stream Data Centers	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	ORD-03 Chicago	Aligned Data Centers	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Project Vector Building 2	Edged Energy	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Project Vector Building 4	Edged Energy	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	Chicago CH1 Data Center	Digital Realty	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	DeKalb Data Center Building 3	Facebook	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	DeKalb Data Center Building 5	Facebook	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	DeKalb Data Center Building 1	Facebook	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	DeKalb Data Center Building 2	Facebook	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	DeKalb Data Center Building 4	Facebook	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	Chicago Data Center 1	QTS Data Centers	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Announcement	Chicago Data Center 2	QTS Data Centers	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	CH1 – Chicago Data Center	Serverfarm	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	CHI2 Chicago Aurora Data Center	CyrusOne	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Active	CHI4 Chicago Aurora Data Center 1	CyrusOne	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL
Construction	ORD01-2 Chicago Campus	Edged Energy	Available in Dataset	Available in Dataset	View data center, IL

Frequently asked questions

: There are 82 operating data centers in Illinois, out of 264 in the active pipeline: operational, under construction and announced.
: The 264 data centers in Illinois's active pipeline, operational, under construction and announced, represent an estimated 16,640 MW of power capacity.

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