Cogent Chicago 3 is a data center operated by Cogent Communications, Inc. in Chicago, IL, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Chicago data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 36.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Chicago — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Chicago — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Chicago's data center footprint spans 302 tracked facilities totaling 1,563 MW, establishing it as a material Midwest hub, yet the market presents a paradoxical constraint profile that demands careful operator positioning. Digital Realty commands market leadership with 17 facilities, followed by NTT and an unnamed operator each holding 6 assets, while Centersquare and CyrusOne round out the top five with 5 facilities apiece. The fragmentation across a relatively concentrated operator base—with the top player controlling roughly 6% of tracked capacity—suggests neither monopolistic pricing power nor sufficient density for aggressive consolidation plays. The DCPI verdict of 44/100 excess-power paired with 50/100 constraint represents a market in equilibrium but without slack: excess capacity exists, yet the constraint score signals operational and possibly transmission limitations that…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 111 operating generating units totalling 12,876 MW within about 50 km of Chicago, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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