CoreSite - Chicago (CH2) is a data center operated by CoreSite 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.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around CoreSite - Chicago (CH2) in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 90 operating generating units totalling 7,512 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.
Comparable facilities in Chicago tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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