DataBank Chicago (ORD4) is a data center operated by DataBank in Oak Brook, IL, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Oak Brook data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 53.9-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 Oak Brook — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Oak Brook — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Oak Brook's data center market remains nascent, with only 6 tracked facilities representing 0 MW of deployed capacity across a fragmented operator base dominated by single-facility players including Colocation America Corporation, DataBank, DataBank Ltd., New York Internet, and Serverfarm. The market's excess-power score of 44/100 indicates moderate oversupply relative to utilization, while the constraint score of 52/100 suggests moderate limitations on expansion or operational scaling. No recent M&A activity has been tracked in Oak Brook, distinguishing it from the substantial deal flow seen in mature regional markets like Chicago which spans 1,563 MW across 296 facilities and signaling either early-stage market development or investor indifference. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries explicit implications for acquisition-focused capital. The combination of excess power and moderate…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DataBank Chicago (ORD4) 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.
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 96 operating generating units totalling 8,821 MW within about 50 km of Oak Brook, 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 Oak Brook tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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