Digital Realty CHI (505 N Railroad) is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Northlake, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 14.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Northlake data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 80.6-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 Northlake — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Northlake — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Northlake operates 260 MW across 13 tracked facilities, but faces a critical infrastructure bottleneck. Aligned entities dominate the market with 6 of 13 facilities combined ~123 MW assuming even distribution, while Digital Realty and Microsoft each operate single sites. The DCPI's excess-power score of 43/100 reflects genuine capacity availability, yet the constraint rating of 57/100 reveals the real constraint: physical infrastructure limitations that prevent monetizing that power. For acquisition-focused investors, the DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous. The constraint score of 57/100 signals that the market's ability to deliver power, cooling, and interconnectivity to tenants is materially compromised. Buyers entering Northlake now face a structural problem: additional power supply alone does not cure constrained backhaul, limited water cooling capacity, or insufficient…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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