Digital Realty CHI (9333 Grand Ave)

Digital Realty CHI (9333 Grand Ave) is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Franklin Park, IL, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Franklin Park data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 53.4-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Chicago
City
Franklin Park
State
IL
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Franklin Park — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Franklin Park — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Franklin Park's data center market remains nascent and significantly undercapitalized, with only 8 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity. Digital Realty dominates the operator landscape with 4 facilities, while three smaller operators—Franklin Park CHI22 Data Center, TierPoint, and TierPoint, LLC—collectively manage the remaining portfolio. The absence of measurable MW capacity despite eight tracked sites suggests these are either pre-operational, acquired for land banking, or small-footprint edge deployments that fall below typical enterprise-grade thresholds. This structural thinness makes Franklin Park a tertiary market by any institutional standard. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects compounding vulnerabilities: an excess-power score of 44/100 indicates insufficient demand or pricing power relative to supply, while the constraint score of 52/100 signals marginal…

Location

Area Franklin Park, IL, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketFranklin Park
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power53.4 months
LocationFranklin Park, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Digital Realty CHI (9333 Grand Ave) 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.

Bluebird NetworkFastly, Inc.GTT Communications (AS3257)Megaport Global AccessTRANSATEL USTierPoint LLCZayo

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 58 operating generating units totalling 4,513 MW within about 50 km of Franklin Park, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas4,455 MW · 27 units · 99%
Utility-Scale Solar58 MW · 31 units · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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