Element Critical CH2 is a data center operated by Element Critical in Wood Dale, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 5.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Wood Dale data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 51.8-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 Wood Dale — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Wood Dale — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Wood Dale is a minor secondary market with constrained supply and weak power availability, hosting just 6 facilities totaling 5 MW across a fragmented operator base. Element Critical dominates the micro-market with 4 MW split across two entities Element Critical operating 2 facilities and Element Critical, LLC operating 2 more, while CYRUSONE CHI6 FACILITY accounts for the remaining 1 MW. The extreme scarcity of tracked capacity—5 MW across 6 facilities—reflects Wood Dale's positioning as a tertiary node rather than a primary deployment hub, even relative to nearby secondary markets like Elk Grove Village, which carries 125 MW across 31 facilities. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is driven by two critical constraints: an excess-power score of 44/100 indicates structurally inadequate power infrastructure for enterprise demand, while a constraint score of 51/100 signals physical or regulatory…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Element Critical 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.
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 53 operating generating units totalling 3,102 MW within about 50 km of Wood Dale, 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 Wood Dale tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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