Element Critical Chicago CH2 is a data center operated by Element Critical, LLC in Wood Dale, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 3.0 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 31.6-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 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's data center footprint remains modest and stagnant, with six tracked facilities totaling 11 MW of capacity dominated by Element Critical's dual operations. The market shows a fragmented operator base, with Element Critical controlling four of the six facilities and CYRUSONE operating a single asset. No recent M&A activity has registered in the market, contrasting sharply with the institutional consolidation reshaping larger Illinois and national markets. This static profile reflects a secondary-tier market positioning within the Chicago metropolitan area. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is decisive and warrants serious consideration from acquisition-focused investors. While excess-power scores a permissive 31/100, the constraint score of 66/100 creates a prohibitive barrier that dominates the investment calculus. A constraint score in this range signals material friction across…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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