Equinix CH3 - Elk Grove is a data center operated by Equinix in Elk Grove Village, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 18.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Elk Grove Village data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 85.0-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 Elk Grove Village — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Elk Grove Village — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Elk Grove Village's data center market remains constrained and fragmented, with 272 MW deployed across 31 facilities but limited room for expansion. The market scores 43/100 on excess power availability and 58/100 on infrastructure constraint—a combination that signals tight utility capacity and limited headroom for incremental load. Digital Realty leads the operator roster with 5 facilities, followed by EdgeConneX 3, with Equinix, Centersquare, and Stream each operating 2 facilities, indicating a relatively dispersed ownership structure that has not consolidated around a single dominant player. The absence of tracked M&A activity underscores the market's dormancy despite Chicago's broader regional prominence as a data center hub. The DCPI AVOID verdict reflects a market where power scarcity takes precedence over operator opportunity. A constraint score of 58/100 means that incremental…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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