NTT Chicago CH4 is a data center operated by NTT in Itasca, IL, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Itasca data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 32.6-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 Itasca — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Itasca — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Itasca is a severely underdeveloped market with minimal operational footprint and acute infrastructure constraints. The market comprises only 9 tracked facilities totaling 3 MW of capacity—a negligible scale that underscores the market's nascent stage. NTT dominates with effective control of 4 facilities, while Microsoft, RagingWire operating both independently and through an NTT partnership, and NTT Global Data Centers CH LLC each operate single assets. This fragmentation across five distinct operators reflects the market's early maturity rather than competitive saturation; no operator commands decisive scale. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous and operationally justified. The excess-power score of 44/100 signals chronic undersupply relative to demand, while the constraint score of 56/100 indicates moderate-to-high friction on land, permitting, and infrastructure development. For…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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