QTS Chicago is a data center operated by QTS in Chicago, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 120.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Chicago data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 28.8-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 Chicago — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Chicago — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Chicago's data center market is substantially built out with 296 tracked facilities totaling 1,563 MW, but faces a critical supply-demand imbalance that undermines near-term investment appeal. Digital Realty dominates the operator landscape with 17 facilities, followed by NTT and an unidentified operator each with 6 facilities, while Centersquare and CyrusOne round out the top five with 5 facilities apiece. The market's infrastructure is mature and fragmented, with significant long-tail ownership diluting pricing power across the portfolio. The DCPI verdict—excess-power at 44/100 paired with constraint at 50/100—delivers a clear signal: avoid capital deployment unless executing legacy asset margin arbitrage. The excess-power score indicates oversupply relative to near-term demand absorption, meaning new capacity additions will face headwinds in securing tenancy at target returns. The…
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