Skybox Chicago I is a data center operated by Skybox in Elk Grove Village, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 5.0 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 48.6-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 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 footprint is modest and fragmented, with 31 tracked facilities totaling 272 MW spread across five major operators. Digital Realty leads with five facilities, followed by EdgeConneX three, and three operators with two facilities each—Equinix, Centersquare, and Stream. The market shows signs of maturity: no recent M&A activity is tracked, and operator concentration remains relatively distributed despite Digital Realty's plurality. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is rooted in a critical mismatch between supply and demand. An excess-power score of 43/100 signals constrained headroom for expansion, while the constraint rating of 58/100 indicates structural limitations in grid capacity or interconnection availability. For acquisition-focused investors, this combination is prohibitive—entering the market means inheriting power scarcity without the runway to support…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Elk Grove Village tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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