STACK Chicago CHI01 is a data center operated by Stack. The facility 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 36.1-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 hosts 125 MW across 31 tracked facilities, but faces severe power constraints that make new capacity deployment difficult. Digital Realty operates the largest footprint with five facilities, followed by EdgeConneX with three sites. The market remains fragmented, with no single operator controlling more than a modest share of inventory. Recent media coverage—including NBC Chicago's facility tour—has raised the market's profile, though this attention has not translated into measurable M&A activity or new capacity announcements. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a structural mismatch: the market scores 58/100 on constraint indicating power-limited conditions while carrying 43/100 excess-power capacity stranded supply. For buyers, this combination is prohibitive. High constraint scores signal that electrical infrastructure cannot reliably support incremental load;…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 52 operating generating units totalling 3,100 MW within about 50 km of this location. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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