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Equinix Chicago Data Center - CH1

OperatingColocationSiteChicago, Cook County, Illinois
30% profile completeness
15 claims from 6 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
Not yet sourced
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Not yet sourced

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Operating (community-mapped, unverified)
Low confidence
Project verification
Unverified
Evidence is limited to community map.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) · PJM
Substation: Metra 16th Street Substation (nearest, unverified)

Power reality

Announced
No record
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionimplied by a later stage
  3. Energizationimplied by a later stage
  4. OperationalSep 27, 2026
    Community map
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Community map.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Equinix Chicago Data Center - CH1
  2. substation
    Metra 16th Street Substation[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Nearest mapped substation, 0.72 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
  3. transmission
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No transmission line mapped within 2 km.
  4. utility
    Commonwealth Edison (ComEd)[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    PJM[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: PJM
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Street address
Coordinates
41.85356, -87.61805
Address
350 East Cermak Road, Chicago, IL 60616[1]Likely
County
Cook County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Not identified
  3. 3. Operator
    Equinix[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified
Power supply
Utility:
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd)[2]Likely

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Operator
Utility
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd)[2]Likely

Location falls inside this utility's retail service territory.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
PJM[3]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
PJM[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Metra 16th Street Substation[1]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
0.7 km[1]Likelyderived
State avg. industrial price
11.87¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Illinois statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
15.19¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Illinois statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
3.18 GW[6]Confirmedderived

56 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
952 MW[4]Confirmedderived

8 active generation interconnection requests in Cook County: Storage 908 MW, Solar + storage 44 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Fisk Street · Midwest Generations EME LLCPower plant (Petroleum)2.9 km197 MW[6]
Calumet Energy Team LLC · IPA Operations Inc - CalumetPower plant (Natural Gas)19.6 km326 MW[6]
Whiting Clean Energy · BP Alternative EnergyPower plant (Natural Gas)23.1 km513 MW[6]
Gary Works · United States Steel-GaryPower plant (Natural Gas)35.2 km161 MW[6]
Arcelormittal Burns Harbor · Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLCPower plant (Other)46.6 km175 MW[6]
University Park North · LSP University Park LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)47 km540 MW[6]
University Park South · University Park Energy LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)47.2 km300 MW[6]
Crete Energy Venture LLC · Earthrise Energy, PBCPower plant (Natural Gas)47.2 km300 MW[6]
Metra 16th Street Substation · MetraSubstation0.72 km—[1]
CTA 18th Street Substation · Chicago Transit AuthoritySubstation0.88 km0.6 kV[1]
Commonwealth Edison substation · Commonwealth EdisonSubstation1.28 km138 kV[1]
CTA 27th Street Substation · Chicago Transit AuthoritySubstation1.47 km0.6 kV[1]
CTA State Substation · Chicago Transit AuthoritySubstation1.62 km0.6 kV[1]
CTA Canal Substation · Chicago Transit AuthoritySubstation1.67 km0.6 kV[1]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Calumet-Burnham 345 kVPJM AG1-298 - moved to TC1StorageIn study · proposed 2023-06500 MW[4]
Burnham 138kVPJM AF2-441 - moved to TC1StorageIn study · proposed 2024-05200 MW[4]
Chicago Heights 138kVPJM AI1-155StorageIn study · proposed 2027-01110 MW[4]
River EC 138 kVPJM AH1-663StorageIn study · proposed 2024-0558 MW[4]
Matteson - East Frankfort 138 kVPJM AH2-380Solar + storageIn study · proposed 2026-0344 MW[4]
Calumet BESSPJM AF2-031StorageIn study · proposed 2027-1220 MW[4]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    —
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)

No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

No dated events sourced yet.

All claims (provenance audit)

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FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameEquinix Chicago Data Center - CH1node/12695496267 name=Equinix Chicago Data Center - CH1[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
StatusOperating[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Facility typeColocation[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Websitehttps://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/chicago-data-centers/ch1[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
Address350 East Cermak Road, Chicago, IL 60616[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
OperatorEquinixoperator=Equinix[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
UtilityCommonwealth Edison (ComEd)territory 4110: COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO (INVESTOR OWNED, EXELON CORP)[2] derivedLikely2022Shown
ISO / RTOPJMPJM INTERCONNECTION, LLC[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityPJM[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationMetra 16th Street Substationway/210542510[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation0.7 km[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Generation queued in county952 MW[4] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
State avg. industrial price11.87¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price15.19¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km3.18 GW[6] derivedConfirmed202502Shown