Data Center Construction Ramping Up in Chicago Area (FB)
Tight supply-high demand has been a running theme in top US data center markets in recent years. Supply has been especially tight in Chicago, but that’s about to change. Numerous new construction projects kicked off last year, and January saw news of several more that are in the works. New developments that came to light this month include the announcement by Dallas-based Stream Data Centers of a project to construct a 15MW data center in Elk Grove Village, a Chicago suburb with the highest concentration of data centers. Additionally, Brennan Investment Group, a real estate company based in the area, announced last week that it has bought a sprawling piece of land where it plans to develop the future Elk Grove Technology Park, expecting a large portion of the park to be taken up by data centers. RagingWire recently acquired a 19-acre site in neighboring Itasca, the property’s seller told Crain’s Chicago Business.