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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Serverfarm CH1.
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Serverfarm
- Address and locality
- 840 South Canal Street · Chicago · Cook County · Illinois · 60607
- Official metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Operational: 21.5 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 15 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001309
The underlying provider record is retained. These notes add source-attributed context and flag conflicts; any withheld value is explained separately. They do not certify current operation.
- Source review: Provider context: Reported as a $285M investment commitment; the stated subsidy figure is an estimated tax benefit, not cash received.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Announced investment
- $285 million
- Announced jobs
- 29 permanent
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU) · Illinois · 2023 · $17,812,500 (as stated) Open cited source →
These reviews flag conflicting scope, inconsistent source text or support that has not been established. A withheld value may appear in the explanation, but is not displayed as an established field. The upstream row remains attributed under Sources.
- Cooling: Previously held pending provider-field review. The concern has not been resolved by an independent source review for this captured edition; the field remains withheld.
What the source record says
443,000 sq ft eight-storey building with 130,000 sq ft of data halls; 32MW utility power and 21.5MW IT power per the operator. Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit (6.25% of a $285,000,000 investment commitment), not cash received. Coordinates geocoded from the published street address.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-08-31 · source-reported operational
Marketed as a fully modernised, live colocation environment on Serverfarm's own site page.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Serverfarm CH1 Chicago data center · Serverfarm
- Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (Serverfarm LLC dba SF CH1, LLC, Chicago, 2023 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID serverfarm-ch1-chicago-il. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
Operator’s own listing
What the operator publishes about this site on its own website, matched to this licensed row by DataCenterData. Facts are taken from the operator’s page, shown with a link to it, and not independently verified; no page text is republished and the licensed values above are unchanged. A match does not establish that the listing and this row cover exactly the same building, suite or boundary, or who owns the site.
- Name as listed
- Downtown Chicago Metro Data Center
- Operator’s facility code
- ORD2
- Address as published
- 840 S. Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Lifecycle status is not published for this listing.
Critical IT: 2 MW.
IT area (operator-stated): 11,470 square feet.
Cooling design reported by the operator: N+1 redundancy.
DataBank · ORD2 — Additional operator-reported details
- Stated count: Company states 11 carriers
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A quoted count, not a count of the names listed here.
Open cited source →
Company-reported values: facts compiled from operators’ public pages with citation. No page text is republished and no license is granted.
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- Name as listed
- CH1
- Operator’s facility code
- CH1
- Address as published
- 840 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL
Lifecycle status is not published for this listing.
Utility power: 32 MW.
Floor area: 443,000 square feet.
Serverfarm · CH1 — Additional operator-reported details
- Network presence: Zayo
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: XO
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Level 3
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: CenturyLink
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: AT&T
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Verizon
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: US Signal
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Crown Castle
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Sunesys
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Cogent
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Windstream
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Network presence: Peerless Network
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source → - Specifications and facility pages: CH1 | Chicago Data Center — https://www.serverfarmllc.com/chicago-data-center/
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
Open cited source →
Company-reported values: facts compiled from operators’ public pages with citation. No page text is republished and no license is granted.
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State or local registry record
What a state or local government record says naming this company in this city (no street is given in the record). The record is cited, not republished. It does not establish that a data center is operating, its capacity, or its owner or operator unless the record says that role. It is not added to the counts on this page.
Matched by name and city only. The government record names Serverfarm LLC dba SF CH1, LLC in Chicago and gives no street. It is shown here because this is the only published record with that name in that city; it may concern another site of the same company there.
Serverfarm LLC dba SF CH1, LLC
- Publishing agency
- Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
- Record type
- state certification list
- Named in the record
- Serverfarm LLC dba SF CH1, LLC
- Location precision
- Chicago only
- Registry table row
- Row 18 on page 8 of Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report, MOU table (Illinois DCEO)
- Company Name: Serverfarm LLC dba SF CH1, LLC
- Site Location: Chicago
- Year: 2023
What this record does not establish
- That a permit, certification, tax status, or application means an operating data center.
- Current IT capacity, utility load, or generation capacity.
- Who operates the site. A company named in the record is not the operator unless the record says so.
- Who owns the site.
- Cooling redundancy. Mentioned equipment is not a design rating.
- Whether the record covers one building, a campus, or a suite, beyond the unit label the record itself uses.
That does not mean the row is wrong, and it does not mean no reviewed record exists for the same place. A link is added only when an identifier or source establishes the match.
Recorded information
What this page records, grouped by topic, with the source's units and qualifications. Company-reported values stay labeled as company-reported. Related listings are shown separately.
Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001309
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- 840 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60607 · Cook (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Serverfarm
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-08-31 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Operational: 21.5 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $285 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 29 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU) · Illinois · 2023 · $17,812,500 (as stated)
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-15
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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