Equinix Chicago CH3
1905 Lunt Avenue · Elk Grove Village, Cook County, IL
Source: OpenStreetMap
Equinix Chicago CH3 is an operating data center in Cook County, IL, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 20.65 MW of reported power capacity and a 135,800 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkEquinix Chicago CH3 is an operating colocation data center in Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois, run by Equinix, Inc. Public records put its footprint at 135,800 square feet. The site draws power from Commonwealth Edison Co inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentEquinix, Inc.
- Files asEquinix, Inc.
- This facilityEquinix Chicago CH3
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Cboe EDGA Equities Exchange migrates secondary data center to Equinix facility in IllinoisData Center Dynamics· Aug 6, 2025
- Chicago’s Data Center Market Heats Up with T5’s Latest AcquisitionData Center Knowledge· Mar 28, 2025
- For tax dollars and jobs, rural Illinois embraces data centersThe Real Deal· Mar 24, 2025
- Equinix Opens $175M Chicago Data CenterData Center Knowledge· May 31, 2024
- Data center provider razes 55 homes to make room for Illinois campusNetwork World· Mar 21, 2024
- United States Data Centers: Top 10 Locations in the USADgtl Infra· Jan 6, 2023
Data-center discussions in Cook County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Illinois reported $983.2M in Data Center Investment Program — state & local sales/use tax exemption (20 ILCS 605/605-1025; administered by DCEO) (2019-2024 (27 certified data centers; cumulative estimated exemption value)) (Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's COMED pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
20.65 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Chicago), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Clearmont Elem School in Elk Grove Village, is 1.7 mi from this site (424 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.