LandGate, a leading provider of data center market intelligence, has unveiled its latest analysis on the burgeoning data center landscape in Illinois. 

The report reveals that Illinois is rapidly emerging as a key player in the U.S. data center market, with over 187 data centers currently in operation, including colocation, hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise data centers.

Illinois’ location offers significant advantages, including abundant land, access to crucial fiber optics, ample water resources, and robust economic networks. These factors have attracted major market players such as Lumen Technologies, Equinix, Digital Realty Trust, and Cogent Communications.

In the Chicago area, Related Midwest and CRG will develop the nearly 500-acre property that will be anchored by PsiQuantum.

The data center market in Illinois has experienced exponential growth, surpassing 1500 MW of power capacity over the past four years. Recently, T5 announced plans to develop a hyperscale project in Chicago, which will add an additional 480 MW of power to the local data center market upon completion.