Iron Mountain CHI-1
Iron Mountain Data Centers · Des Plaines, IL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 1680 Touhy Ave
- Coordinates
- 42.0116575, -87.8811913
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- 12 MW
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 36 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Operational
Operator states the facility is accepting customers with 12MW available for immediate deployment.
Underlying source
Source notes
13-acre campus, 315,000 sq ft with four planned 28,000 sq ft data halls; operator states a "36MW IT load design" being built out in phases. Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit on a $320,000,000 investment commitment. Coordinates geocoded from the published street address.
Sources and provenance
- Iron Mountain Chicago data center (CHI-1), Des Plaines · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (Iron Mountain Data Centers, LLC, Des Plaines, 2024 MOU) · source retrieved 2026-10-15
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.