Menlo Digital Chicago Exchange (601 West Polk)
Menlo Digital (Menlo Equities) · Chicago, IL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- exact
- Address as listed
- 601 W Polk Street
- Coordinates
- 41.8716062, -87.6430697
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- 8 MW
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-25
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
Listed as an open, operating Chicago data center; owner's property page describes an active 104,000 sq ft data center with 8 MW installed capacity.
Underlying source
Source notes
Converted brick warehouse; owner page cites one 2.5 MW utility-owned substation plus two 2.5 MW building-owned unit substations and 8 MW installed capacity. Menlo Equities is the owner; Block Club names Menlo Digital as the operating brand.
Sources and provenance
- 601 West Polk Street, Chicago — property page (104,000 SF data center, 8 MW installed) · source retrieved 2026-09-25
- Block Club Chicago data center map — Menlo Digital Chicago, 601 W. Polk St., open · source retrieved 2026-09-25
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.