Data center firm Stack Infrastructure is expanding its footprint in Chicago, Illinois.
The company this week announced a 36MW data center in Elk Grove Village, known as CHI02.
Set on 18 acres, the two-story, 263,000 sq ft (24,433 sqm) data center will be located around a mile away from the company’s existing CHI01 campus. It will feature a close-loop cooling system able to support air and liquid cooling.
The address of the planned facility wasn’t shared, but images on Stack’s site suggest it will be located between Busse Road, Landmeier Road, and E Higgins Road. The site is close to land that EdgeConneX bought last year.
Timelines for development weren’t shared.
“As demand for digital infrastructure grows, we look forward to bringing new and innovative capacity to the Chicago region—one of North America’s most critical data center markets," said Mike Casey, CTO of Stack Americas. "This new development in Elk Grove Village will provide much-needed capacity while repurposing existing industrial space into a high-value asset for the region.”
Stack’s first Chicago data center, at 1441 Touhy Avenue, used to belong to T5 Data Centers before the company combined facilities with IPI Partners in 2019. T5 had bought it in 2016 from IT integrator Forsythe Technology, a year after it launched. Plans for a second building at the original campus were announced in 2019.
"Elk Grove Village is proud to welcome Stack’s new development, which exemplifies the kind of investment that drives our local economic growth while rejuvenating valuable industrial real estate," said Craig Johnson, Mayor of Elk Grove Village. "This project brings meaningful job opportunities and resourceful development to one of our most vital business corridors. We look forward to the long-term benefits it will bring to both our community and the broader technology ecosystem."
