DataBank Chicago (ORD2)
840 South Canal Street
Building outline
Recorded as in service.
Status inferred from osm footprint (Sep 8, 2026). No filing states it in as many words.
- Status
- Operating (inferred)
- Owner
- Likely Serverfarm
- Capacity
- 32 MW directory claim
- Location known to
- Building outline
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Electric utility
- Not identified
- Grid operator
- PJM
Location and nearby
DataBank Chicago (ORD2) is on record as operating in Cook County, Illinois. A directory lists its capacity at 32 MW; no filing we hold states a figure. 68 other campuses are on record within 25 miles, 15 of them within 5 miles. The nearest is 0.16 mi away.
Nearest of each kind: Operating 0.4 mi Under construction 1.9 mi Permitted 0.16 mi Proposed 0.6 mi
Nearest campuses on record
- 0.16 mi
Tierpoint Chicago Data Center (Polk St.)
Permitted · Cook County, IL
- 0.4 mi approximate
Operating · Cook County, IL
- 0.56 mi
Operating · Cook County, IL
- 0.6 mi approximate
GI Partners Chicago Data Center
Proposed · Cook County, IL
- 0.59 mi
Operating · Cook County, IL
- 0.59 mi
Operating · Cook County, IL
What is on record
Owner
Likely Serverfarm
One circumstantial signal, not a document chain.
What the signal was
-
OSM operator tag
Serverfarm
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 · Aug 13, 2024
Filed by: Serverfarm
- Address on file
- 840 South Canal Street
- Capacity
- 32 MW as reported by cleanview, not from a filing
- Diesel generators
- No air permit found in the records we collect
- Water
- Not collected. State water withdrawal permits are not in this build.
- Electric utility
- More than one utility serves this county, and no filing we hold names which one
- Also recorded as
- Downtown Chicago Metro Data Center ORD2 · Serverfarm · Serverfarm CH1
How the status changed
- Operating Aug 13, 2024 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Jun 17, 2026 inferred
DCE status 'mapped' (located only, single source)
- Operating Jun 17, 2026 inferred
DCE status 'operating'
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
About this data
Evidence
Map footprint and directories
An OpenStreetMap footprint plus one or more directories. No filing behind it.
Location known to
Building outline
A mapped building outline.
Independent sources
2
directory, osm footprint. Directories count once between them, because they copy each other.
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Where this comes from
5 source records back this page. Each row is a document we retrieved and kept, so a claim can be checked against the original.
| Document | Role | Row | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/152449872 | Aug 13, 2024 stated in the file |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=1040 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=1280 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| dce tracker export (© DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.) US | Primary | slug=databank-chicago-ord2-pdb-10918 | Jun 17, 2026 last changed on the server |
| dce tracker export (© DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.) US | Primary | slug=serverfarm-ch1-osmway-152449872 | Jun 17, 2026 last changed on the server |
Cleanview (cleanview.co) © DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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