Microsoft Corp-Chicago Data Center
601 NORTHWEST AVENUE
Exact coordinate
Recorded as in service.
Status inferred from osm footprint+epa permit (Sun, 06 Se). No filing states it in as many words.
- Status
- Operating (inferred)
- Owner
- Microsoft
- Capacity
- 158 MW directory claim
- Location known to
- Exact coordinate
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Electric utility
- Not identified
- Grid operator
- PJM
Location and nearby
Microsoft Corp-Chicago Data Center is on record as operating in Cook County, Illinois. A directory lists its capacity at 158 MW; no filing we hold states a figure. 79 other campuses are on record within 25 miles, 9 of them within 5 miles. The nearest is 0.38 mi away.
Nearest of each kind: Operating 0.66 mi Under construction 16.0 mi Permitted 0.38 mi Proposed 0.8 mi
Nearest campuses on record
- 0.38 mi
Permitted · Cook County, IL
- 0.66 mi
Operating · Cook County, IL
- 0.8 mi approximate
Proposed · Cook County, IL
- 2.9 mi
Permitted · Cook County, IL
- 2.9 mi
Operating · Cook County, IL
- 3.7 mi approximate
Permitted · DuPage County, IL
What is on record
Owner
Microsoft Strong
The chain
-
permittee name as filed with EPA
MICROSOFT CORP-CHICAGO DATA CENTER
EPA ECHO Exporter, all facilities (weekly refresh) · Sep 6, 2026
Filed by: MICROSOFT CORP-CHICAGO DATA CENTER
- Address on file
- 601 NORTHWEST AVENUE
- Capacity
- 158 MW as reported by cleanview, not from a filing
- Diesel generators
- Air permit on record IL000031807AAN
- 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
- MICROSOFT CORP-CHICAGO DATA CENTER · Microsoft · Microsoft - Azure Datacenter · Microsoft Corporation · Microsoft Data Center LLC · Northlake Chicago CH1
How the status changed
- Operating Aug 27, 2022 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Aug 27, 2022 inferred
OSM footprint plus EPA permit
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Jun 14, 2026 inferred
DCE status 'mapped' (located only, single source)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Permitted Sep 6, 2026
epa air permit active
About this data
Evidence
Primary record
A government filing, a federal permit, an assessor parcel or the operator’s own page.
Location known to
Exact coordinate
A coordinate as filed with a government agency.
Independent sources
3
directory, federal permit, osm footprint. Directories count once between them, because they copy each other.
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Where this comes from
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA ECHO Exporter, all facilities (weekly refresh) US | Primary | REGISTRY_ID=110038439785 | Sep 6, 2026 last changed on the server |
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/578443547 | Aug 27, 2022 stated in the file |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=879 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| dce tracker export (© DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.) US | Primary | slug=microsoft-azure-datacenter-osmway-578443547 | Jun 14, 2026 last changed on the server |
Cleanview (cleanview.co) © DataCentersExposed contributors, datacentersexposed.com, ODbL 1.0. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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