# Serverfarm Chicago CH1

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/serverfarm-chicago-ch1

Serverfarm CH1 occupies an eight-story building on South Canal Street in Chicago. The operator separately reports 32 MW of utility capacity and 21.5 MW of IT capacity, with 130,000 square feet of data halls. Its electrical design draws on multiple utility feeds, while underground fiber routes connect the facility to metropolitan and long-haul networks. The site illustrates the reuse of an existing building for modern colocation rather than a new greenfield campus.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 840 South Canal Street, Chicago, IL
- Operator: Serverfarm (exact asset) — https://www.serverfarmllc.com/chicago-data-center/

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 21.5 MW · reported · exact asset — Operator-reported IT capacity; not metered demand.

## Development

- Site status: Operating colocation facility
- Gross floor area: 443,000 square feet
- Construction: Modernized eight-story building.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation

## Sources

- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/152449872](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/152449872)
- [https://www.serverfarmllc.com/chicago-data-center/](https://www.serverfarmllc.com/chicago-data-center/)

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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