Coloprice Score · methodology 2026.08

Best data centers in Chicago, United States: 2026 ranking

24 facilities in Chicago, United States are in the Coloprice catalog; their median Coloprice Score is 24 out of 100. The table ranks 24 of them by score — computed only from what each operator publishes and what we verified against primary sources.

24 facilitiesColoprice Score · 24 out of 100

Top 24 by Coloprice Score

Who is in this list: Every facility in the catalog located in Chicago, United States — operational, under construction and announced. Status is visible in the maturity axis.

#	Facility	Operator	MW	Score	Class
1	Equinix CH1	Equinix	—	42	D
2	Equinix CH2	Equinix	—	42	D
3	Equinix CH4	Equinix	—	42	D
4	Csquare ORD1	Csquare	32.8	40	D
5	H5 Data Centers Chicago	H5 Data Centers	36	37	D
6	Hivelocity Chicago 3	Hivelocity	5	33	E
7	ORD10	Digital Realty	—	31	E
8	ORD11	Digital Realty	—	30	E
9	CoreSite CH1	CoreSite	—	29	E
10	TierPoint Chicago (Polk St.)	TierPoint	—	29	E
11	ServerFarm CH1	ServerFarm	21.5	27	E
12	1547 CHIL2	fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty	6.6	25	E
13	DataBank ORD2	DataBank	2	23	E
14	EdgeConneX CHI01	EdgeConneX	24	22	limited data
15	EdgeConneX CHIO3	EdgeConneX	22.4	22	limited data
16	DataBank ORD1	DataBank	1	21	E
17	EdgeConneX CHIO2	EdgeConneX	7	20	limited data
18	QTS Chicago 1	QTS Data Centers	—	13	E
19	365 Data Centers Downtown Chicago	365 Data Centers	—	12	limited data
20	CoreSite CH2	CoreSite	—	12	limited data
21	Level(3) Chicago (Canal)	Lumen Technologies	—	9	limited data
22	Level(3) Chicago (Kingsbury)	Lumen Technologies	—	9	limited data
23	Netrality Data Centers Chicago	Netrality Data Centers	—	9	limited data
24	SBA Edge, LLC	SBA Edge	—	9	limited data

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How we ranked them

Coloprice Score is a 0–100 total of five axes: resilience (tier level weighted by the class of evidence, up to 35), compliance (independent audits, up to 20), transparency (how many of seven key fields are published, up to 20), scale (published MW on a log scale plus liquid cooling and AI readiness, up to 15) and maturity (status and age, up to 10). Every input is a field on the facility card, and every card cites its sources.

Nothing here is opinion or paid placement: an operator can only move up by publishing more data or citing more certificates. A dashed class means the operator disclosed too little for a class to be assigned honestly — the score is still computed. Full methodology, class thresholds and the top-50 across all countries: Coloprice Score rankings.

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