Data Center Registry
Iron Mountain CHI-1
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois · All 2 Iron Mountain Data Centers sites
Iron Mountain CHI-1 is an operating data center in Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Iron Mountain Data Centers. The public record puts it at 36 MW planned, 13 acres.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Iron Mountain Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 1680 Touhy Ave, Des Plaines, Cook County, IL, 60018
- Coordinates
- 42.0117, -87.8812 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 36 MW planned
- Land
- 13 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU), $20 million, Illinois, 2024
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- August 31, 2026OperatingOperator states the facility is accepting customers with 12MW available for immediate deployment. Source: Iron Mountain
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 31, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Iron Mountain CHI-1 in Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU) | $20 million | Illinois | 2024 |
Notes on the record
13-acre campus, 315,000 sq ft with four planned 28,000 sq ft data halls; operator states a "36MW IT load design" being built out in phases. Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit on a $320,000,000 investment commitment. Coordinates geocoded from the published street address.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Permanent jobs promised
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Iron Mountain CHI-1 data center in Des Plaines?
Nothing on record as of August 31, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Iron Mountain CHI-1 in Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Iron Mountain CHI-1 data center?
No lawsuit over Iron Mountain CHI-1 appears in the record we track as of August 31, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Iron Mountain CHI-1 use?
No water withdrawal figure for Iron Mountain CHI-1 is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Iron Mountain CHI-1, and how big is it?
Iron Mountain Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 36 MW. The site is recorded at 13 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Iron Mountain CHI-1," updated August 31, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/iron-mountain-chi1-des-plaines-il.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/iron-mountain-chi1-des-plaines-il, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Iron Mountain Chicago data center (CHI-1), Des Plaines · Iron Mountain · retrieved August 31, 2026
- 2.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (Iron Mountain Data Centers, LLC, Des Plaines, 2024 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved August 31, 2026
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