Data Center Registry
NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center
Itasca, DuPage County, Illinois · All 15 NTT Global Data Centers sites
NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center is an operating data center in Itasca, Illinois (DuPage County), operated by NTT Global Data Centers. The public record puts it at 36 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- NTT Global Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use mixed
- Location
- Itasca, DuPage County, IL
- Coordinates
- 41.9890, -88.0072
- Power capacity
- 36 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- ComEd
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center in Itasca, DuPage 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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Notes on the record
Confirmed via NTT's own Chicago CH2 facility page (services.global.ntt), 255 Pierce Rd, Itasca, IL; opened 2023, 36MW/126,000 sq ft. NTT markets it as supporting AI/HPC workloads, so classified mixed_use rather than confirmed (no dedicated GPU-cluster tenant named).
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
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received 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.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- NTT Chicago CH1 Data Center · Itasca · NTT Global Data Centersunder 1 mile · Operating · 36 MW
- Oracle Elk Grove Village Data Center · Elk Grove Village · Oracle1 mi · Proposed
- Skybox Chicago I · Elk Grove Village · Skybox Datacenters2 mi · Operating · 30 MW
- Aligned ORD-03 · Elk Grove Village · Aligned Data Centers2 mi · Under construction
- Stream Chicago I (ORDA) · Elk Grove Village · Stream Data Centers2 mi · Operating · 31 MW
- Stream Chicago III (ORDC) · Elk Grove Village · Stream Data Centers2 mi · Under construction · 40 MW
- TA Realty Elk Grove Village Data Center · Elk Grove Village · TA Realty2 mi · Under construction · 250 MW
- Element Critical Chicago Two · Wood Dale · Element Critical2 mi · Operating · 5 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center in Itasca?
Nothing on record as of July 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center in Itasca, DuPage 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 NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center?
No lawsuit over NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center appears in the record we track as of July 24, 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 NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center 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 NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center, and how big is it?
NTT Global Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 15 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 36 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "NTT Chicago CH2 Data Center," updated July 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/ntt-chicago-ch2-data-center-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/ntt-chicago-ch2-data-center-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.NTT Global Data Centers Americas facility directory · NTT Global Data Centers Americas · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap way/1271571726 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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