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Serverfarm CH1

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois · All 5 Serverfarm sites

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 15, 2026

Serverfarm CH1 is an operating data center in Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Serverfarm. The public record puts it at 21.5 MW operating, a reported $285 million investment.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Serverfarm
Facility type
Data center
Location
840 South Canal Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL, 60607
Coordinates
41.8717, -87.6392 (approximate)
Power capacity
21.5 MW operating
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$285 million
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
29 permanent
Public subsidy
Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU), $18 million, Illinois, 2023
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.

  1. August 31, 2026
    Operating
    Marketed as a fully modernised, live colocation environment on Serverfarm's own site page. Source: Serverfarm

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Serverfarm CH1 in Chicago, 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU)$18 millionIllinois2023

Notes on the record

443,000 sq ft eight-storey building with 130,000 sq ft of data halls; 32MW utility power and 21.5MW IT power per the operator. Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit (6.25% of a $285,000,000 investment commitment), not cash received. 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.

  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Serverfarm CH1 data center in Chicago?

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Serverfarm CH1 in Chicago, 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 Serverfarm CH1 data center?

No lawsuit over Serverfarm CH1 appears in the record we track as of October 15, 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 Serverfarm CH1 use?

No water withdrawal figure for Serverfarm CH1 is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Serverfarm CH1, and how big is it?

Serverfarm is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 21.5 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Serverfarm CH1," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/serverfarm-ch1-chicago-il.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/serverfarm-ch1-chicago-il, retrieved October 29, 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. 1.Serverfarm CH1 Chicago data center · Serverfarm · retrieved September 21, 2026
  2. 2.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (Serverfarm LLC dba SF CH1, LLC, Chicago, 2023 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved October 15, 2026

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