Market Share of Chicago Data Center Industry
The Chicago Data Center Market is fragmented in that key vendors are utilizing inorganic growth techniques, such as mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnerships, to increase their market share. Some players include Digital Realty Trust, Inc., DataBank, Equinix Inc., Cyxtera Technologies, Inc., and CyrusOne.
In November 2022, to create the largest data center campus in the Greater Chicago area, Prime ORD will provide more than 750,000 square feet and 175 megawatts of capacity when fully built out. The first of three campus data centers planned, ORD-01, will be promoted as a single-tenant, hyperscale data center to large cloud providers, international enterprises on the Internet, colocation firms, and Fortune 500 companies.
In December 2022, a new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region officially began operations in Chicago, according to Oracle. The new area, which is Oracle's fourth in the United States and 41st overall, is a public cloud region. The business also runs two general US Government regions, three Department of Defense-specific US Government regions, several US National Security regions, a TikTok plant in Texas, and regions in Ashburn, Virginia, Phoenix, Arizona, and San Jose, California.
Chicago Data Center Market Leaders
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
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DataBank
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Equinix Inc.
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CyrusOne
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Cyxtera Technologies, Inc.
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
