Record details
- Record ID: microsoft-chicago-data-center-northlake-il
- Record type: operating facility
- Developer: Not named in the cited records
- Operator: Not named in the cited records
- Owner: Owner of record not established
- Tenant: Not named in the cited records
- Capacity: Unknown (No independently supported figure)
- Location: 601 Northwest Avenue, Northlake, IL 60164
- Location precision: exact — Address stated in the 5 August 2024 Illinois EPA letter and the matching EJ table row. County is not stated in the cited records and is left null.
How to read developer, owner, operator and tenant →
How to read power and capacity figures →
What remains unknown
- critical IT capacity
- building count
- county
- owner and operator as named roles
- whether the DCEO Data Center Investment Program row Microsoft Corporation / 2021 / Northlake is this facility (the 2025 and 2021 DCEO annual reports were read in full and do not publish a street address that would confirm or exclude the match)
- the later outcome of FESOP 09070018 (the Bureau of Air public-notice search endpoint was not successfully queried: the HTML pages return an empty table and populate results by HTTP POST, which was not run)
Sources
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Illinois EPA, Office of Environmental Justice →Gov. record
Exact location EJ Notification Letters data table, 596 rows; data-center rows cited individually by facility name + BOA ID + application number + letter date
What it supports Statewide index slice. 596 rows of Illinois EPA environmental-justice permit notification letters, each with facility name, street address, media, BOA site ID, permit type, application number, EJ-area flag and letter date. Data-center rows located include: Aligned Data Center (EGV) PropCo LLC, 50 and 150 NW Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village, 031440AWF, Construction Permit 24050021, 6/21/2024; CyrusOne CHI6 Facility, 460 and 480 Bryn Mawr Ave, Wood Dale, 043120AEZ, Construction Permit 24060010, 6/18/2024; Elk Grove Village (CHI 10-11-12) Data Center, 201 Innovation Drive, 031440AUK, Construction Permit 24070017, 8/21/2024; Prime Data Centers, 1600 E Higgins Rd, Elk Grove Village, 031440AWZ, Construction Permit 24090003, 10/3/2024; Colovore LLC, 4245 Meridian Parkway, Aurora, 043407AEM, 25070018, 8/14/2025; Colovore LLC, 1345 West Washington Street, West Chicago, 043090AKS, 25120015, 5/18/2026; Equinix CH-5 Data Center, 2001 Lunt Avenue, Elk Grove Village, 031440AVZ, 26010002, 2/10/2026.
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Illinois EPA, Office of Environmental Justice →Gov. record
Exact location Letter dated August 5, 2024; Re line and body paragraphs 2-3
What it supports Names 'Microsoft Corp-Chicago Data Center' (Illinois EPA BOA ID# 031807AAN) at 601 Northwest Avenue in Northlake, states an application was received for renewal of Federally Enforceable State Operating Permit 09070018, that the application is not requesting changes to the facility or operation, and that 'This is a computer server facility.'
Record history
Record history · 5 August 2024 · DataCenterData review
microsoft-chicago-data-center-northlake-il → Record
Why Illinois EPA issued an environmental-justice notice of a FESOP renewal application for Microsoft Corp-Chicago Data Center in Northlake, describing a computer server facility with no requested operational change.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
New record · 18 September 2026 · DataCenterData review
microsoft-chicago-data-center-northlake-il → Publication
Why Added from the opened Illinois EPA notice. The DCEO Northlake Microsoft incentive award is not treated as the same facility.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Data + actions
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