Chicago Area Becoming a Data Center Hub, an Industrial Info Market Brief

The U.S. has several well-known data center hubs, including northern Virginia, the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area, Silicon Valley in California and the Central Ohio area. Another region is beginning to take off as the demand for data surges. Industrial Info is tracking five projects valued at about $325 million in the Chicago, Illinois, metropolitan area. As data consumption increases in the U.S. and existing space is utilized to its fullest, the Chicago area is poised to gain more utilization as a data hub in the Midwest.