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Microsoft Northlake Azure Data Center

Northlake, Illinois, United StatesOperating / Stabilized
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Microsoft
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Last updated
Aug 28, 2026
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About Microsoft Northlake Azure Data Center

Microsoft operates a data center at 601 Northwest Avenue in Northlake, Illinois. State records document an operating site with air and water permits and an Illinois data center tax-exemption certificate; the earlier 700 MW figure is not supported by project-specific utility filings, which document a 27 MW service upgrade.

Related projects

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1 related

Capacity

Operating capacity—An operating IT-capacity figure has not been publicly disclosed.

No additional capacity claims are published.

Development

1 phases · 2 milestones
Operating campusOperational

Microsoft operates a data center at 601 Northwest Avenue in Northlake, Illinois. State records document an operating site with air and water permits and an Illinois data center tax-exemption certificate; the earlier 700 MW figure is not supported by project-specific utility filings, which document a 27 MW service upgrade.

Oct 22, 2019
Microsoft community partnership milestone
Completed
Jan 1, 2023
ComEd documented 27 MW service upgrade
Completed

Infrastructure

Electric GridOperational

27 MW

Documented upgrade; not necessarily total campus load.

WaterOperational

Illinois facilities use direct evaporative cooling and water-cooled chillers.

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Infrastructure facts
2
Mapped records
1
Capacity figures
1

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Power & interconnection: 1Cooling & water: 1

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6 facts
Location Context
Microsoft Northlake Azure Data Center | Northlake | Illinois | US
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US Data Center MapMicrosoft Northlake Azure Data Center public-record research record
Lifecycle Status
Operating
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US Data Center MapMicrosoft Northlake Azure Data Center public-record research record
Street Address
601 Northwest Avenue, Northlake, Illinois
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Illinois EPAMicrosoft Chicago Data Center permits
Permit Record Count
15 documents
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Illinois EPAMicrosoft Chicago Data Center permits
Documented Service Upgrade
27 MW
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Illinois Commerce CommissionComEd Northlake service-upgrade testimony
Capacity Status
700 MW is not supported by project specific primary records
Actual
MicrosoftMicrosoft Northlake community partnership