Microsoft Northlake Azure Data Center
- Headline capacity
- Not established in published records
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
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.
Capacity
Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records
A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.
Development
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.
Milestones (2)
Oct 22, 2019 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Financing
Source not linked2023 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Status changed
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Developer
Sources by role
Developer (1)
- Microsoft Northlake Azure Data Center public-record research record · Aug 28, 2026 · Primary
Site & development
Additional project facts
Infrastructure & permits
Technical details (2)
Operational
27 MW
Documented upgrade; not necessarily total campus load.
Operational
Illinois facilities use direct evaporative cooling and water-cooled chillers.
Project map
Other · Issued
Microsoft Chicago Data Center
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Aug 28, 2026
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Chicago Data Center permits · Aug 28, 2026 · Primary
Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.
Related projects (1)
Operating · Northlake, Illinois, United States
Same locality: Northlake
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