Lakeside Technology Center
DatacenteractiveChicago, IL
At a glance
Lakeside Technology Center is a datacenter at 350 E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616-1568. The facility is catalogued at about 129,156 square feet. Among the best-connected interconnection facilities in the area, the closest is Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4 - Chicago, 0.0 miles away, with 329 connected networks.
Where is Lakeside Technology Center located?
The facility's recorded address is 350 E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616-1568. It is one of 19 datacenters catalogued in Chicago. Illinois has 75 catalogued datacenters, the 9th-most of any state. The largest clusters in the state are Chicago (19), Elk Grove Village (14), Aurora (5).
How large is Lakeside Technology Center?
Lakeside Technology Center covers about 129,156 square feet. By footprint it ranks 21st of the 44 Illinois datacenters with a recorded floor area. The median recorded footprint in Illinois is 120,404 square feet, so this facility is close to the typical Illinois datacenter.
What network and power infrastructure is near Lakeside Technology Center?
5 PeeringDB interconnection facilities are listed in the surrounding area; of those, the closest is Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4 - Chicago, about 0.0 miles away. The best-connected of them, Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4 - Chicago, has 329 networks present, against a Illinois median of 2 networks per facility. 5 other datacenters are listed in the surrounding area (within about half a degree of latitude and longitude). The highest-scoring candidate site nearby is UNKNOWN122269 in Cook County, with a DC Readiness score of 71.2 out of 100 and a 345 kV substation nearby.
Nearby internet exchanges
- Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4 - ChicagoChicago, IL · 329 networks
- Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak)Chicago, IL · 97 networks
- CoreSite - Chicago (CH1)Chicago, IL · 71 networks
- Equinix CH3 - Elk GroveElk Grove Village, IL · 44 networks
- Netrality Chicago - 717 S WellsChicago, IL · 22 networks
Other datacenters nearby
- Digital Realty CH1Digital Realty · Elk Grove Village, IL
- Centersquare Lisle ORD4 Data CenterCentersquare · Lisle, IL
- Digital Realty CH3Digital Realty · Elk Grove Village, IL
- Microsoft - Azure DatacenterMicrosoft · Northlake, IL
- Digital Realty CH2Digital Realty · Elk Grove Village, IL
Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Lakeside Technology Center, ranked by DC Readiness — useful for evaluating expansion or second-site options in the same power/fiber market.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN122269 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 71.2 |
| UNKNOWN124436 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 70.1 |
| UNKNOWN122285 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 68.5 |
| ELMHURST | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.7 |
| UNKNOWN124699 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.7 |
| ITASCA | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.6 |
| COMMONWEALTH EDISON DES PLAINES (345KV) | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.2 |
| PROSPECT HEIGHTS | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.1 |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the address of Lakeside Technology Center?
Lakeside Technology Center is located at 350 E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616-1568. Its coordinates are 41.8537, -87.6184.
How big is Lakeside Technology Center?
Lakeside Technology Center covers about 129,156 square feet. That is the 21st-largest of 44 Illinois datacenters with a recorded footprint.
Which internet exchanges and carrier hotels are near Lakeside Technology Center?
GridCensus lists 5 PeeringDB interconnection facilities near Lakeside Technology Center: Equinix CH1/CH2/CH4 - Chicago (0.0 miles, 329 networks); Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak) (0.0 miles, 97 networks); Netrality Chicago - 717 S Wells (1.5 miles, 22 networks).
More datacenters and hubs in Illinois
- All datacenters in Illinois· 75 facilities
- Datacenter candidate sites in Illinois
- QTS Chicago· Quality Technology Services · 267,112 sq ft
- Iron Mountain Data & Record Storage· Iron Mountain · 106,033 sq ft
- CoreSite Chicago Data Center (CH2)· CoreSite · 61,773 sq ft
- Serverfarm CH1· Serverfarm · 56,419 sq ft
- Digital Realty ORD11· Digital Realty · 9,092 sq ft
- 350 E Cermak· Digital Realty
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About this data
Source: PNNL datacenter atlas and OpenStreetMap facility records, deduplicated by GridCensus, as published March 7, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Lakeside Technology Center, Chicago, IL”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenters/lakeside-technology-center-26f28e11 (data as of March 7, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Capacity and footprint are catalogued figures from public facility records and may lag operational changes.
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