Microsoft - Azure Datacenter

This mapped Azure data center in Northlake, Cook County, Illinois, is operated by Microsoft Data Center LLC and ultimately owned by Microsoft Corporation. The site covers 306,766 square feet and draws power from Commonwealth Edison Co within the PJM grid. Beyond the corporate-parent link and footprint, public details about its capacity and operations remain limited.

• Op-Ed: If Illinois wants clean energy, it needs data centers

  The Center Square· Feb 12, 2026
• Nvidia, Microsoft, xAI and BlackRock part of $40 billion deal for Aligned Data Centers

  CNBC· Oct 15, 2025
• BlackRock Joins Nvidia and Microsoft in a $40 Billion Move to Secure Data Centers

  inc.com· Oct 15, 2025
• Demolition To Clear Way For 47-Acre Data Center Near Higgins & Elmhurst

  Journal & Topics· Oct 6, 2025
• As data centers drive electricity costs higher, energy sector reform fails in Springfield

  Daily Herald· Jun 4, 2025
• Chicago area's data center push continues as developer T5 breaks ground on Northlake facility

  Chicago Sun-Times· Sep 25, 2024

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

▶ ~18:13

Chicago Board Of Education

Dec 5, 2018 · 1 data-center mention

These tax breaks are recorded to Microsoft Corporation (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
• Qualified Data Center Sales Tax Exemption$0
  State of Wisconsin · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2015 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source

No reported violations as of last sync.

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's COMED pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Chicago), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Mannheim Early Childhood Ctr in Northlake, is 0.7 mi from this site (127 students). 4 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.