Element Critical CH2 is a data center operated by Element Critical in Wood Dale, IL, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 5.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Wood Dale data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 42.2-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Wood Dale — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Wood Dale — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Wood Dale's data center market comprises 11 MW across six tracked facilities, dominated by Element Critical's dual presence with four total properties between Element Critical and Element Critical, LLC. The market's DCPI rating of 44/100 for excess power paired with a 56/100 constraint score reflects structural tightness: power availability remains the binding constraint rather than physical space. This positioning places Wood Dale in a materially different situation than broader Chicago, which shares similar constraint pressures but operates at significantly larger scale. For acquisition-focused investors, the AVOID verdict signals poor entry conditions. A constraint score of 56/100 indicates meaningful friction on capacity expansion—whether through retrofitting existing facilities or greenfield deployment. The excess-power rating of 44/100 suggests that available electrical supply…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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