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Regional context includes ongoing municipal scrutiny\u2014Aurora's city council has moved to establish new data center restrictions and actively solicited resident feedback on facility development, signaling heightened governance around expansion.\n\n**Chicago:** Chicago's tracked data center footprint spans 284 facilities totaling 1,383 MW across all phases\u2014operational, under construction, and planned\u2014with Digital Realty, NTT, CyrusOne, and Equinix operating the largest portfolios at 16, 6, 5, and 5 sites respectively. The market remains the Midwest's primary data center hub, hosting 170 facilities in suburban zones alone according to recent local coverage. 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