Microsoft data center approved in Hoffman Estates, but power supply questions remain A rendering of Microsoft's proposed two-building internet data center on Lakewood Boulevard in Hoffman Estates. The company is still negotiating with ComEd about how to supply the electricity needed to build and operate the second building. Courtesy of Hoffman Estates A close-up rendering of Microsoft's proposed two-building data center on Lakewood Boulevard in Hoffman Estates. Village officials on Monday approved plans for construction of the first building. Courtesy of Hoffman Estates
Updated 5/18/2021 3:45 PM Hoffman Estates village board members have unanimously approved the first of two 207,000-square-foot Microsoft data centers on Lakewood Avenue, north of Bell Works Chicagoland.