An illuminated cultivation storage system and a method for cultivating crops in an illuminated cultivation storage system. The system comprises a three-dimensional framework structure forming a grid of vertical and horizontal storage tunnels, a plurality of storage containers for holding growing crops. The storage containers being configured to be introduced into the framework structure. The system further has a plurality of lighting device, a transport system, and an illumination controller. Further, the interior of the framework structure exhibits distinguishable climate zones, each climate zone having a set of growth parameters including temperature. The system further comprises a growth monitoring station which includes sensors for determining a current growth status of crops and a growth controller connected to the transport system and being configured to operate the transport system in order to return storage containers to a designated climate zone based on the determined growth status.
