CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township)
600 MW AI data center in Waverly, IL, United States: permitted.
- Capacity: 600 MW
- Location: Waverly, IL, United States
- Developer: CyrusOne
- Status: permitted
- Estimated cost: $0.5B
CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) is a 600 MW AI data center project located in Waverly, IL, United States, currently permitted. It is being built by CyrusOne. The estimated build cost is $0.5B. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across IL, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Sangamon County Board voted 17-10 on April 7, 2026 to approve a zoning variance for CyrusOne's $500M data center campus. It's on 280 acres of farmland in Talkington Township, on the 13000 block of Thayer Road near Waverly, and it'll reach 600 MW when fully built. Construction permits are still required.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township)?
- CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) is an AI data center project in Waverly, Illinois tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is permitted.
- Where is CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township)?
- CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) is in Waverly, Illinois. Every tracked Illinois campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/illinois.
- How big is CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township)?
- Data Center Index tracks CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) at 600 MW, on an estimated $0.5B build. The developer or the press states that capacity, in a source dated November 4, 2025.
- Who is building CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township)?
- CyrusOne is developing CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township).
- When will CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) come online?
- The next building at CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) is expected online 2027. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
Sources
- Sangamon County Board approves a controversial data center project (nprillinois.org · press · 2026-04-07)
- Illinois Times (illinoistimes.com · press · 2026-07-16)
- NPR Illinois (nprillinois.org · press · 2025-11-04)
- CyrusOne (cyrusone.com · press · 2026-09-21)
- Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com · press · 2026-09-12)