Edged DeKalb (Project Vector)
AI data center in DeKalb, IL, United States: permitted.
- Location: DeKalb, IL, United States
- Developer: Edged Energy
- Status: permitted
Edged DeKalb (Project Vector) is a AI data center project located in DeKalb, IL, United States, currently permitted. It is being built by Edged Energy. 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
DeKalb City Council approved Edged's 560-acre data center campus, south of Meta's DeKalb site, in December 2025. In April 2026 it greenlit a $5.3M water main extension to serve it. Plans call for four buildings and two substations, with the first 980,000 sq ft building by the end of 2027 and the fourth by 2032. Incentives require a minimum $800M investment.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Edged DeKalb (Project Vector)?
- Edged DeKalb (Project Vector) is an AI data center project in DeKalb, Illinois tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is permitted.
- Where is Edged DeKalb (Project Vector)?
- Edged DeKalb (Project Vector) is in DeKalb, Illinois. Every tracked Illinois campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/illinois.
- Who is building Edged DeKalb (Project Vector)?
- Edged Energy is developing Edged DeKalb (Project Vector).
- When will Edged DeKalb (Project Vector) come online?
- The next building at Edged DeKalb (Project Vector) is expected online 2032. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
Sources
- DeKalb OKs $3.5M water main project for south-side development, including incoming 560-acre data center (shawlocal.com · press · 2026-04-30)
- Northern Public Radio (WNIJ) (northernpublicradio.org · press · 2025-12-09)
- City of DeKalb (cityofdekalb.com · press · 2026-10-07)