IL AI Data Center Projects

Every tracked AI data center project, grouped by build status. Operational, under construction, announced, and permitted — with developer, tenant, capacity, and cost details.

Projects tracked: 15
Operating: 4
Under construction: 4
Announced / permitted: 7
Total capacity: 6.5 GW
Estimated investment: ~$60.9B

Joliet Technology Center — 1.8 GW, Joliet, IL, United States · developer: PowerHouse Data Centers / Hillwood · permitted · ~$20.0B
Monarch Rock Air Data Center Campus (Rockford) — 1.4 GW, Rockford, IL, United States · developer: Monarch Energy · announced · ~$12.0B
T5 @ Chicago IV (Grayslake) — 1.2 GW, Grayslake, IL, United States · developer: T5 Data Centers · under construction · ~$18.0B
Meta AI Training Campus (Cortland, Illinois) — 800 MW, Cortland, IL, United States · developer: Meta · operational
CyrusOne Sangamon County Campus (Talkington Township) — 600 MW, Waverly, IL, United States · developer: CyrusOne · permitted · ~$0.5B
CyrusOne Yorkville Technology Campus — 480 MW, Yorkville, IL, United States · developer: CyrusOne · under construction
Aligned Chicago Campus (ORD-01 / ORD-02, Northlake) — 100 MW, Northlake, IL, United States · developer: Aligned Data Centers · operational
Aurora Supercomputer — Argonne National Laboratory — 60 MW, Lemont, IL, United States · developer: Argonne National Laboratory · operational
Microsoft — Inflection AI Pi Infrastructure (Midwest) — 50 MW, Chicago, IL, United States · developer: Microsoft · operational
CyrusOne Aurora Campus — 40 MW, Aurora, IL, United States · developer: CyrusOne · under construction · ~$0.3B
Compass Hoffman Estates (former Sears HQ), Hoffman Estates, IL, United States · developer: Compass Datacenters · under construction · ~$10.0B
Project Cardinal (Yorkville), Yorkville, IL, United States · developer: Pioneer Development · permitted
Project Steel (Yorkville), Yorkville, IL, United States · developer: Prologis · permitted
Edged DeKalb (Project Vector), DeKalb, IL, United States · developer: Edged (Endeavour Energy) · permitted
Equinix Minooka Campus, Minooka, IL, United States · developer: Equinix · permitted