# Edged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01)

> Under construction: a 72 MW data center in Kane County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
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Edged is building a 72 MW data center in Kane County, Illinois (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Edged (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 72 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Announced:** 2025-11 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** 2025-11 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **City:** Aurora (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Kane (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Illinois (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** ComEd (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **EPA air permit:** Minor Emissions (EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **EPA compliance status:** Violation Identified (EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Edged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01) | Under construction | 72 MW |
| EPA ECHO | Edged Chicago LLC | Operating | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Edged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01) under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 23, 2026) reports it as under construction. The sources disagree: EPA ECHO reports operating.

### Who is building Edged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01)?

Edged is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Edged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01)?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- [Reported as announced](https://edged.us/news/edged-us-expands-chicagoland-campus). Reported for 2025-11.
- [Construction start reported](https://edged.us/news/edged-us-expands-chicagoland-campus). Reported for 2025-11.
- [Reported as completed](https://edged.us/news/edged-us-expands-chicagoland-campus). Reported for 2025-02.

## Related records

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- [Edged Energy-Austin](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/edged-energy-austin-tx-dc_d03d489d4b33): Same operator
- [Aligned Coal City Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-coal-city-campus-il-dc_f0695145cb9f): Same state
- [Aligned Data Centers - Elk Grove Village Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-data-centers-elk-grove-village-campus-il-dc_b4ca4e6c9abb): Same state
- [Aligned ORD-03](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-ord-03-il-dc_99090f8d970b): Same state
- [CenterSquare ORD2 - 2425 Busse Road](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/centersquare-ord2-2425-busse-road-il-dc_1d2848d9c7fb): Same state
- [CenterSquare ORD4 - 4513 Western Avenue](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/centersquare-ord4-4513-western-avenue-il-dc_7123cf2ad8c1): Same state

## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · US EPA Facility Registry Service via ECHO (public domain). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://edged.us/news/edged-us-expands-chicagoland-campus) · as of Jul 23, 2026 · record edged-aurora-il
- [Edged US (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://edged.us/news/edged-us-expands-chicagoland-campus) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [NPR Illinois (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-03-26/aurora-passes-some-of-the-strongest-data-center-regulations-in-illinois) · as of Jul 7, 2026
- [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026
- [EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain)](https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110071655126) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 110071655126
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/edged-chicago-campus-aurora-ord01-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 222921361649630

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Edged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01)", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/edged-chicago-campus-aurora-ord01-il-dc_cabeec92efde, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.