# Hut 8 Batavia Data Center > Under construction: a 50 MW data center in Kane County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hut-8-batavia-data-center-il-dc_be11db5ce5cf Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hut-8-batavia-data-center-il-dc_be11db5ce5cf.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) is building a 50 MW data center in Kane County, Illinois (under construction). One source reports 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), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 50 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Site area:** 7 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $500.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** Jul 21, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **City:** Batavia (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **County:** Kane (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **State:** Illinois (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (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:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Hut 8 Batavia Data Center | Under construction | 50 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Hut 8 Batavia Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 3, 2026) reports it as under construction. ### Who is building Hut 8 Batavia Data Center? Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Hut 8 Batavia Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Hut 8 Batavia Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - **Jul 21, 2025:** [Construction start reported](https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/01/batavia-data-center-gets-nod-as-residents-worry-about-it-gobbling-up-energy-reserves/) ## Related records - [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). 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://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/01/batavia-data-center-gets-nod-as-residents-worry-about-it-gobbling-up-energy-reserves/) · as of Aug 3, 2026 · record hut8-batavia-il - [Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/01/batavia-data-center-gets-nod-as-residents-worry-about-it-gobbling-up-energy-reserves/) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/09/02/500m-batavia-data-center-could-be-limited-to-1k-gallons-of-water-per-day/) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [GlobeNewswire (Hut 8 Corp) (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/26/3139102/0/en/Hut-8-Announces-Plans-to-Develop-Four-New-Sites-with-More-Than-1-5-GW-of-Total-Capacity.html) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [City of Batavia, IL (official) (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://il-batavia.civicplus.com/1248/City-of-Batavia-Data-Center-Project) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [Baxtel (data center directory) (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://baxtel.com/data-center/hut-8-batavia-il) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [PoweredByWho (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://poweredbywho.com/projects/hut-8-batavia-data-center-22915976) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/hut-8-batavia-data-center-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 208983904019919 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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