# HydraVault Chicago

> Under construction: a 20 MW data center in Cook County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (3 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hydravault-chicago-il-dc_de9575a7b524  
Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hydravault-chicago-il-dc_de9575a7b524.md  
Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

HydraVault is building a 20 MW data center in Cook County, Illinois (under construction). 3 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), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** HydraVault (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (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), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 20 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 76,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $3 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Oct 28, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 31, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** Oct 28, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 31, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2027-05 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Chicago (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Cook (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (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), Server Country project record (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)
- **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 Aug 31, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Incentives reported:** Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU) (Illinois) $16.9M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **EPA air permit:** No Classification In ICIS (EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **EPA compliance status:** No 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 | HydraVault Chicago | Under construction | 20 MW |
| Server Country | HydraVault - Chicago AI Data Center | Under construction | 20 MW |
| EPA ECHO | Hydravault LLC | Operating | Not reported |

## Questions this page answers

### Is HydraVault Chicago under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 31, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction. The sources disagree: EPA ECHO reports operating.

### Who is building HydraVault Chicago?

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

### When is HydraVault Chicago expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in May 2027. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve HydraVault Chicago?

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

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## Latest updates

- [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027-05.
- **Oct 28, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hydravault-secures-construction-permit-for-downtown-chicagos-first-purpose-built-ai-facility-power-construction-to-commence-work-immediately-302596035.html)
- **Oct 28, 2025:** [Construction start reported](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hydravault-secures-construction-permit-for-downtown-chicagos-first-purpose-built-ai-facility-power-construction-to-commence-work-immediately-302596035.html)
- **Sep 12, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/)

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## 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) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (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://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hydravault-secures-construction-permit-for-downtown-chicagos-first-purpose-built-ai-facility-power-construction-to-commence-work-immediately-302596035.html) · as of Aug 31, 2026 · record hydravault-chicago-il
- [HydraVault via PR Newswire (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hydravault-secures-construction-permit-for-downtown-chicagos-first-purpose-built-ai-facility-power-construction-to-commence-work-immediately-302596035.html) · as of Aug 31, 2026
- [Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://dceo.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dceo/aboutdceo/reportsrequiredbystatute/2025-data-centers-annual-report.pdf) · as of Aug 31, 2026
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0910
- [EPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain)](https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110072245625) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 110072245625
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/hydravault-chicago-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 244733505418532

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "HydraVault Chicago", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hydravault-chicago-il-dc_de9575a7b524, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.