# Project Cardinal Data Center Campus > Approved: a 1800 MW data center in Kendall County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (3 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-cardinal-data-center-campus-il-dc_e4de1dea818d Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-cardinal-data-center-campus-il-dc_e4de1dea818d.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Pioneer Development LLC has approval for a 1800 MW data center in Kendall County, Illinois (approved). 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), Public Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, IL, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Pioneer Development LLC (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Stage:** Approved (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 1800 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:** 17,000,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Site area:** 1,037 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $1 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 3, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2027-07 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2047 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Yorkville (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, IL, as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** Kendall (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, IL, 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), Public Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, IL, 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) - **Community response:** Local opposition 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) - **Government records on file:** 1 (Public Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, IL, as of Aug 6, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Project Cardinal Data Center Campus | Approved | 1800 MW | | Server Country | Pioneer Development - Yorkville Project Cardinal | Proposed | 1800 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Project Cardinal Data Center Campus under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 3, 2026) reports it as approved. The sources disagree: Server Country reports proposed. ### Who is building Project Cardinal Data Center Campus? Pioneer Development LLC is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Project Cardinal Data Center Campus expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2047. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Project Cardinal Data Center Campus? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Project Cardinal Data Center Campus 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 - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2047. - [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027-07. - [Reported as announced](https://www.yorkville.il.us/906/Project-Cardinal-Data-Center-Campus-Anne). Reported for 2025. ## 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) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0) · Public Evidence Project, U.S. Data Center Public Records Dataset, https://publicevidence.org/data/national-data-center-public-records (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.yorkville.il.us/906/Project-Cardinal-Data-Center-Campus-Anne) · as of Aug 3, 2026 · record project-cardinal-yorkville-il - [City of Yorkville, IL (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.yorkville.il.us/906/Project-Cardinal-Data-Center-Campus-Anne) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Shaw Local / Kendall County Now (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2026/03/12/yorkville-data-center-approval-comes-after-nearly-6-hour-contentious-city-council-meeting/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Shaw Local / Kendall County Now (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2026/04/29/yorkville-residents-file-lawsuit-against-the-city-to-halt-the-1034-acre-project-cardinal-data-center/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Yorkville Herald (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.yorkvilleherald.com/articles/yorkville-council-to-consider-settlement-in-project-cardinal-lawsuit) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [PoweredByWho (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://poweredbywho.com/stories/illinois-data-center-boom-2026) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [Yahoo News (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-town-approved-could-state-184426082.html) · as of Aug 3, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0142 - [Public Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, IL](https://www.yorkville.il.us/906/Project-Cardinal-Data-Center-Campus-Anne) · as of Aug 6, 2026 · record source-project-cardinal-yorkville-il - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/project-cardinal-data-center-campus-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 251642635780493 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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