# Rock Air Data Center Campus > Proposed: a 1400 MW data center in Winnebago County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/rock-air-data-center-campus-il-dc_445398224342 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/rock-air-data-center-campus-il-dc_445398224342.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Monarch Energy has proposed a 1400 MW data center in Winnebago County, Illinois (proposed). 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:** Monarch Energy (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 1400 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **Site area:** 1,300 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported jobs:** 100 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** 2026-06 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **City:** Rockford (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **County:** Winnebago (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **State:** Illinois (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** Enterprise (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Incentives reported:** Illinois Data Center Investment Program (Illinois) (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 | Rock Air Data Center Campus | Proposed | 1400 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Rock Air Data Center Campus under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 12, 2026) reports it as proposed. ### Who is building Rock Air Data Center Campus? Monarch Energy is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Rock Air Data Center Campus? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Rock Air 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 - **Sep 12, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://www.rockfordnewsfirst.com/2026/07/01/incentive-deal-proposed-rockford-data-center-shows-possible-development-timeline/) - [Reported as announced](https://www.rockfordnewsfirst.com/2026/07/01/incentive-deal-proposed-rockford-data-center-shows-possible-development-timeline/). Reported for 2026-06. ## 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.rockfordnewsfirst.com/2026/07/01/incentive-deal-proposed-rockford-data-center-shows-possible-development-timeline/) · as of Sep 12, 2026 · record monarch-rock-air-rockford-il - [Rockford News First (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.rockfordnewsfirst.com/2026/07/01/incentive-deal-proposed-rockford-data-center-shows-possible-development-timeline/) · as of Sep 12, 2026 - [dcmap.us (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://dcmap.us/states/illinois/) · as of Sep 12, 2026 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/rock-air-data-center-campus-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 75125825356610 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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