Data centers · State
Data centers in Illinois: 41 builds, 16 building.
Who is building each data center in Illinois and how far along it is. Builds under construction bill their contractors now.
- Builds
- 41
- Every stage, announced to expanding.
- Building or expandingPays first
- 16
- These bill contractors now.
- Operators
- 29
- Companies named on an Illinois build.
- Counties
- 20
- Counties with a build on record.
What this means for you
16 of 41 builds are under way. Those operators are hiring crews now.
Operators and their general contractors build vendor lists before the site work starts. Get on the list now.
- Aligned · Cook · Building
- CloudHQ · Cook · Building
- Compass · Cook · Building
- CyrusOne · Kane County · Building
- CyrusOne · DuPage · Building
- CyrusOne · Kendall · Building
- Edged · Kane · Building
- Google · Kane County · Building
- Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) · Kane · Building
- HydraVault · Cook · Building
- Lambda · Cook · Building
- Microsoft · Cook · Building
- Prime Data Centers · Cook · Building
- T5 · Cook · Building
- T5 · Lake · Building
- TA Realty · Cook · Building
- Aligned · Grundy · Announced
- Aligned · Cook County · Announced
- 2425 Busse Road · Cook County · Announced
- 4513 Western Avenue · DuPage County · Announced
- Cloverleaf Infrastructure · Madison · Announced
- CyrusOne · Sangamon County · Announced
- CyrusOne · Sangamon · Approved
- EdgeConneX · Cook County · Announced
- Joliet Technology Center · Will County · Announced
- HW Technology Park (Hillwood Investment Properties / PowerHouse Data Centers) · Will · Approved
- Hut 8 · Logan · Announced
- Eagle Rock Partners · Christian · Announced
- Metro Edge Development Partners · Cook County · Announced
- Metro Edge Development Partners · Cook · Approved
- Microsoft · Winnebago County · Announced
- Microsoft · Kendall County · Announced
- Tract · Grundy · Approved
- Oracle · Cook · Announced
- Pioneer Development · Kendall · Approved
- White Rose Partners · Kane · Announced
- Prologis · Kendall · Approved
- Monarch Energy · Winnebago · Announced
- T5 · Lake County · Announced
- T5 · Cook County · Announced
- Whiterose Partners · Kane County · Announced
- Building or expanding, 16
- Not yet, 25
One square per build. Each opens its record. Source: Kapwork Grow data center tracker, Nov 3, 2026.
Who is building in Illinois
CyrusOne has the most: 5 builds.
| Operator | Builds | Under way | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| CyrusOne | 5 | 3 | Kane County, DuPage, Kendall, Sangamon County, Sangamon |
| T5 | 4 | 2 | Cook, Lake, Lake County, Cook County |
| Aligned | 3 | 1 | Cook, Grundy, Cook County |
| Microsoft | 3 | 1 | Cook, Winnebago County, Kendall County |
| Metro Edge Development Partners | 2 | 0 | Cook County, Cook |
| 2425 Busse Road LLC | 1 | 0 | Cook County |
| 4513 Western Avenue LLC | 1 | 0 | DuPage County |
| Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) | 1 | 1 | Kane |
| CloudHQ | 1 | 1 | Cook |
| Cloverleaf Infrastructure | 1 | 0 | Madison |
| Compass | 1 | 1 | Cook |
| Eagle Rock Partners | 1 | 0 | Christian |
| EdgeConneX | 1 | 0 | Cook County |
| Edged | 1 | 1 | Kane |
| 1 | 1 | Kane County | |
| Hut 8 | 1 | 0 | Logan |
| HW Technology Park (Hillwood Investment Properties / PowerHouse Data Centers) | 1 | 0 | Will |
| HydraVault | 1 | 1 | Cook |
| Joliet Technology Center LLC | 1 | 0 | Will County |
| Lambda | 1 | 1 | Cook |
| Monarch Energy | 1 | 0 | Winnebago |
| Oracle | 1 | 0 | Cook |
| Pioneer Development LLC | 1 | 0 | Kendall |
| Prime Data Centers | 1 | 1 | Cook |
| Prologis | 1 | 0 | Kendall |
| TA Realty | 1 | 1 | Cook |
| Tract | 1 | 0 | Grundy |
| White Rose Partners | 1 | 0 | Kane |
| Whiterose Partners LLC | 1 | 0 | Kane County |
Source: Kapwork Grow data center tracker, Nov 3, 2026. Each name opens the operator's page when the directory has one.
Every data center build in Illinois
41 builds, under way first. Each opens its record.
- BuildingAligned ORD-03
Elk Grove Village · Operator: Aligned · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingCloudHQ Mount Prospect (ORD) Campus
Mount Prospect · Operator: CloudHQ · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingCompass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus
Hoffman Estates · Operator: Compass · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingCyrusOne Aurora Campus
Aurora · Operator: CyrusOne · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingCyrusOne Wood Dale Campus
Wood Dale · Operator: CyrusOne · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingCyrusOne Yorkville Technology Campus (CHI-11)
Yorkville · Operator: CyrusOne · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingEdged Chicago Campus — Aurora (ORD01)
Aurora · Operator: Edged · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingGoogle Cloud - CME Group Aurora Private Cloud
Aurora · Operator: Google · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingHut 8 Batavia Data Center
Batavia · Operator: Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingHydraVault Chicago
Chicago · Operator: HydraVault · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingLambda Chicago EdgeConneX AI Factory
Chicago · Operator: Lambda · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingMicrosoft Elk Grove Data Center
Elk Grove Village · Operator: Microsoft · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingPrime ORD Chicago Campus
Elk Grove Village · Operator: Prime Data Centers · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingT5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)
Northlake · Operator: T5 · First seen 2026-08-15
- BuildingT5 Chicago IV (CHI IV)
Grayslake · Operator: T5 · First seen 2026-09-23
- BuildingTA Realty Elk Grove Village Data Center
Elk Grove Village · Operator: TA Realty · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedAligned Coal City Campus
Coal City · Operator: Aligned · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedAligned Data Centers - Elk Grove Village Campus
Elk Grove Village · Operator: Aligned · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedCenterSquare ORD2 - 2425 Busse Road
Elk Grove Village · Operator: 2425 Busse Road LLC · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedCenterSquare ORD4 - 4513 Western Avenue
Lisle · Operator: 4513 Western Avenue LLC · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedCloverleaf Troy Data Center Campus
Troy · Operator: Cloverleaf Infrastructure · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedCyrusOne - Sangamon County Waverly Data Center
Waverly · Operator: CyrusOne · First seen 2026-08-15
- ApprovedCyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center Campus
Sangamon · Operator: CyrusOne · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedEdgeConneX - Elk Grove Village 2025 Data Center
Elk Grove Village · Operator: EdgeConneX · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedJoliet Technology Center
Joliet · Operator: Joliet Technology Center LLC · First seen 2026-08-15
- ApprovedJoliet Technology Center
Joliet · Operator: HW Technology Park (Hillwood Investment Properties / PowerHouse Data Centers) · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedLogan Prairie Data Center
Latham · Operator: Hut 8 · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedMeridian Technology Park
Clarksdale · Operator: Eagle Rock Partners · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedMetro Edge - Illinois Medical District
Chicago · Operator: Metro Edge Development Partners · First seen 2026-08-15
- ApprovedMetro Edge IMD1
Chicago · Operator: Metro Edge Development Partners · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedMicrosoft Cherry Valley Campus
Cherry Valley · Operator: Microsoft · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedMicrosoft Plano Campus
Plano · Operator: Microsoft · First seen 2026-08-15
- ApprovedMorris Technology Park
Morris · Operator: Tract · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedOracle Elk Grove Village Data Center
Elk Grove Village · Operator: Oracle · First seen 2026-08-15
- ApprovedProject Cardinal Data Center Campus
Yorkville · Operator: Pioneer Development LLC · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedProject Kilo Data Center (South Elgin)
South Elgin · Operator: White Rose Partners · First seen 2026-09-23
- ApprovedProject Steel Data Center Campus
Yorkville · Operator: Prologis · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedRock Air Data Center Campus
Rockford · Operator: Monarch Energy · First seen 2026-09-23
- AnnouncedT5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus
Grayslake · Operator: T5 · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedT5 Chicago V - Elk Grove Village
Elk Grove Village · Operator: T5 · First seen 2026-08-15
- AnnouncedWhiterose Partners - South Elgin Kenyon Road Data Center
South Elgin · Operator: Whiterose Partners LLC · First seen 2026-08-15
Source: Kapwork Grow data center tracker, Nov 3, 2026.
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