# T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) > Under construction: a 36 MW data center in Cook County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il-dc_f59258a30af9 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il-dc_f59258a30af9.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records T5 is building a 36 MW data center in Cook County, Illinois (under construction). 2 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), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** T5 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Tenants:** Undisclosed pre-leased user (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 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:** 36 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 IT load:** 36 MW (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 250,000 sq ft (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) - **Reported jobs:** 20 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** 2023 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** Aug 31, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 12, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2027 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** Northlake (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), 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), 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), as of Sep 24, 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 (sales/use tax exemption MOU) (Illinois) $15.8M (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 | T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) | Under construction | 36 MW | | Server Country | T5 Chicago III - Northlake | Under construction | 36 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 12, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction. ### Who is building T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)? T5 is the operator; the tenants reported are Undisclosed pre-leased user. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2027. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) 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 2027. - **Aug 31, 2026:** [Construction start reported](https://www.illinoiscrdc.com/illinoisdatacenters) - **Sep 24, 2024:** [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) - [Reported as completed](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2024. - [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2023. ## Related records - [T5 @ Atlanta IV](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-atlanta-iv-ga-dc_53186de832ff): Same operator - [T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iv-grayslake-campus-il-dc_c2546da175a0): Same operator - [T5 Chicago IV (CHI IV)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iv-chi-iv-il-dc_09df673d3d67): Same operator - [T5 Chicago V - Elk Grove Village](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-v-elk-grove-village-il-dc_b614ceeae649): Same operator - [T5 Data Centers - Georgia Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-data-centers-georgia-campus-ga-dc_1a5145cbfc52): Same operator - [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). 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.illinoiscrdc.com/illinoisdatacenters) · as of Sep 12, 2026 · record t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il - [Coalition for Responsible Data Centers (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.illinoiscrdc.com/illinoisdatacenters) · 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 Sep 12, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0155 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 270008901110521 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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