# T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus

> Proposed: a 1200 MW data center in Lake County, Illinois, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

T5 has proposed a 1200 MW data center in Lake County, Illinois (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, 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)
- **Stage:** Proposed (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 1200 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported IT load:** 1200 MW (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 5,000,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $250.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported jobs:** 1,680 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** 2024-05 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** 2027 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2029 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Grayslake (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Lake County (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Illinois (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Approximate: city centroid (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** AI or machine-learning workload reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Server Country | T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus | Proposed | 1200 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) reports it as proposed.

### Who is building T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus?

T5 is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### When is T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in 2029. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus?

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 2029.
- [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2027.
- [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2024-05.

## Related records

- [T5 @ Atlanta IV](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-atlanta-iv-ga-dc_53186de832ff): Same operator
- [T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il-dc_f59258a30af9): 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: 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

- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0141
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/t5-chicago-iv-grayslake-campus-il) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 213667872339360

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "T5 @ Chicago IV - Grayslake Campus", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iv-grayslake-campus-il-dc_c2546da175a0, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.