3 data center projects in Elk Grove Township
Who decides here: the Cook County Board usually decides on zoning in Elk Grove Township. Townships here have little say over land use.
In Elk Grove Township
Stream Data Centers campus (Landmeier Road area, Elk Grove Village)
Elk Grove Village, Cook County
🕒 2025: ComEd broke ground on a 260-megawatt substation for the Stream campus.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetNexstar data center campus at WGN radio transmitter site (Rohlwing Road)
Elk Grove Village, Cook County
🕒 Jan 2026: Village Board extended the deadline to start the first building to Sept. 30, 2027; the p…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtTA Realty ORD01 data center (Elmhurst and Old Higgins roads)
Elk Grove Village, Cook County
47 acres
🕒 Oct 3, 2025: Demolition was underway to make way for the 47-acre data center campus.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Nearby (within 15 miles)
CloudHQ data center campus at former United Airlines offices (Mount Prospect)
Mount Prospect, Cook County
50 acres
🕒 Oct 28, 2025: Village Board took up CloudHQ's request to change the plan to two three-story buildings,…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 4 miles awayCyrusOne data center campus (Bryn Mawr Avenue, Wood Dale)
Wood Dale, DuPage County
62 acres
🕒 May 2025: CyrusOne finished the frame of the first 18-megawatt building.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 9 miles awayCompass Datacenters campus at former Sears headquarters (Hoffman Estates)
Hoffman Estates, Cook County
273 acres
🕒 Dec 2025: Village issued permits; walls for the first two data center buildings went up.
Stopped or cancelledabout 9 miles awayPlum Farms rezoning for possible data center (Higgins Road and Route 59)
Hoffman Estates, Cook County
186 acres
🕒 June 30, 2026: Landowner withdrew its rezoning request after more than 3,250 people signed a petition a…
Stopped or cancelledabout 14 miles awayBrennan data center campus (Barrington Hills, south of Penny Road)
Barrington Hills, Cook County
🕒 Jan 28, 2026: Brennan withdrew its $2 billion data center plan and cancelled a planned public presenta…
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Elk Grove Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Commonwealth Edison Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Illinois.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Has building construction started?
- How much water will the campus use?
- Which company will use the data centers?
- How many megawatts would the campus use?
- Who will build and run the data centers?
- How much water will it use?
- Which company will use the data centers?