3 data center projects in DeKalb City
Who decides here: the City Council of DeKalb City votes on zoning. The DeKalb County may review big projects too.
In DeKalb City
Edged data center campus south of Meta (DeKalb)
DeKalb, DeKalb County
560 acres
🕒 Dec 8, 2025: DeKalb City Council unanimously approved the 560-acre campus after a 2.5-hour public hea…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetKaris data center campus (Peace and Gurler roads, DeKalb)
DeKalb, DeKalb County
132 acres
🕒 July 22, 2024: City Council held a hearing and approved the plans.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Built & runningMeta DeKalb data center
DeKalb, DeKalb County
505 acres · for Meta
🕒 Nov 2023: Meta's DeKalb data center started operating.
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
City council unanimously approved a data center campus by Edged (Endeavour Energy) on about 560 acres in the ChicagoWest Business Center.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in DeKalb City. - Go to council 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
- How many megawatts will the campus use?
- How much water will it use per day?
- How big is the property tax break, and for how long?
- Has construction started?
- Which company will use the data centers?
- How many megawatts and how much water will it use?
- How much water and power does the campus use?