Approved, not built yet
Hut 8 data center (1780 Hubbard Ave., Batavia)
Hut 8 plans a $500 million, 120,000-square-foot data center on Hubbard Avenue, starting at about 20 megawatts and growing to 50. The city capped its water use at 1,000 gallons a day on average and banned bitcoin mining there.
Where things stand: City Council approved a power deal in July 2025 and a water deal 9-2 on Sept. 2, 2025. Final building plans still go to the Plan Commission.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 2, 2025): City Council approved a water deal 9-2 that caps average use at 1,000 gallons a day and bans bitcoin mining.
What we know
- 📍 Where1780 Hubbard Ave., vacant industrial park lot on Batavia's northeast side, Batavia, Kane County
- 🏢 CompanyHut 8 Corp. (Batavia DC Corp.)
- ⚡ Power it needs50 megawatts (about as much as 40,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromBatavia's city-owned electric utility, under a master service agreement.
- 💧 WaterCity of Batavia · 1,000 gallons a day
- ❄️ Coolingclosed-loop cooling; about 450,000 gallons trucked in to fill it, refilled about every 5.5 years
- 💵 Cost$500 million
- 👷 Jobs promised30
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Has the Plan Commission reviewed the final building plans? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many diesel backup generators will it have? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will the extra power demand raise rates for Batavia's electric customers? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- July 21, 2025City Council approved a power service agreement 12-1.
- Sept 2, 2025City Council approved a water deal 9-2 that caps average use at 1,000 gallons a day and bans bitcoin mining.
🛰️ See it from above
An aerial photo of the area.
Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Batavia data center gets nod as residents worry about it gobbling up energy reserves · Daily Herald · Aug 5, 2025
- Batavia city limits water use for $500M data center · Shaw Local (Kane County Chronicle) · Sept 8, 2025
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