Data Center Registry
Aligned Coal City Campus
Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois · All 22 Aligned Data Centers sites
Aligned Coal City Campus is a proposed data center in Coal City, Illinois (Grundy County), operated by Aligned Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced November 25, 2024, 305 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Aligned Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Coal City, Grundy County, IL
- Coordinates
- 41.2575, -88.3030 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 305 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- November 25, 2024
- Utility
- ComEd
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- 0.0415 million gallons a day, reported
- Jobs
- 300 permanent; 2,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- September 12, 2026ProposedVillage Board adopted non-binding TIF inducement resolutions 26-09 and 26-10 on 24 June 2026; no TIF district, redevelopment agreement or zoning approval has been granted. Source: Obedio
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Aligned Coal City Campus in Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Local coverage reports pushback over proximity to residential zones, Coal City Middle School and the Early Childhood Center; a Change.org petition opposes the campus.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Local coverage reports pushback over proximity to residential zones, Coal City Middle School and the Early Childhood Center; a Change.org petition opposes the campus. Aligned held a public open house on 5 August 2026.
Power and water
Developer-funded substation and switchyard connecting directly to the regional transmission system, described as at no cost to ratepayers.
Air-cooled heat rejection with a sealed closed-loop water circuit; projected water use roughly 41,500 gallons per day.
Notes on the record
Roughly 305 acres in the Coal City industrial park near the southeast corner of Reed and Carbon Hill Roads, with Aligned Data Centers (Acquisition) PropCo, LLC as operator and The Reed Group, LLC as the local landowner/developer. Investment is described only as 'multi-billions of dollars' by the developer, so no figure is recorded. Distinct from the three tracked Aligned ORD buildings in Northlake and Elk Grove Village.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Morris Technology Park · Morris · Tract10 mi · Permitted · 1 GW · Supported
- Equinix CH8 Minooka · Minooka · Equinix14 mi · Proposed
- Joliet Technology Center · Joliet · HW Technology Park (Hillwood Investment Properties / PowerHouse Data Centers)15 mi · Permitted · 1.8 GW · In litigation
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Aligned Coal City Campus in Coal City?
Yes. Aligned Coal City Campus in Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Local coverage reports pushback over proximity to residential zones, Coal City Middle School and the Early Childhood Center; a Change.org petition opposes the campus.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aligned Coal City Campus?
No lawsuit over Aligned Coal City Campus appears in the record we track as of September 12, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Aligned Coal City Campus use?
0.0415 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop. Air-cooled heat rejection with a sealed closed-loop water circuit; projected water use roughly 41,500 gallons per day.
Who operates Aligned Coal City Campus, and how big is it?
Aligned Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 22 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 305 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aligned Coal City Campus," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aligned-coal-city-il.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aligned-coal-city-il, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.A Multi-Billion-Dollar Data Center Takes a Step Forward in Coal City · Obedio · retrieved September 12, 2026
- 2.Aligned Data Centers Hosts Open House to Discuss Coal City Campus Plans · Shaw Local / Daily Journal · retrieved September 12, 2026
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