Data Center Registry
Aligned ORD-03
Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois · All 22 Aligned Data Centers sites
Aligned ORD-03 is a data center under construction in Elk Grove Village, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Aligned Data Centers. The public record puts it at 36 acres, a reported $285 million investment.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Aligned Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 50 NW Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, Cook County, IL, 60007
- Coordinates
- 42.0039, -87.9703 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 36 acres
- Investment
- $285 million
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 21 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program, $18 million, Illinois, 2023
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- 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.
- August 17, 2026Under constructionListed on Aligned's Chicago campus page with specifications but no in-service date Source: Aligned Data Centers
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aligned ORD-03 in Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Aligned's ORD campuses use Delta3 air cooling arrays on a closed-loop chilled water system with near-zero WUE.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Data Center Investment Program | $18 million | Illinois | 2023 |
Notes on the record
Aligned's third Chicago campus and its first in Elk Grove Village (36 acres, Tier III). STATUS IS PROVISIONAL: the operator page lists the campus without a delivery or in-service date, so under_construction is an inference, confirm against a delivery announcement before publishing.
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
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
- Stream Chicago I (ORDA) · Elk Grove Village · Stream Data Centersunder 1 mile · Operating · 31 MW
- Stream Chicago III (ORDC) · Elk Grove Village · Stream Data Centersunder 1 mile · Under construction · 40 MW
- TA Realty Elk Grove Village Data Center · Elk Grove Village · TA Realtyunder 1 mile · Under construction · 250 MW
- STACK CHI01 · Elk Grove Village · STACK Infrastructureunder 1 mile · Operating · 40 MW
- Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center · Elk Grove Village · Microsoftunder 1 mile · Under construction
- Skybox Chicago I · Elk Grove Village · Skybox Datacentersunder 1 mile · Operating · 30 MW
- Digital Realty Chicago CH1 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
- Digital Realty CH2 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Aligned ORD-03 data center in Elk Grove Village?
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aligned ORD-03 in Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aligned ORD-03 data center?
No lawsuit over Aligned ORD-03 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 ORD-03 use?
No water withdrawal figure for Aligned ORD-03 is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Aligned ORD-03, 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 36 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aligned ORD-03," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aligned-ord-03-elk-grove-village-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-ord-03-elk-grove-village-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.Aligned Data Centers, Chicago (ORD) campuses · Aligned Data Centers · retrieved August 17, 2026
- 2.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report, Aligned Data Centers (EGV) PropCo, LLC, Elk Grove Village (2023 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved September 12, 2026
- 3.Sustainable, AI-Ready Data Centers in Chicago, IL, ORD-03 (50 NW Point Blvd, Elk Grove Village) specifications · Aligned Data Centers · retrieved September 12, 2026
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