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Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus

Hoffman Estates, Cook County, Illinois · All 6 Compass Datacenters sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated September 12, 2026

Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus is a data center under construction in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Compass Datacenters. The public record puts it at announced June 13, 2024, 200 acres, a reported $10 billion investment.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Compass Datacenters
Facility type
Data center
Location
3333 Beverly Road, Hoffman Estates, Cook County, IL, 60179
Coordinates
42.0771, -88.2175 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
200 acres
Investment
$10 billion
Announced
June 13, 2024
Utility
ComEd
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
1,000 construction
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

  1. September 12, 2026
    Under construction
    Former seven-building Sears headquarters demolished; construction underway on the first of five planned hyperscale buildings. Source: Data Center Frontier

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus in Hoffman Estates, 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.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Compass describes 'advanced hybrid cooling that uses no water during operations'; the source does not identify the heat-rejection method precisely enough to classify.

Notes on the record

Five hyperscale buildings, each over 250,000 sq ft, planned on the roughly 200-acre former Sears headquarters campus. Compass closed on the property in September 2023 for a reported $194 million; the $10 billion figure is the projected total local investment at full build-out, not a single building's cost.

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
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received 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.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus in Hoffman Estates?

Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus in Hoffman Estates, 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 Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus?

No lawsuit over Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates 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 Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus, and how big is it?

Compass Datacenters is the operator on record. We hold 6 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 200 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Compass Datacenters Hoffman Estates Campus," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/compass-hoffman-estates-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/compass-hoffman-estates-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. 1.Compass Kicks Off Development of Its First Hyperscale Campus in Illinois · Compass Datacenters · retrieved September 12, 2026
  2. 2.Suburban Chicago Welcomes Compass Datacenters' Major Hyperscale Development on Legacy Sears HQ Site · Data Center Frontier · retrieved September 12, 2026

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