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Equinix CH8 Minooka

Minooka, Grundy County, Illinois · All 23 Equinix sites

ProposedNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated July 26, 2026

Equinix CH8 Minooka is a proposed data center in Minooka, Illinois (Grundy County), operated by Equinix. The public record puts it at 300 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Equinix
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Minooka, Grundy County, IL
Coordinates
41.4506, -88.2620
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
300 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
ComEd
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
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. 2026
    Proposed
    Equinix proposed a billion-dollar data center investment on ~300 acres in Minooka, IL Source: Patch

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Equinix CH8 Minooka in Minooka, Grundy 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.

Notes on the record

Proposed ~300-acre, $1B+ Equinix campus in Minooka, Grundy County. Capacity not disclosed (omitted). Coordinates are the Minooka area centroid.

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 Equinix CH8 Minooka data center in Minooka?

Nothing on record as of July 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Equinix CH8 Minooka in Minooka, Grundy 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 Equinix CH8 Minooka data center?

No lawsuit over Equinix CH8 Minooka appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 Equinix CH8 Minooka use?

No water withdrawal figure for Equinix CH8 Minooka 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 Equinix CH8 Minooka, and how big is it?

Equinix is the operator on record. We hold 23 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 300 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Equinix CH8 Minooka," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/equinix-ch8-minooka-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/equinix-ch8-minooka-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.Equinix proposes billion-dollar data center investment in Minooka · Patch · retrieved July 7, 2026
  2. 2.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026

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