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300 West Adams Data Center Conversion

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 15, 2026

300 West Adams Data Center Conversion is a proposed data center in Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Igor Gabal (affiliated ownership entity). The public record puts it at announced August 2026.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Igor Gabal (affiliated ownership entity)
Facility type
Data center
Location
300 W. Adams St., Chicago, Cook County, IL, 60606
Coordinates
41.8797, -87.6357
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
August 2026
Utility
Not established from a public source
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
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.

  1. August 6, 2026
    Proposed
    Commission on Chicago Landmarks Permit Review Committee approved the conversion; the full commission still has to approve it Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion in Chicago, 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

Plan to convert floors 2 through 6 of the 1927 landmarked 300 W. Adams office building into a data center, with a new ComEd vault and up to ten rooftop backup generators. Gabal says the vault would be 'no more than 50 megawatts', while the building brochure lists a 20.4 MW medium-voltage vault. These are vault figures, not IT capacity, so no capacity is recorded. Project cost is undisclosed.

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
  • Land area
  • 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.
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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion in Chicago?

Nothing on record as of October 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion in Chicago, 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 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion?

No lawsuit over 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion appears in the record we track as of October 15, 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 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion use?

No water withdrawal figure for 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion 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 300 West Adams Data Center Conversion, and how big is it?

Igor Gabal (affiliated ownership entity) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "300 West Adams Data Center Conversion," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/gabal-300-west-adams-chicago-il.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/gabal-300-west-adams-chicago-il, retrieved October 29, 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.Loop data center pitched for landmarked office building · Chicago Sun-Times · retrieved October 15, 2026
  2. 2.Loop data center pitched for landmarked office building · WBEZ · retrieved October 15, 2026
  3. 3.OpenStreetMap geocode: 300 W Adams, Chicago · OpenStreetMap · retrieved October 15, 2026

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