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Hut 8 Batavia Data Center

Batavia, Kane County, Illinois

Under constructionMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated August 3, 2026

Hut 8 Batavia Data Center is a data center under construction in Batavia, Illinois (Kane County), operated by Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary). The public record puts it at 50 MW planned, 7.2 acres, a reported $500 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary)
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Batavia, Kane County, IL
Coordinates
41.8590, -88.2750 (approximate)
Power capacity
50 MW planned
Land
7.2 acres
Investment
$500 million
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
ComEd
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
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
Mixed reception
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. July 21, 2025
    Under construction
    Batavia City Council approved the Master Services Agreement with Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 subsidiary) 12-1 on July 21, 2025; a follow-up amended agreement (water terms) was approved September 2025. Initial 20 MW operation targeted winter 2026; full 50 MW buildout phased through ~2031. Source: Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Hut 8 Batavia Data Center in Batavia, Kane County, Illinois appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Council approved 12-1 (one dissent, one absent) amid resident concern the facility would 'gobble up' local energy reserves.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Council approved 12-1 (one dissent, one absent) amid resident concern the facility would 'gobble up' local energy reserves. The agreement contains an explicit contractual ban on 'blockchain-related activities, including bitcoin (digital money) mining' at this site.

Source: Baxtel (data center directory)

Power and water

Requires ~$18M off-site electrical improvements (developer-funded, city-reimbursed over 7 years via utility revenue) and a fourth substation transformer plus added ComEd capacity to reach full 50 MW. City projects ~$2.3M/yr utility revenue + $375K/yr franchise fees at 20 MW, rising to ~$5.7M/$800K at 50 MW.

Amended agreement caps facility water draw/discharge at 1,000 gallons/day (city-metered); closed-loop cooling system needs an initial ~450,000-gallon ionized-water charge, replaced roughly every 5.5 years.

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
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.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Hut 8 Batavia Data Center in Batavia?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Hut 8 Batavia Data Center in Batavia, Kane County, Illinois appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Council approved 12-1 (one dissent, one absent) amid resident concern the facility would 'gobble up' local energy reserves.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Hut 8 Batavia Data Center?

No lawsuit over Hut 8 Batavia Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 3, 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 Hut 8 Batavia Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Hut 8 Batavia Data Center 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 Hut 8 Batavia Data Center, and how big is it?

Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 50 MW. The site is recorded at 7.2 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Hut 8 Batavia Data Center," updated August 3, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hut8-batavia-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/hut8-batavia-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.Batavia data center gets nod as residents worry about it 'gobbling up' energy reserves · Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle · retrieved August 3, 2026
  2. 2.$500M Batavia data center could be limited to 1K gallons of water per day · Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle · retrieved August 3, 2026
  3. 3.Hut 8 Announces Plans to Develop Four New Sites with More Than 1.5 GW of Total Capacity · GlobeNewswire (Hut 8 Corp) · retrieved August 3, 2026
  4. 4.City of Batavia Data Center Project · City of Batavia, IL (official) · retrieved August 3, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
  5. 5.Hut 8: Batavia, IL Data Center · Baxtel (data center directory) · retrieved August 3, 2026
  6. 6.Hut 8 Batavia Data Center, Illinois · PoweredByWho · retrieved August 3, 2026
  7. 7.Hut 8: Batavia, IL Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved August 3, 2026

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