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HydraVault Chicago

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Under constructionNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated August 31, 2026

HydraVault Chicago is a data center under construction in Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), operated by HydraVault. The public record puts it at announced October 28, 2025, 20 MW planned.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
HydraVault
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
2538 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL, 60616
Coordinates
41.8465, -87.6255 (approximate)
Power capacity
20 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
October 28, 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU), $17 million, Illinois, 2025
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. October 28, 2025
    Under construction
    Construction permit secured; Power Construction Company commenced work immediately. Early user access targeted for December 2026. Source: HydraVault via PR Newswire

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 31, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HydraVault Chicago 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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Power and water

Operator describes a closed-loop waterless cooling design with hybrid air and liquid (direct-to-chip / rear-door heat exchanger) cooling; stated annualised PUE of 1.19.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU)$17 millionIllinois2025

Notes on the record

Purpose-built for AI training/inference and low-latency trading, at densities up to 200kW per rack. Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit on a $270,000,000 investment commitment. Coordinates geocoded from the published street address.

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.

  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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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Our reporting on this site

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 HydraVault Chicago data center in Chicago?

Nothing on record as of August 31, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over HydraVault Chicago 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 HydraVault Chicago data center?

No lawsuit over HydraVault Chicago appears in the record we track as of August 31, 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 HydraVault Chicago use?

No water withdrawal figure for HydraVault Chicago 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 HydraVault Chicago, and how big is it?

HydraVault is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 20 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "HydraVault Chicago," updated August 31, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hydravault-chicago-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/hydravault-chicago-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.HydraVault Secures Construction Permit for Downtown Chicago's First Purpose-Built AI Facility · HydraVault via PR Newswire · retrieved August 31, 2026
  2. 2.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (HydraVault LLC, Chicago, 2025 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved August 31, 2026

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