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Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center
Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center is a data center under construction in Elk Grove Village, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced 2021, 37 acres, a reported $123 million investment.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Elk Grove Village, Cook County, IL
- Coordinates
- 42.0050, -87.9600 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 37 acres
- Investment
- $123 million
- Announced
- 2021
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 20 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program, $16 million, Illinois, 2020
- 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.
- 2022Under constructionMicrosoft begins construction on first building Source: DatacenterDynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center in Elk Grove Village, 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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Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Data Center Investment Program | $16 million | Illinois | 2020 |
Notes on the record
37-acre site in the Elk Grove Technology Park near O'Hare; up to three buildings totaling ~400,000 sq ft. First building valued at $123M (land purchased for $52M in Jan 2020).
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
- 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.
- 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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- EdgeConneX CHI02 · Elk Grove Village · EdgeConneXunder 1 mile · Operating · 7 MW
- Aligned ORD-03 · Elk Grove Village · Aligned Data Centersunder 1 mile · Under construction
- Stream Chicago I (ORDA) · Elk Grove Village · Stream Data Centersunder 1 mile · Operating · 31 MW
- Stream Chicago III (ORDC) · Elk Grove Village · Stream Data Centersunder 1 mile · Under construction · 40 MW
- TA Realty Elk Grove Village Data Center · Elk Grove Village · TA Realtyunder 1 mile · Under construction · 250 MW
- Digital Realty CH2 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
- Digital Realty Chicago CH1 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center in Elk Grove Village?
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center in Elk Grove Village, 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 Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center?
No lawsuit over Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center 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 Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center 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 Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center, and how big is it?
Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 45 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 37 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-elk-grove-village-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/microsoft-elk-grove-village-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.Microsoft begins data center construction in Elk Grove, Chicago · DatacenterDynamics · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 2.Microsoft: Elk Grove Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 3.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report, Microsoft Corporation, Elk Grove Village (2020 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved September 12, 2026
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