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Prime ORD Chicago Campus

Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois · All 6 Prime Data Centers sites

Under constructionSupportedRecord updated September 10, 2026

Prime ORD Chicago Campus is a data center under construction in Elk Grove Village, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Prime Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced November 15, 2022, 175 MW planned, a reported $1 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Prime Data Centers
Facility type
Data center
Location
1600 East Higgins Road, Elk Grove Village, Cook County, IL, 60007
Coordinates
42.0225, -87.9622 (approximate)
Power capacity
175 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$1 billion
Announced
November 15, 2022
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
Supported
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. November 15, 2022
    Under construction
    Official groundbreaking ceremony for ORD-01, the first of three planned campus buildings. Source: Prime Data Centers via PR Newswire

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Prime ORD Chicago Campus in Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson are both quoted at the 2022-11-15/17 groundbreaking welcoming the project.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson are both quoted at the 2022-11-15/17 groundbreaking welcoming the project. No opposition or resident concerns documented. Checked: operator press release only.

Source

Notes on the record

Site-level figures, not entity-wide: the $1B and 175MW are stated for this Elk Grove Village campus at full build-out across three buildings; first building ORD-01 is 384,000 sq ft and up to 72MW. Status reflects the most recent sourced stage (2022 groundbreaking), no fetched source confirms a live date, so this may lag reality. Distinct from the tracked TA Realty Elk Grove Village site (different operator, different parcel/acreage). 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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.
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 Prime ORD Chicago Campus in Elk Grove Village?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Prime ORD Chicago Campus in Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson are both quoted at the 2022-11-15/17 groundbreaking welcoming the project.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Prime ORD Chicago Campus?

No lawsuit over Prime ORD Chicago Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 Prime ORD Chicago Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Prime ORD Chicago Campus 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 Prime ORD Chicago Campus, and how big is it?

Prime Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 6 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 175 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Prime ORD Chicago Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/prime-ord-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/prime-ord-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. 1.Prime Data Centers Breaks Ground on $1B Chicago Data Center Campus in Elk Grove Village · Prime Data Centers via PR Newswire · retrieved August 31, 2026
  2. 2.Prime Data Centers, Chicago data center campus · Prime Data Centers · retrieved August 31, 2026
  3. 3.Prime Data Centers Breaks Ground on $1B Chicago Data Center Campus in Elk Grove Village · retrieved September 10, 2026

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