Data Center Registry
Skybox Chicago I
Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois · All 2 Skybox Datacenters sites
Skybox Chicago I is an operating data center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois (Cook County), operated by Skybox Datacenters. The public record puts it at 30 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Skybox Datacenters
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 800 Devon Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Cook County, IL, 60007
- Coordinates
- 41.9937, -87.9735
- Power capacity
- 30 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- ComEd
- 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
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Skybox Chicago I 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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Notes on the record
30MW, 190,000 SF, LEED Silver, operational/available now. No AI/HPC-specific evidence found on the facility page, so aiClassification left empty.
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
- How the community has received 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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Our reporting on this site
- The Grayslake Lawsuit · Active litigation
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.
- Digital Realty Chicago CH1 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
- 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
- Centersquare ORD2 (Elk Grove Village) · Elk Grove Village · Centersquare (Csquare)under 1 mile · Operating · 25.9 MW
- Digital Realty CH2 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realtyunder 1 mile · Operating
- STACK CHI01 · Elk Grove Village · STACK Infrastructure1 mi · Operating · 40 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Skybox Chicago I data center in Elk Grove Village?
Nothing on record as of July 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Skybox Chicago I 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 Skybox Chicago I data center?
No lawsuit over Skybox Chicago I appears in the record we track as of July 23, 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 Skybox Chicago I use?
No water withdrawal figure for Skybox Chicago I 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 Skybox Chicago I, and how big is it?
Skybox Datacenters is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 30 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Skybox Chicago I," updated July 23, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/skybox-chicago-i-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/skybox-chicago-i-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.Skybox Datacenters official facility page · Skybox Datacenters · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap way/383545769 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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