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T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)
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T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) is a data center under construction in Northlake, Illinois (Cook County), operated by T5 Data Centers. The public record puts it at 36 MW planned, a reported $252 million investment.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- T5 Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 11650 W Grand Ave, Northlake, Cook County, IL, 60164
- Coordinates
- 41.9311, -87.9146 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 36 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $252 million
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- 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 (sales/use tax exemption MOU), $16 million, Illinois, 2024
- 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.
- August 31, 2026Under constructionListed as under construction at 11650 W Grand Ave with 36 MW in the Illinois Coalition for Responsible Data Centers project table. Source: Coalition for Responsible Data Centers
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) in Northlake, 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 (sales/use tax exemption MOU) | $16 million | Illinois | 2024 |
Notes on the record
Third T5 site in the Chicago market, distinct from the tracked T5 Chicago II (Elk Grove Village) and T5 Chicago IV (Grayslake). Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit on a $252,000,000 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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- 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.
- 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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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.
- Microsoft Northlake Data Center · Northlake · Microsoftunder 1 mile · Operating
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- Element Critical Chicago Two · Wood Dale · Element Critical4 mi · Operating · 5 MW
- CyrusOne Wood Dale Campus · Wood Dale · CyrusOne4 mi · Under construction · 18 MW
- Centersquare ORD2 (Elk Grove Village) · Elk Grove Village · Centersquare (Csquare)5 mi · Operating · 25.9 MW
- Digital Realty CH2 · Elk Grove Village · Digital Realty5 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) data center in Northlake?
Nothing on record as of September 12, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) in Northlake, 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 T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) data center?
No lawsuit over T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) 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 T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) use?
No water withdrawal figure for T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) 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 T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake), and how big is it?
T5 Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 8 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 36 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-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/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-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.Illinois data center project table (T5 Chicago III, Northlake, 36 MW, under construction) · Coalition for Responsible Data Centers · retrieved August 31, 2026
- 2.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (T5@Chicago III, LP, Northlake, 2024 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved August 31, 2026
- 3.Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report, T5@Chicago III, LP, Northlake (2024 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity · retrieved September 12, 2026
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