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Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin)

South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

ProposedOpposedRecord updated September 12, 2026

Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) is a proposed data center in South Elgin, Illinois (Kane County), operated by White Rose Partners. The public record puts it at 20 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Proposed

Operator
White Rose Partners
Facility type
Data center
Location
33W304 Kenyon Road, South Elgin, Kane County, IL
Coordinates
42.0007, -88.2795 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
20 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
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
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Opposed
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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. September 12, 2026
    Proposed
    Concept plan pending before the South Elgin Planning and Zoning Commission; the August 2026 hearing date was left undecided after two cancellations. Source: Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) in South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. An online petition against the project had 8,347 signatures as of 28 July 2026; the developer launched an informational website in response, characterising the objections as misinformation.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

An online petition against the project had 8,347 signatures as of 28 July 2026; the developer launched an informational website in response, characterising the objections as misinformation.

Source: Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle

Power and water

Developer describes a closed-loop system requiring a one-time fill of less than half an Olympic pool, with ongoing operational water use projected below that of two average single-family homes.

Notes on the record

A 200,000 sq ft building proposed on 20 acres at the northwest corner of Kenyon Road and Illinois Route 25, in unincorporated Elgin Township adjoining South Elgin. Managing partner Jeff Eigenbrood; the land is owned by a former Kane County Board member. No power capacity has been disclosed. Coordinates are derived from the mapped extent of Kenyon Road and are approximate.

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
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • 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.
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.
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) in South Elgin?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) in South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. An online petition against the project had 8,347 signatures as of 28 July 2026; the developer launched an informational website in response, characterising the objections as misinformation.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin)?

No lawsuit over Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) 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 Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin) 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 Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin), and how big is it?

White Rose Partners is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 20 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Kilo Data Center (South Elgin)," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/white-rose-project-kilo-south-elgin-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/white-rose-project-kilo-south-elgin-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.Data center developer launches website to allay South Elgin's fears · Shaw Local / Kane County Chronicle · retrieved September 12, 2026

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