Hut 8 Batavia Data Center
Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) is building a 50 MW data center in Kane County, Illinois (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Investment
- $500M
- Site
- 7 acres
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary)
Utility
ComEd
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 14 mo ago
Construction start
- 14 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary)
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 50 MW
- Reported investment
- $500M
- Site area
- 7 acres
Reported dates
- Construction start reported
- 2025-07-21Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
Site
- City
- Batavia
- County
- Kane
- State
- Illinois
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- ComEd
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Hut 8 Batavia Data Center | Under construction | 50 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 3, 2026 · Record: hut8-batavia-il
- CAShaw Local / Kane County Chronicle (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CAShaw Local / Kane County Chronicle (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CAGlobeNewswire (Hut 8 Corp) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CACity of Batavia, IL (official) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CABaxtel (data center directory) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CAPoweredByWho (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208983904019919
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Hut 8 Batavia Data Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hut-8-batavia-data-center-il-dc_be11db5ce5cf, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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