HydraVault Chicago
HydraVault is building a 20 MW data center in Cook County, Illinois (under construction). 3 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Investment
- $3 ($2.7)
- Building area
- 76,000 sq ft
- Expected completion
- May 2027 (2027-05)
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
HydraVault
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- in 8 mo
Expected completionPlanned
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 11 mo ago
Announced
- 11 mo ago
Construction start
- 11 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- 11 mo ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2027-05.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 3, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryEPA EPA facility registryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- HydraVault
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 20 MW
- Reported investment
- $2.7
- Reported building area
- 76,000 sq ft
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-10-28Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Construction start reported
- 2025-10-28Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Expected completion
- 2027-05
Site
- City
- Chicago
- County
- Cook
- State
- Illinois
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
Power and cooling
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- EPA air permit
- No Classification In ICIS
- EPA compliance status
- No Violation Identified
- Incentives reported
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU) (Illinois) $16,875,000
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | HydraVault Chicago | Under construction | 20 MW |
| Server Country | HydraVault - Chicago AI Data Center | Under construction | 20 MW |
| EPA ECHO | Hydravault LLC | Operating | Not reported |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 31, 2026 · Record: hydravault-chicago-il
- CAHydraVault via PR Newswire (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 31, 2026
- CA
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0910
- EPAEPA Facility Registry (ECHO) record (US government, public domain)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 110072245625
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 244733505418532
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) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0) · US EPA Facility Registry Service via ECHO (public domain). 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, “HydraVault Chicago”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/hydravault-chicago-il-dc_de9575a7b524, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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