Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center
Microsoft is building a data center in Cook County, Illinois (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Investment
- $123M
- Site
- 37 acres
- Reported jobs
- 20
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Microsoft builds
Operator
Microsoft
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.
- 4 yr ago
Construction start
- 5 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2022.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2021.
Event date: Not reported · 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
- Microsoft
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- Hyperscale
Scale
- Reported investment
- $123M
- Site area
- 37 acres
- Reported jobs
- 20
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2021
- Construction start reported
- 2022
Site
- City
- Elk Grove Village
- County
- Cook
- State
- Illinois
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program (Illinois) $15,750,000
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center | Under construction | Not reported |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 12, 2026 · Record: microsoft-elk-grove-village-il
- CADatacenterDynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CABaxtel (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CA
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 274134763635340
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, “Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-elk-grove-data-center-il-dc_f952f935028c, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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