Project Cardinal Data Center Campus
Pioneer Development LLC has approval for a 1800 MW data center in Kendall County, Illinois (approved). 3 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1800 MW
- Investment
- $1
- Building area
- 17M sq ft (17,000,000 sq ft)
- Site
- 1,037 acres
- Expected completion
- 2047
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
Pioneer Development LLC
Utility
ComEd
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- in 21 yr
Expected completionPlanned
- in 10 mo
Construction start
- Today
Approved
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- last year
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2047.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2027-07.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2025.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryPE Public Evidence ProjectKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Pioneer Development LLC
- Stage
- Approved
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1800 MW
- Reported investment
- $1
- Reported building area
- 17,000,000 sq ft
- Site area
- 1,037 acres
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025
- Construction start reported
- 2027-07
- Expected completion
- 2047
Site
- City
- Yorkville
- County
- Kendall
- State
- Illinois
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- ComEd
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Government records on file
- 1
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Project Cardinal Data Center Campus | Approved | 1800 MW |
| Server Country | Pioneer Development - Yorkville Project Cardinal | Proposed | 1800 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 3, 2026 · Record: project-cardinal-yorkville-il
- CACity of Yorkville, IL (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAShaw Local / Kendall County Now (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAShaw Local / Kendall County Now (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAYorkville Herald (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAPoweredByWho (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- CAYahoo News (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 3, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0142
- PEPublic Evidence Project: Permit from City of Yorkville, ILAs of: Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-project-cardinal-yorkville-il
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 251642635780493
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) · Public Evidence Project, U.S. Data Center Public Records Dataset, https://publicevidence.org/data/national-data-center-public-records (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, “Project Cardinal Data Center Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-cardinal-data-center-campus-il-dc_e4de1dea818d, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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