T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)
T5 is building a 36 MW data center in Cook County, Illinois (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 36 MW
- Investment
- $500M
- Building area
- 250,000 sq ft
- Expected completion
- 2027
- IT load
- 36 MW
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other T5 builds
Operator
T5
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- next year
Expected completionPlanned
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 28 days ago
Construction start
- 28 days ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- ~2 yr ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- 3 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2027.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, all agree
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- T5
- Tenants
- Undisclosed pre-leased user
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- Enterprise
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 36 MW
- Reported IT load
- 36 MW
- Reported investment
- $500M
- Reported building area
- 250,000 sq ft
- Reported jobs
- 20
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2023
- Construction start reported
- 2026-08-31Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Expected completion
- 2027
Site
- City
- Northlake
- County
- Cook
- State
- Illinois
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Illinois Data Center Investment Program (sales/use tax exemption MOU) (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 | T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake) | Under construction | 36 MW |
| Server Country | T5 Chicago III - Northlake | Under construction | 36 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 12, 2026 · Record: t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il
- CACoalition for Responsible Data Centers (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 31, 2026
- CA
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0155
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 270008901110521
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). 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, “T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/t5-chicago-iii-northlake-il-dc_f59258a30af9, 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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