Aligned: Coal City Campus

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Aligned: Coal City Campus

Site planned for 2028 and has expansions through 2038

Utility Provider: ComEd

Lot Size: 300 acres

The proposed Coal City Data Center Campus, developed by Aligned Data Centers, is a massive 11-building hyperscale project planned for a 300-acre site in Coal City, Illinois.

Positioned to bring over 300 full-time jobs to the area, the campus is designed as a phased, multi-year project built to support intensive AI and cloud workloads through an approved high-voltage transmission agreement with ComEd.

However, local coverage highlights growing community pushback over its immediate proximity to residential zones, the Coal City Middle School, and the Early Childhood Center. While Aligned representatives emphasize that the facilities will deploy a modern, closed-loop glycol and refrigerant cooling system to minimize daily water consumption, local residents remain heavily vocal during public hearings about potential infrastructure strain, noise from continuous cooling fans, and the long-term impact on local utility rates.

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Sites within 15 miles of Aligned: Coal City Campus

Distance	Site	About
4.06 miles	Western Hospitality: Braidwood	The Western Hospitality Partners (WHP) Braidwood Campus is a proposed large-scale data center development located roughly 50 miles southwest of Chicago.
9.07 miles	Tract: Morris Tech Park	Data center developer Tract is making a major move into the Chicago market with the announcement of the Morris Technology Park, a 343-acre campus located in Morris, Illinois.
13.58 miles	Equinix: CH12	This facility will be a part of Equinix's Minooka campus in Illinois.
13.62 miles	Equinix: CH13	This facility will be a part of Equinix's Minooka campus in Illinois.
13.65 miles	Equinix: CH14	This facility will be a part of Equinix's Minooka campus in Illinois.
14.07 miles	Equinix: Minooka CH8	The Equinix Minooka Data Center is a large-scale infrastructure project spanning approximately 300 acres of former farmland near Ridge and Holt Roads in Grundy County, Illinois.
14.10 miles	Equinix: CH9	This facility will be a part of Equinix's Minooka campus in Illinois.
14.12 miles	Equinix: CH10	This facility will be a part of Equinix's Minooka campus in Illinois.
14.14 miles	Equinix: CH11	This facility will be a part of Equinix's Minooka campus in Illinois.
17.56 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet B5	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
17.62 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet B3	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
17.68 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet B6	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
17.70 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet B1	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
17.74 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet B4	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
17.80 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet B2	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.00 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet C5	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.07 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet C3	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.15 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet C6	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.17 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet C1	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.22 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet C4	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.27 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet C2	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.32 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet A5	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.38 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet A3	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.38 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet D5	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.42 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet Tech Center(PH Joliet)	The Joliet Technology Center is a massive $20 billion data center campus spearheaded by PowerHouse Data Centers and Hillwood Investment Properties.
18.42 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet A6	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.43 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet D3	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.47 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet D1	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.49 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet A4	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.51 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet D6	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.53 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet A2	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.57 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet D4	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.
18.60 miles	PowerHouse: Joliet D2	This facility is part of the PowerHouse Joliet Technology Center in Illinois.

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Aligned Data Centers is an infrastructure technology company that offers colocation and build-to-scale solutions to cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers.

In early 2022, Aligned Energy was rebranded to Aligned Data Centers.

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