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Read Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development
A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approach...

Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development

June 26, 2026 Chicago

A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approached owner Paul Duggan this year about acquiring the 16-acre Robbins Resource Recovery Center site at...

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Read New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center
New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center

New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center

September 12, 2025 Chicago

A new liquid-cooled data center is being developed in downtown Chicago, Illinois by HydraVault, a new data center developer. The developer says the facility will be “designed from the ground up” for AI and financial systems.The 20MW two-story facility, located at 2538 South Wabash Avenue, will...

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Read Bitfarms and T5 to Develop Data Center in Pennsylvania
Bitfarms and T5 to Develop Data Center in Pennsylvania

Bitfarms and T5 to Develop Data Center in Pennsylvania

August 06, 2025 T5 Data Centers

Bitfarms, a cryptomining company pivoting to AI and HPC data centers, this week announced its partnership with T5 Data Centers to “advance HPC/AI development” at its Panther Creek campus in the state.The partnership will focus on pre-construction, design, planning, and development approval...

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Read Prologis sells Chicago warehouse to HMC Capital
Prologis sells Chicago warehouse to HMC Capital

Prologis sells Chicago warehouse to HMC Capital

December 12, 2024 Chicago

Prologis has sold a data center development in Chicago, Illinois to HMC Capital. The industrial real estate giant said the warehouse is held in the US Logistics Fund, a Prologis co-investment vehicle focused on premier logistics real estate, including higher and better-use conversions.HMC Capital...

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Read Colovore to expand footprint of liquid-cooled colocation data centers beyond Silicon Valley
Colovore to expand footprint of liquid-cooled colocation data centers beyond Silicon Valley

Colovore to expand footprint of liquid-cooled colocation data centers beyond Silicon Valley

November 20, 2024 Chicago

Colovore is to expand its footprint of liquid-cooled colocation data centers beyond Silicon Valley and into Reno and Chicago. The company this week announced its second facility in Santa Clara, California, will open next month, and confirmed the locations of its next two sites.“We are staying...

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Read T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus
T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus

T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus

August 31, 2024 T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers this week announced plans to expand its Atlanta footprint with the development of a new data center campus in South Fulton County known as ATL IV. The company has already acquired land outside Atlanta, Georgia, a 91-acre site in Palmetto already zoned for data center use and...

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Read T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois
T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois

T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois

May 04, 2024 T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers recently revealed its plans to develop a new data center campus in Grayslake, Illinois as it announced that the 160-acre site, 40 miles north of Chicago, will be used for “multiple data center buildings.” “The new Grayslake campus represents a major investment by T5 to meet the...

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Read The site plan for Metro Edge Development Partners' Chicago data center approved
The site plan for Metro Edge Development Partners' Chicago data center approved

The site plan for Metro Edge Development Partners' Chicago data center approved

June 29, 2023 Chicago

The Chicago, Illinois data center of commercial real estate finance firm Metro Edge Development Partners has been granted site approval. The corporation received site plan approval for its IMD1 data center from the Chicago Department of Planning and Development this month. IMD1 will be a...

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Read Edged Energy begins work on Chicago facility
Edged Energy begins work on Chicago facility

Edged Energy begins work on Chicago facility

May 25, 2023 Chicago

Edged Energy has announced that work has commenced on its new facility in the Aurora area of west Chicago, Illinois.Together, with Seefried Industrial Properties, Inc., the company broke ground on the new 65-acre, multi-building data center campus, its first in Illinois, and nearby CyrusOne...

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Read JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development
JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development

JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development

December 15, 2022 Chicago

JLL is looking to sell a plot of land outside Chicago, Illinois. The land is being touted for data center development. JLL’s Regional Director, Sean Reynolds, posted on LinkedIn about the land. He said: “Looking for a Chicago area data center development site with quick access to 50 megawatts?”...

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Read T5 begins work on the last phase of its Chicago facility
T5 begins work on the last phase of its Chicago facility

T5 begins work on the last phase of its Chicago facility

November 10, 2022 T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers has announced that it’s expanding its facility in Chicago, Illinois, in the final 20MW phase of its T5 Chicago facility at 200 Innovation Drive in Elk Grove. Acquired by T5 in 2016, the company first broke ground on an expansion back in 2017; its current expansion offers 140,000...

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Read Metro Edge Development Partners To Develop 21MW Facility in Chicago
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Metro Edge Development Partners To Develop 21MW Facility in Chicago

October 03, 2022 Chicago

Metro Edge Development Partners has announced its plans to develop a new data center in Chicago, Illinois. The real estate investment firm has already secured a 75-year lease on a 1.97-acre land in the Illinois Medical District (IMD). In addition, the company has the exclusive rights to develop...

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Read Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions
Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions

Data center companies use Ledger8760 to track carbon emissions

December 13, 2021 T5 Data Centers

Aligned, Ascent, Corscale, and T5 have all announced that they will be using Ledger8760's 24x7 tracking platform to record their carbon emissions' hour-by-hour. This tracking system will reportedly enable companies to be more transparent about their energy and utility data, and crucially,...

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Read Former T5 data center in New York put up for sale
Former T5 data center in New York put up for sale

Former T5 data center in New York put up for sale

November 12, 2021 T5 Data Centers

The Lincoln Property Company is offering a former T5 data center at 600 Albany Post Rd, Briarcliff Manor, New York, for sale or lease. The data center has two stories, and it has 36,000 square feet of space while sitting on 9 acres of land. The facility has a capacity of 2MW, expandable to 4MW....

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