DeKalb County, Illinois
DeKalb County, Illinois has 244 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 7 records, against 305.7 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 966 MW of planned generation across 6 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.
DeKalb County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 7 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 244 MW of data centers against 305.7 MW of plants, with 966 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
7 records, 244 MW
The data center pipeline
5 records list a year online or expected, from 2022 to 2024. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot. 2 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 96 |
| 2023 | 1 | 48 |
| 2024 | 2 | 96 |
Who is building in DeKalb
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Meta | 5 | 240 |
| Donato Solar | 1 | 4 |
| Karis Critical | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
32 plants operate inside DeKalb County, 305.7 MW. The queue adds 966 MW across 6 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in DeKalb County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 30 | 68.2 |
| Solar | Planned | 5 | 676 |
| Solar + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 1 | 290 |
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 217.5 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 20 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 290 |
| 2025 | 1 | 86 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 2 | 285 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 1 | 300 |
DeKalb County against its neighbors
Kendall County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.4 GW, more than DeKalb County. 6 of the 7 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall County | 4 | 960 | 1.9x | ||
| DeKalb County this page | 7 | 966 | 0.8x | ||
| LaSalle County | 0 | 4,642 | 0x | ||
| Ogle County | 0 | 6,210 | 0x | ||
| Lee County | 0 | 11,757 | 0x | ||
| Kane County | 0 | 17 | 0x | ||
| McHenry County | 0 | 2,017 | 0x | ||
| Boone County | 0 | 76 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
8 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
9 projects in DeKalb County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in DeKalb County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 9 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in DeKalb County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 45 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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