Grundy County, Illinois
Grundy County, Illinois has 2.4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 11 records, against 3.5 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 361 MW of planned generation across 16 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
Grundy County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 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: 2.4 GW of data centers against 3.5 GW of plants, with 361 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
11 records, 2.4 GW
The data center pipeline
9 records list a year online or expected, from 2029 to 2033. The largest expected additions are 230.4 MW listed for 2033 and 172.8 MW for 2029. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2029 | 2 | 173 |
| 2030 | 2 | 173 |
| 2031 | 2 | 173 |
| 2032 | 1 | 115 |
| 2033 | 2 | 230 |
Who is building in Grundy
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Tract | 1 | 1,000 |
| Aligned | 9 | 864 |
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure | 1 | 500 |
Power generation in the county
14 plants operate inside Grundy County, 3.5 GW. The queue adds 361 MW across 16 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Grundy County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | Operating | 2 | 2,018.6 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 6 | 1,518.8 |
| Solar + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 2 | 220 |
| Solar | Operating | 6 | 10.9 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 131 |
| Hydro | Planned | 10 | 10 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 1 planned project lists no date and is left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 110 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 131 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 10 | 10 |
Grundy County against its neighbors
Kendall County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.4 GW, more than Grundy County. 4 of the 5 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 | ||
| Grundy County this page | 11 | 361 | 0.67x | ||
| Will County | 25 | 7,266 | 0.26x | ||
| LaSalle County | 0 | 4,642 | 0x | ||
| Livingston County | 0 | 1,811 | 0x | ||
| Kankakee County | 0 | 2,064 | 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.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
9 projects in Grundy County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Grundy 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 Grundy County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 41 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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