Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County, Illinois has 2.4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 1.3 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 960 MW of planned generation across 4 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
Kendall County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 6 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
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Kendall County's own plants cover 52.8% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 960 MW.
Data centers by status
4 records, 2.4 GW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 600 MW listed for 2026. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 600 |
Who is building in Kendall
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Development | 1 | 1,800 |
| CyrusOne | 2 | 600 |
| Microsoft | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
12 plants operate inside Kendall County, 1.3 GW of natural gas and solar. The queue adds 960 MW across 4 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Kendall County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 8 | 1,256 |
| Solar | Operating | 4 | 10.4 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 960 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 280 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 2 | 400 |
Kendall County against its neighbors
Grundy County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.4 GW, 99% of Kendall County's. 6 of the 6 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 this page | 4 | 960 | 1.9x | ||
| Grundy County | 11 | 361 | 0.67x | ||
| Will County | 25 | 7,266 | 0.26x | ||
| DuPage County | 8 | 14 | 0.31x | ||
| DeKalb County | 7 | 966 | 0.8x | ||
| LaSalle County | 0 | 4,642 | 0x | ||
| Kane County | 0 | 17 | 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.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
5 projects in Kendall County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Kendall County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 5 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 Kendall County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 20 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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