Lake County, Illinois
Lake County, Illinois has 28 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 733.3 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 640 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 0.2% of Illinois's data center MW.
Lake County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 2 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: 28 MW of data centers against 733.3 MW of plants, with 640 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
1 record, 28 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Lake
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Chirisa Technology Parks | 1 | 28 |
Power generation in the county
15 plants operate inside Lake County, 733.3 MW. The queue adds 640 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Lake County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 635 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 9 | 612.3 |
| Oil | Operating | 4 | 112 |
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 9 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 1 | 635 |
Lake County against its neighbors
Cook County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.2 GW, more than Lake County. 1 of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 48 | 510 | 1.6x | ||
| Lake County this page | 1 | 640 | 0.04x | ||
| McHenry County | 0 | 2,017 | 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.
3 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Lake County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Lake County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 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 Lake County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 18 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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