Will County, Illinois
Will County, Illinois has 2.1 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 25 records, against 8.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 7.3 GW of planned generation across 14 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.
Will 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: 2.1 GW of data centers against 8.1 GW of plants, with 7.3 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
25 records, 2.1 GW
The data center pipeline
24 records list a year online or expected, from 2028 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 450 MW listed for 2028 and 450 MW for 2029. 1 record 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 6 | 450 |
| 2029 | 6 | 450 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 6 | 450 |
| 2032 | 6 | 450 |
Who is building in Will
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| PowerHouse | 24 | 1,800 |
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure | 1 | 300 |
Power generation in the county
75 plants operate inside Will County, 8.1 GW. The queue adds 7.3 GW across 14 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Will County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | Operating | 2 | 2,449.8 |
| Nuclear | Planned | 2 | 5,168 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 46 | 5,571.4 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 3 | 1,916.9 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 4 | 145 |
| Solar | Operating | 22 | 48.9 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 16.4 |
| Solar + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 1 | 19.9 |
| Hydro | Operating | 2 | 16 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 3 | 3.3 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 3 planned projects list no date and are left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 400 |
| 2026 | 5 | 16.9 |
| 2027 | 4 | 3,865.3 |
Will County against its neighbors
Kendall County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.4 GW, more than Will County. 3 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 | 11 | 361 | 0.67x | ||
| Cook County | 48 | 510 | 1.6x | ||
| Will County this page | 25 | 7,266 | 0.26x | ||
| DuPage County | 8 | 14 | 0.31x | ||
| 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 Will County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Will 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 Will County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 114 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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