Denver based Tract paid about 51.5 million dollars for 343 acres near Gun Club Road and Route 6 off Interstate 80 in Morris, its first Chicago area site, to build the Morris Technology Park, a 2.9 million square foot campus designed for up to 1 gigawatt of load. City approval was secured in 2025 and the land purchase closed in January 2026, with initial power targeted for June 2028 and full build out by 2032. The project has drawn organized local opposition, including a June 2026 protest over concerns about water and farmland.
Illinois
Data centers in Grundy County
We track 2 projects inside Grundy County and 7 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.
In Grundy County
Equinix Minooka Data Center Equinix
Equinix is advancing a 300 acre data center site near Ridge and Holt roads north of Minooka. At a September 2025 town hall the company told residents the project would not use water cooling, addressing a top community concern in an area that has since seen several competing data center proposals.
Within 25 miles of Grundy County
Joliet Technology Center PowerHouse Data Centers
Project Steel Data Center Campus Prologis L.P.
Lockport Star Innovation District (former Chevron site) Operator not disclosed
Project Cardinal Data Center Campus Pioneer Development
CyrusOne Yorkville Campus Phase 1 CyrusOne
Lincoln Rackhouse Operator not disclosed
Power bills in Grundy County
Most of the county is served by ComEd.
This case does not change what a household pays today, but it is the main tool Illinois regulators are using to try to stop the cost of new grid equipment for data centers from landing on residential bills. ComEd annual reconciliation rate case (docket 25-0383) adds about $3.10 a month to a typical bill from January 2026. PJM capacity auction price spike hits ComEd supply charges adds about $10.50 a month to a typical bill from June 2025.
Under an Illinois law that lets ComEd true up its grid plan spending every year, the utility asked to recover 268.5 million dollars in a reconciliation case. The Illinois Commerce Commission approved 243.1 million dollars on December 18, 2025, cutting about 25.4 million dollars including costs tied to a mismanaged customer billing system rollout. Citizens Utility Board estimated the approved amount adds about 3.10 dollars a month to a typical residential bill starting in 2026.
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