Compass Datacenters: Illinois Campus

Compass Datacenters Illinois Campus is located at Illinois City, Illinois, United States. The gross building size for this location has not been provided. The gross colocation space is not available for this data center. No power information has been offered for this location. We found 8 data center locations within 50 miles of this facility. No certifications are specified for this location.

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About Illinois Campus

The Illinois Campus is Compass Datacenters’ first hyperscale data center development in Illinois, located in Hoffman Estates on the former Sears headquarters property. The project will transform the nearly 200-acre site into a large-scale hyperscale data center campus, expanding Compass’ U.S. footprint in one of the country’s most important enterprise and cloud markets.

Compass announced that the campus will include five hyperscale data centers and that construction is expected to generate approximately 1,000 local jobs. Once operational, the project is expected to represent roughly $10 billion in local investment, making it a major long-term digital infrastructure development for the Chicago metro region.

The site was acquired by Compass in September 2023, with demolition and redevelopment plans focused on repurposing the former office campus into modern hyperscale infrastructure. Compass stated that demolition work would begin in summer 2024, with construction of the new campus slated to begin the following year.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on the former Sears headquarters property.
Planned hyperscale data center campus on a nearly 200-acre site.
Designed to include five hyperscale data centers.
Expected to generate approximately 1,000 local construction jobs.
Estimated to represent about $10 billion in local investment once operational.

🏗️ Development Status

Compass closed on the site in September 2023.
Structural demolition was scheduled to begin in summer 2024.
New campus construction was slated to begin the following year.

🌱 Sustainability & Site Redevelopment

Compass stated it is taking a methodical demolition approach intended to minimize waste.
Concrete, stone blocks, and asphalt from the existing site are planned to be repurposed as fill and aggregate in concrete production.
Compass said it uses AI-assisted optimization for locally available materials to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in concrete production.
The company also noted that its modular construction approach uses prefabricated components assembled onsite to improve efficiency and safety.