Data center campus
Project Cardinal Data Center Campus — Yorkville
Project Cardinal Data Center Campus — Yorkville is an announced AI data center campus. 1.80 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Permitted · greenfield · PJM · Yorkville, Illinois, United States
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced
1.80 GW
reported
Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
not recorded
Energized
not recorded
Announced-to-energized gap: 1.80 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 1.80 GW | 2026-03-11 | reported | journalist report |
The deal
- developer
- Pioneer Development, LLC · contract purchaser; end user undisclosed
- utility
- ComEd · full power allocation still pending
Power
- Power source
- grid
- Grid operator
- PJM
- Interconnection
Sources
- Project Cardinal Data Center Campus (case PZC 2025-08)
- Yorkville data center approval comes after nearly 6-hour meeting
1b2f6d79-9113-487a-aa09-6819682ce056 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.