This is a source-attributed discovery row. It can help you find a place and its citations; it is not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is distinct or currently operating.
Facility snapshot
- Operator as published
- HydraVault
- Address and locality
- 2538 South Wabash Avenue · Chicago · Cook County · Illinois · 60616
- Lifecycle status
- reported under construction
- Facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 20 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified)
- Source freshness
- 31 August 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Source confidence
- confirmed
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000803
What the source record says
Purpose-built for AI training/inference and low-latency trading, at densities up to 200kW per rack. Subsidy value is the state's estimated tax benefit on a $270,000,000 investment commitment. Coordinates geocoded from the published street address.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-10-28 · reported under construction
Construction permit secured; Power Construction Company commenced work immediately. Early user access targeted for December 2026.
Sources and attribution
- HydraVault Secures Construction Permit for Downtown Chicago's First Purpose-Built AI Facility · HydraVault via PR Newswire
- Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report (HydraVault LLC, Chicago, 2025 MOU) · Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.33.0, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID hydravault-chicago-il. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added.
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