Aligned Data Center - Chicago ORD-01
505 North Northwest Avenue · Northlake, Cook County, IL
Source: OpenStreetMap
Aligned Data Center - Chicago ORD-01 is a mapped data center in Cook County, IL, operated by Aligned Energy Holdings, LP. DataCentersExposed has documented a 194,551 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkAligned data center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAligned Energy Holdings, LP
- Files asAligned Energy Holdings, LP
- This facilityAligned Data Center - Chicago ORD-01
In the news
source: Google News- Nvidia, Microsoft, xAI and BlackRock part of $40 billion deal for Aligned Data CentersCNBC· Oct 15, 2025
- BlackRock, MGX Make $40 Billion Bet on AI Boom With Aligned Data Centers DealBloomberg.com· Oct 15, 2025
- Developers Planning Another Large-Scale Data Center Near ChicagoBisnow· Mar 26, 2024
- Aligned completes first Chicago data center, breaks ground on secondData Center Dynamics· Apr 20, 2022
Data-center discussions in Cook County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Illinois reported $983.2M in Data Center Investment Program — state & local sales/use tax exemption (20 ILCS 605/605-1025; administered by DCEO) (2019-2024 (27 certified data centers; cumulative estimated exemption value)) (Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's COMED pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~35 to 80 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Field Elem School in Elmhurst, is 0.9 mi from this site (399 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.