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Aligned Coal City campus — Illinois

A proposed 11-building hyperscale campus on about 300 acres in Coal City's industrial park, in Grundy County. Village documents show a PUD review in progress; residents have raised concerns about nearby homes and schools.

At a glance

Developer / operator
Aligned Data Centers (named in village documents)
Jurisdiction
Village of Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois
Land
About 300 acres (listing data)
Buildings
Eleven (listing data)
Status
Planned; PUD petition under village review (village documents); no Board vote found

What the sources establish

  • A listing describes the proposed Coal City Data Center Campus as an 11-building hyperscale project planned for a 300-acre site. [1]
  • Local coverage reports community pushback over the campus's proximity to residential areas, Coal City Middle School and the Early Childhood Center. [1]
  • The village held a February 17, 2026 community meeting at Coal City High School on the proposal. [2]
  • The village says Aligned intends to develop on industrial park acreage at the southeast corner of Reed and Carbon Hill roads, and that a P.U.D. has been submitted for review under village ordinances. [2]
  • Village background materials describe the process: a PUD petition is referred to the Plan Commission and a PUD Review Committee, and the Board of Trustees votes on whether the data center may be permitted. [4]
  • The village's site lists PUD review comments revised October 6, 2026 and a petitioner response dated October 9, 2026. [3]
  • Aligned's own project page describes the campus as a long-term asset and a 'quiet, low-impact neighbor'. This is company framing. [5]

Conflicts. No conflicting size figures were found. The village documents do not state the final acreage or building count, so the 300-acre and 11-building figures come from a listing and are unverified against village records.

Timeline

  1. Feb. 17, 2026 — Village community meeting at Coal City High School.
  2. May 2026 — Village background materials dated in the file name (5-17-26).
  3. Oct. 2026 — PUD first-round comments revised October 6; petitioner response October 9.

What this page does not establish

  • Whether the Board of Trustees has voted.
  • Power, water and cooling plans.
  • Incentive and tax-increment terms (the village discusses TIF generally).

What to check next

  1. Village Board and Plan Commission agendas for the PUD petition.
  2. The petition file and its site plan and building count.
  3. Grundy County records for the 300-acre parcel.