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Data center campus · Southeast corner of Reed and Carbon Hill roads, Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois

Project Star Data Center Campus (Aligned, Coal City)

Proposed as of Oct. 14, 2026

Aligned's five-building, 864 MW proposal on industrial park land south of Coal City, in village PUD review since summer 2026. Also known as: Project Star.

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Power864MW reported · record
Floor area3.2e+06sq ft
Site300acres

Who is behind it

ProjectProject Star Data Center Campus (Aligned, Coal City)Also: Project Star
Developer and teamAligned Data Centers
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The village posted the agenda for a fourth PUD review committee meeting; petitioner responses to review and public comments were posted Oct. 9. (Village of Coal City, undated)

  2. A fiscal report for Aligned described five buildings totaling 3.2 million square feet, built from 2027 to 2033, with a $15.1 billion investment. (Village of Coal City (posted); Mangum Economics for Aligned Data Centers, July 23, 2026)

  3. Aligned held a community open house on the roughly 300-acre proposal. (Village of Coal City, undated; WSPY News, Feb. 2026)

  4. After a 2024 letter of intent from Aligned, the village adopted an inducement resolution allowing a predevelopment agreement to be considered. (Village of Coal City, May 17, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates approximate, based on the Reed Road and Carbon Hill Road corner south of Coal City.
  • Acreage of 300 is from WSPY reporting; village pages say only 'industrial park acreage'.
  • Inducement resolution date given only as 'late 2024' in village slides; event dated to month.

The full record

Status note
Planned unit development review under way before the village's PUD review committee (fourth meeting agenda posted for Oct. 14, 2026); a Zoning Board of Appeals conditional use hearing is set for a future, unannounced date.
Power note
Transmission service level that the village says Aligned's agreement guarantees for 10 years; utility load, not a stated IT load.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.