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Data center campus · DeKalb; both sides of Illinois Route 23, north of Keslinger Road, west of Crego Road, DeKalb County, Illinois

Project Vector

Approved as of Dec. 8, 2025

DeKalb's city council unanimously approved Edged's four-building, roughly 3 million sq ft Project Vector campus on 560 acres south of Meta's data center in December 2025, less than a month after it became public. Also known as: Edged DeKalb.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Floor area2.965e+06sq ft
Site560acres

Who is behind it

ProjectProject VectorAlso: Edged DeKalb
Developer and teamEdged (Endeavour Energy)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The city council unanimously approved the project, with one alderman absent. (Shaw Local (Daily Chronicle), Dec. 9, 2025; Northern Public Radio (WNIJ), Dec. 9, 2025)

  2. A public hearing on the petition drew a standing-room crowd; the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation was later cited in support of approval. (Shaw Local (Daily Chronicle), Nov. 15, 2025; Shaw Local (Daily Chronicle), Dec. 8, 2025; Northern Public Radio (WNIJ), Dec. 9, 2025)

  3. The 560-acre Project Vector petition from ChicagoWest Business Center (JJK 343 LLC) became public, with four buildings and two substations. (Shaw Local (Daily Chronicle), Nov. 15, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Square footage is the sum of the four phased buildings (980,000; 515,000; 980,000; 490,000 sq ft) reported by the Daily Chronicle, planned from 2027 to 2032.
  • Daily Chronicle reports natural gas generators would power the waterless chillers; no MW figure found.

The full record

Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.