Hut 8 Batavia Data Center
Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 Corp subsidiary) · Batavia, IL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 41.859, -88.275
- Serving utility, source-reported
- ComEd
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 50 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-08-03
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Under construction
Batavia City Council approved the Master Services Agreement with Batavia DC Corp (Hut 8 subsidiary) 12-1 on July 21, 2025; a follow-up amended agreement (water terms) was approved September 2025. Initial 20 MW operation targeted winter 2026; full 50 MW buildout phased through ~2031.
Underlying source
Source notes
Requires ~$18M off-site electrical improvements (developer-funded, city-reimbursed over 7 years via utility revenue) and a fourth substation transformer plus added ComEd capacity to reach full 50 MW. City projects ~$2.3M/yr utility revenue + $375K/yr franchise fees at 20 MW, rising to ~$5.7M/$800K at 50 MW.
Sources and provenance
- Batavia data center gets nod as residents worry about it 'gobbling up' energy reserves · source retrieved 2026-08-03
- $500M Batavia data center could be limited to 1K gallons of water per day · source retrieved 2026-08-03
- Hut 8 Announces Plans to Develop Four New Sites with More Than 1.5 GW of Total Capacity · source retrieved 2026-08-03
- City of Batavia Data Center Project · source retrieved 2026-08-03
- Hut 8: Batavia, IL Data Center · source retrieved 2026-08-03
- Hut 8 Batavia Data Center, Illinois · source retrieved 2026-08-03
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.