How big is Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale)?

The record has one measure of its size: 2 buildings (operator page, verified October 26, 2026). Its power capacity is not disclosed.

Who is building Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale)?

Element Critical is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale) say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

What has Wood Dale or DuPage County decided about it?

No decision by Wood Dale or DuPage County about data centers is on the record. The DuPage County page and the Illinois scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.

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Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale)

Wood Dale, DuPage County, ILDeveloper: Element CriticalCensus GEOID 17043

Stage: Running
Buildings: 2 buildings; operator page, verified October 26, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings: Power, Land, Water

Element Critical, LLC lists Element Critical Chicago CH1 at 711 North Edgewood Ave, Wood Dale, IL on its interconnection and facility directory. It is running; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified October 26, 2026 · 1 source, 0 primary · Built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

This record: Running, ringed
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Smaller pins: 47 other published records in Illinois

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Buildings: 2 buildings operator page, verified October 26, 2026; [1] elementcritical.com
Who leads it: Element Critical as stated by the source
Undisclosed in public filings: Land, Power it would draw, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs
How much water it would use
How loud it would be
Jobs once it runs
Tax it would pay each year

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	Element Critical	as stated by the source		October 26, 2026
Who is constructing it
How much land
Buildings	2 buildings	operator page, verified October 26, 2026	[1] elementcritical.com (opens in a new tab)	October 26, 2026
Where its power comes from
Grid connection
How it is cooled

A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Power the campus would draw A utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What happened

No dated entry is on the record yet.

Read on October 26, 2026 (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)

Verified facility status from primary Illinois EPA permit, municipal zoning docket, or operator campus specification.

[1] elementcritical.com

The site

The pin is the site's address.

The site map is at the top of the page.

Where: 711 N Edgewood Ave, Wood Dale, IL 60191, Wood Dale, DuPage County, Illinois [1] elementcritical.com (opens in a new tab)
How exactly it is located: Exact, at the address
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
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Digital Realty Elk Grove Village Campus (CH1 / CH2 / CH3), 1.3 mi
Oracle Cloud Chicago Region (US-Chicago-1), 1.3 mi
Equinix Elk Grove Village Campus (CH3 / CH5), 1.8 mi
EdgeConneX Chicago Campus (CHI01 / CHI02), 1.9 mi
By the straight line between two exact points.

USGS NAIP aerial view of Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale) — LAT 41.97588 / LON -87.96457 Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey / USDA NAIP (Public Domain)

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Questions about this project

5 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale)?: The record has one measure of its size: 2 buildings (operator page, verified October 26, 2026, elementcritical.com (opens in a new tab)). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Who is building Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale)?: Element Critical is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale) say it needs?: Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Element Critical Chicago Campus (CH1 / CH2 Wood Dale) stand today?: It is running; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.
What has Wood Dale or DuPage County decided about it?: No decision by Wood Dale or DuPage County about data centers is on the record. The DuPage County page and the Illinois scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

Element Critical: Chicago One and Two (Wood Dale) Data Center Specification (opens in a new tab), Element Critical, query feed

1 source on file.

About this data

Last verified October 26, 2026

Next check Feeds every four hours, pages daily.

Sources read 1 source on file, 0 primary

Figures Each figure as its source gave it, with its basis; another source's figure never stands in for the record's own, and nothing is estimated.

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