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Pioneer Development

Project Cardinal Data Center (Pioneer Development)

Kendall County, Illinois

This pin marks the center of Yorkville. Our source gives no street address, so we can’t show the building. The town’s point is from the USGS register of place names.

Proposed

Capacity
1.8 GWannounced
To protected land
44mifrom the center of Yorkville to Pullman National Monument

This pin marks the center of Yorkville. Our source gives no street address, so we can’t show the building.

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  • Capacity1.8 GWannounced: “Pioneer Development, LLC is aiming to develop 14 two-story data center buildings totaling 17 million sq ft (1.57 million sqm) and 1.8GW, alongside two on-site substations and a switchyard.”
  • FootprintCampus scale

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“Pioneer Development, LLC is aiming to develop 14 two-story data center buildings totaling 17 million sq ft (1.57 million sqm) and 1.8GW, alongside two on-site substations and a switchyard.”
Data Center Dynamics

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