Data center profile · Plano, Kendall County, Illinois (near Yorkville)

Microsoft Plano, Illinois (land holding)

About 500 acres Microsoft bought in 2024 in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois, still under study in 2026; no city filing, construction or power agreement.

Land held, no plans filed. Microsoft bought about 500 acres in Plano in 2024, and a local analysis in 2026 describes the site as under study. No city filing, approval, construction, utility agreement or MW figure has been found.
~500 acres
bought by Microsoft in Plano
reported June 2024 (press)
Under study
site status in a 2026 local analysis
press
None found
city approval, construction or MW figure
searched through Oct. 2026
OperatorMicrosoft (landowner)
CustomerNone named
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next stepNone published
Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

Land assembly

3 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (May 2024); 3 list a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. May 1, 2024
    Money Land purchase recorded at $39.3M: Henning Family Farm LLC and Scott to Microsoft Corporation (1 parcel) County deed records · May 2024
  2. June 2024
    Site Press reports Microsoft has bought about 500 acres in Plano, near Yorkville News report · June 2024
  3. Sept. 2026
    Site A local analysis describes the Microsoft site as under study News report · Oct. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner
  • Microsoft: landowner
Utility
  • ComEd: runs the region's large-load security program
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

21 records from 10 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, local government records and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 8Dataset 1Local government 1State agency 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (4)
  • The City of Yorkville's Data Center Impact Analysis - which describes service via a modification of ComEd's Plano substation and two new 345 kV lines to a developer-owned substation - was prepared for the Yorkville data
    “Electric service for the Project (see Figure 3) will be provided by a modification of ComEd's Plano substation that will accommodate the extension of two (2) 345 kV lines to the site”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Savion (a Shell Group portfolio company) proposes a SEPARATE data center campus in Plano: revised plans removed battery storage units and cut the footprint by ~450 acres; the approval process has not yet started. Not a M
    “Kansas-based Savion is a renewable energy company and a portfolio company of the Shell Group.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Microsoft is a counterparty in ComEd's FERC-filed transmission security agreement (TSA) program: trade reporting on the PowerHouse Hillwood dispute says FERC approved competing service agreements with Microsoft in a sepa
    “The fight also involves competing service agreements with Microsoft that FERC had approved in a separate July 2026 order.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • The FERC-approved ComEd TSAs documented in the same program belong to other campuses: PowerHouse Hillwood's Joliet campus (Docket ER26-1032, 1.8 GW), Tract's 1 GW Morris campus, and agreements with Aligned Data Centers,
    “FERC last month approved similar agreements between Chicago-based ComEd and Aligned Data Centers, Monarch Rock Air and Red Energy Partners.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (4)
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 39328000 USD
    “Recorded: May 1, 2024 · Price: $39,328,000 · Grantor: HENNING FAMILY FARM LLC · Grantee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION · Parcel number: 01-13-100-001 · City: PLANO”
    County deed records · May 2024 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 26680000 USD
    “Recorded: May 1, 2024 · Price: $26,680,000 · Grantor: MORRIS FAMILY FARM LIMITED PARTNERS · Grantee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION · Parcel number: 01-13-100-001 · City: PLANO”
    County deed records · May 2024 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 32686000 USD
    “Recorded: May 1, 2024 · Price: $32,686,000 · Grantor: PLANO FARMS LLC · Grantee: MICROSOFT CORPORATION · Parcel number: 01-12-100-006 · City: PLANO”
    County deed records · May 2024 · grade B
  • ComEd announced on Sept 16, 2026 that it now has six active TSAs backed by more than $1 billion in letters of credit, and that large-load projects declining the required financial security will not move forward; the two
    “With the two recently signed agreements, ComEd now has six active TSAs backed by more than $1 billion in letters of credit.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • The Kendall County lawsuits by Preserve Our Yorkville & Countryside (POY&C) challenge Yorkville's Eldamain Road corridor rezonings - CyrusOne's Project Steel and Pioneer Development's Project Cardinal (about 1,577 acres
    “Together with POY&C's pending Project Cardinal challenge, approximately 1,577 acres of recent industrial rezoning is now before Kendall County courts.”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
Site and other (5)
  • Source record
    “another 230-acre CyrusOne campus is planned east of Eldamain Road”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Savion (a Shell portfolio company) has separately proposed a data center campus in Plano, Illinois, revising its plans in 2026 after city consultations; that proposal is not Microsoft's campus and no approval process for
    “The approval process on the project has not yet started and will proceed through the Plano Commission when it does.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Project identity: Microsoft data center landholding in Plano, Kendall County IL: ~500 acres purchased (reported June 2024); local coverage describes the site as 'under study'; no city approval, filing, or construction is
    “Also developing nearby is Microsoft, having recently purchased 500 acres in Plano, Illinois.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • County code: 17093
    “Also developing nearby is Microsoft, having recently purchased 500 acres in Plano, Illinois.”
    News report · July 2024 · grade C
  • Project status: land acquired 2024 no construction reported through oct 2026
    “Also developing nearby is Microsoft, having recently purchased 500 acres in Plano, Illinois.”
    News report · July 2024 · grade C

Imagery and records: County deeds: ATTOM.