Data center profile · West side of Morris, off I-80 and U.S. Route 6, Grundy County, Illinois

Morris Technology Park (Tract)

Tract's 343-acre powered-land campus in Morris, Illinois, with a FERC-accepted 1 GW ComEd power agreement, first power targeted June 2028; no tenant or buildings.

Entitled land, power secured. Land is annexed, zoned and owned by Tract; FERC accepted the ComEd transmission security agreement for 1 GW on Mar. 10, 2026. Nothing is built, no site plan or building permit is approved, and Tract has named no tenant.
The campus, Satellite image, Feb. 10, 2025
1 GW
utility load covered by the ComEd agreement at full build-out
company says; this is grid load, and Tract has never stated IT capacity
June 2028
initial energization target
full 1 GW load ramp by 2032, in phases matched to power delivery
343 acres
vacant farmland bought in Jan. 2026
$51.5M from a Clarius Partners affiliate (public records, via press)
2.9M sq ft
of data center space the zoning supports
company says
OperatorTract (master developer; the power agreement is held by its affiliate Grundy County Power NR I)
CustomerNone named; Tract prepares powered land for hyperscalers and operators to build on
Planned IT capacity800 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2028 (range 2028 to 2030); company says 2028.
Next deadlineJune 2028: Company target for initial energization under the ComEd agreement
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Satellite image, Feb. 10, 2025.
Power

Power and the grid

1,000 MW contracted

ComEd grid via transmission security agreementExecuted and accepted by FERC
1,000 MW
1 GW at full build-out, ramp to 2032; FERC accepted the agreement Mar. 10, 2026; pricing and detailed terms are not public State agency · March 2026
Contracted
Other sources, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Jan. 15, 2026
    Tract announces an executed agreement
    The Morris launch release says Tract has an executed transmission security agreement with ComEd for 1 GW, with first power in mid-2028. Company · Jan. 2026
  2. March 10, 2026
    FERC accepts the agreement
    The order accepting the agreement with Grundy County Power NR I (docket ER26-1031) is one of five ComEd agreements approved that day. State agency · March 2026
  3. April 14, 2026
    Tract names its entity and the safeguards
    Tract says the agreement includes committed revenue contributions, minimum usage commitments and shortfall payments. Company · April 2026
  4. June 2028
    First power
    Initial energization is targeted for June 2028, with the full 1 GW ramp by 2032. Company · Jan. 2026

What is next door

campus0.04 km · 138 kV transmission line1.09 km · gas pipeline1.36 km · 345 kV+ transmission line2.49 km · substationcampus1234
  1. 10.04 km · 138 kV transmission line
  2. 21.09 km · gas pipeline
  3. 31.36 km · 345 kV+ transmission line
  4. 42.49 km · substation

Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

3 granted · 4 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$51.5M
land purchase, Jan. 2026
from a Clarius Partners affiliate, per public records (press) News report · Jan. 2026
$10M
committed to Morris's water treatment plant expansion
$4M already paid by Tract Company · 2026
$1.1B
raised by Tract's pooled fund
Form D filing; names no campus, so none is tied to Morris SEC filing · Dec. 2025
$100M to $150M
Tract's usual site preparation spend per site (press)
no Morris-specific figure beyond the $4M News report · Jan. 2026

Not on record: project financing: no loan or notes for Morris found News report · Oct. 2026

Land assembly

1 recorded land document for the campus company in county records (Dec. 2025); 1 lists a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Aug. 1, 2025
    Permits City Council approves the project; one alderman votes no over water use News report · Aug. 2025
  2. Dec. 5, 2025
    Money Tract's pooled fund reports $1.1B sold in a securities filing, with no campus named SEC filing · Dec. 2025
  3. Dec. 29, 2025
    Money Land purchase recorded at $51.5M: CP Morris Land LLC to Illco Grundy County LLC (3 parcels) County deed records · Dec. 2025
  4. Jan. 15, 2026
    Site Tract announces the Morris land purchase, full entitlement and a 1 GW ComEd agreement Company · Jan. 2026
  5. Jan. 27, 2026
    Money Press reports the $51.5M price from public records News report · Jan. 2026
  6. March 10, 2026
    Power FERC accepts the ComEd transmission security agreement State agency · March 2026
  7. April 14, 2026
    Power Tract names its entity and the safeguards in the agreement Company · April 2026
  8. July 1, 2026
    Money Illinois pauses new data center tax incentive agreements News report · July 2026
  9. July 20, 2026
    Site Packed council meeting of residents; the mayor says a data center guardrail ordinance is coming News report · July 2026
  10. Oct. 11, 2026
    Site Satellite still shows no buildings at the reference point
  11. June 2028
    Power Company target for first power Company · Jan. 2026
  12. 2032
    Power Company target for the full 1 GW load ramp Company · Jan. 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Feb. 2022: 24 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 4 earlier records are not drawn.

Satellite
’23
’24
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 2. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

Up to 1 million gallons a day
peak-day city water allocation requested for the whole campus; average use expected to be more than 5x lower
Company · 2026
1,000+ construction jobs, ~350 permanent
company projection
Company · Jan. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Tract: developer, founded by former Cologix CEO Grant van Rooyen
  • Grundy County Power NR I, LLC: Tract affiliate that holds the power agreement
  • Columbia Capital and the van Rooyen family office: backers of Tract (per sponsor records)
Seller
  • Clarius Partners affiliate: sold the land
  • Avison Young: seller's broker
Decision-makers
  • Morris City Council and Development Review Committee
  • FERC: accepted the power agreement
  • Illinois DCEO: incentive program
Power
  • Commonwealth Edison (ComEd): transmission and retail utility
Opponents
  • Morris Illinois Data Center Opposition: petition and meeting turnout
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

245 records from 26 documents

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

News report 10Company 5SEC filing 4State agency 3Dataset 3Local government 1Satellite 0
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 (28)
  • Interconnection status: TSA executed with ComEd and accepted by FERC on Mar 10, 2026 (Docket ER26-1031); initial energization targeted Jun 2028
    “Order Accepting Transmission Security Agreement re Commonwealth Edison Company under ER26-1031”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • FERC transmission agreement acceptance: accepted (notational order)
    “Order Accepting Transmission Security Agreement re Commonwealth Edison Company under ER26-1031”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Grundy County tells the ICC that three data centers are in permitting in Morris, Minooka and Coal City totaling about 3,200 MW, with closed-loop cooling intent; the county figure is aggregate and cannot be split by site
    “There are three datacenters currently in permitting phases that are going to demand approximately 3,200 MGWs of energy”
    Local government · 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 17063
    “FCC census block API: campus anchor -> Grundy County IL 17063; on-site facilities (same park tract) -> Grundy County; nearest substation, Collins Substation (41.34969,-88.34781) -> Grundy County 17063.”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stage: Entitled powered land: annexed and zoned, land closed, grid tranche executed (FERC-accepted TSA for 1,000 MW); no tenant, no buildings, no project financing
    “FERC has approved a Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) between Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and Tract, through Grundy County Power NR I, LLC”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tract's live Greenhouse board lists 9 roles (construction manager, development manager, two utility-development directors, regulatory and external affairs) - all Denver, Alexandria VA or Remote US; no Morris or Illinois
    “Construction Manager; Development Manager; Director, Utility Development”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Interconnection status: FERC-approved ComEd TSA in place (counterparty Grundy County Power NR I, LLC); initial energization targeted Jun 2028, capacity ramping to the full 1 GW load by 2032; land closed Jan 2026 and the
    “The initial energization is targeted for June 2028, with capacity ramping to the full 1GW load ramp by 2032.”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Tsa counterparty entity: Grundy County Power NR I, LLC
    “FERC has approved a Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) between Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and Tract, through Grundy County Power NR I, LLC”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: not stated
    “FERC has approved a Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) between Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and Tract, through Grundy County Power NR I, LLC”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • large load interconnection request: Transmission Security Agreement approved by FERC
    “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) between Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and Tract, through Grundy County Power NR I, LLC”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Tract announces the FERC approval and names Grundy County Power NR I, LLC as the TSA counterparty, about five weeks after the order issued
    “FERC has approved a Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) between Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and Tract, through Grundy County Power NR I, LLC”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 1,000 MW
    “Morris Technology Park will offer an executed Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) with Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) to support 1GW at full build out”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Operator: Tract (powered-land model: entitles and powers land, then sells or leases parcels to operators and hyperscalers)
    “We work with hyperscalers and operators, local communities, landowners, and energy companies to incorporate long-term planning and scaled sites”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 1,000 MW
    “has an executed Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) with Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) to support 1GW at full build out”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: 1,000 MW
    “Fully zoned and entitled property will support 2.9M SQF and 1GW at full build out”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd)
    “has an executed Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) with Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) to support 1GW at full build out”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Power plan: grid
    “transmission capacity secured with ComEd with initial capacity delivering in mid-2028”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “options for on-site power generation are being explored to serve this site”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Phases: Phased build-out matched to power delivery over a multi-year window; full 1 GW load ramp by 2032; phase count and per-phase MW not disclosed
    “The entire park will, however, be built in phases that match the delivery of power over a multi-year window”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Nearest substation: REFERENCE: 2.49 km - Collins Substation (Commonwealth Edison, 345 kV) at 41.34969,-88.34781
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: REFERENCE: 1.36 km - Collins Sub ComEd to Plano Sub ComEd 765 kV line
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 138 kV: REFERENCE: 0.04 km - Dresden - Oglesby 138 kV line (the line corridor passes through the park tract area)
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: REFERENCE: 1.09 km - Gulf Coast Line #1 gas pipeline (Kinder Morgan)
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “IT load has never been disclosed by Tract for this campus; do not infer it from the 1 GW TSA figure”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Change.org petition by Morris Illinois Data Center Opposition demands POWER Act-style studies; asserts a 10-year TSA term, a $1M bond and TIF savings (all unverified)
    “Tract Capital has signed a ten year TSA agreement with Comed and put up a million dollar bond”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • An Illinois PJM tracker page lists Morris Technology Park (1,000 MW) and Tract Illinois in Morris (1,000 MW) as separate entries; Do not double count
    “Morris Technology Park (1,000 MW)”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • 117 chairs filled at a Morris City Council meeting with no data-center agenda item; residents pressed aquifer, power-cost, noise and BESS concerns; the mayor announced a guardrail ordinance for future developments and th
    “residents filled them as they once again came to ask the city to stonewall a data center development in Morris”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Grid operator: PJM
    “Order Accepting Transmission Security Agreement re Commonwealth Edison Company under ER26-1031”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (39)
  • Ferc tsa docket: ER26-1031
    “Order Accepting Transmission Security Agreement re Commonwealth Edison Company under ER26-1031”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Transmission Security Agreement: regulatory approval Accepted by FERC (notational order), Docket ER26-1031
    “Order Accepting Transmission Security Agreement re Commonwealth Edison Company under ER26-1031”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • Fund record: Fleet Data Centers I, LP - Tract's pooled fund vehicle - reports $1,108,850,000 sold in its Form D/A filed Dec. 5, 2025 (indefinite offering; first sale Dec. 16, 2024; issuer address Denver, CO). The Form D names
    “totalAmountSold 1108850000”
    SEC filing · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Fleet Data Centers I, LP has sold $1,108,850,000 of fund interests per its Dec. 5, 2025 Form D/A - real sponsor-level capital formation behind the Tract platform, but the filing allocates nothing to Morris or any other nam
    “totalAmountSold 1108850000”
    SEC filing · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Incentives: not stated
    “T5@Chicago IV, LP 2025 Grayslake $250,000,000 $15,625,000 20 N”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement: finding - termination clauses FINDING: the executed agreement text is not public in any source opened, so its termination, cancellation and rate clauses could not be reviewed
    “Wastewater will be directed to the municipal wastewater collection system... as defined in the Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • State incentive agreement (DCEO Data Center Investment Program): absence finding No certification or agreement for Tract, Grundy County Power or a Morris project appears in the DCEO Data Center Investment Report 2025 lis
    “T5@Chicago IV, LP 2025 Grayslake $250,000,000 $15,625,000 20 N”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Minimum bill terms: Committed revenue contributions, minimum usage commitments, and shortfall payments for underperformance under the TSA
    “the innovative TSA includes safeguards such as committed revenue contributions, minimum usage commitments, and shortfall payments for underperformance”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Transmission Security Agreement: minimum usage commitment Minimum usage commitments (amounts not public)
    “the innovative TSA includes safeguards such as committed revenue contributions, minimum usage commitments, and shortfall payments for underperformance”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Transmission Security Agreement: committed revenue contributions Committed revenue contributions (amounts not public)
    “safeguards such as committed revenue contributions, minimum usage commitments, and shortfall payments for underperformance”
    Company · April 2026 · grade B
  • Square feet: 2900000 sq ft
    “Fully zoned and entitled property will support 2.9M SQF and 1GW at full build out”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Transmission Security Agreement: scope 1,000 MW
    “has an executed Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) with Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) to support 1GW at full build out”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Transmission Security Agreement: delivery schedule Initial energization Jun 2028; full 1 GW load ramp by 2032
    “with initial energization targeted for June 2028 and a full 1GW load ramp achieved by 2032”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Tract announces the Morris land acquisition, full entitlement and an executed ComEd TSA for 1 GW at full build-out
    “The Morris Technology Park is fully zoned and entitled and has an executed Transmission Security Agreement (TSA) with Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd)”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Developer contributions: $10M committed to the City's water treatment plant expansion; $4M already funded by Tract USD
    “The development has made a commitment of $10M to help fund the Citys water treatment plant expansion that was already planned prior to the projects inception; $4M of this has already been funded by Tract”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement: scope City water and sanitary sewer service for the technology park; the City confirmed adequate capacity before approving the agreement
    “Prior to approval of the Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement, the City evaluated and confirmed that adequate water and sewer capacity is available for the technology park”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement: water allocation 1 MGD peak-day
    “The project requested an allocation of up to 1 million gallons per day (MGD) of peak-day water capacity to serve the entire campus”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement: developer contribution 10000000 USD
    “The development has made a commitment of $10M to help fund the Citys water treatment plant expansion that was already planned prior to the projects inception”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Utility Infrastructure and Service Agreement: developer contribution - paid 4000000 USD
    “$4M of this has already been funded by Tract”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Redevelopment Agreement: road improvements Developer funds the Gun Club Road costs not covered by a State grant; southern-portion improvements to be funded and completed by the development before a temporary certificate
    “the remainder of the cost will be paid by Tract. Additional improvements on the southern portion of Gun Club Road will be funded and completed by the development or adjacent development prior to a temporary certificate of occupancy being issued”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 51486000 USD
    “Recorded: Dec. 29, 2025 · Price: $51,486,000 · Grantor: CP MORRIS LAND LLC · Grantee: ILLCO GRUNDY COUNTY LLC · Parcel number: 02-24-300-003 · Address: 7490 GUN CLUB RD · City: MORRIS”
    County deed records · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • Tenants: not stated
    “The company aims to get sites zoned, powered, and shovel-ready for other companies to develop data centers on”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: none announced
    “Then, the company offers the land to large data center players such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft or other data center developers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Financing: not stated
    “No project financing, construction loan or notes offering disclosed for this campus in any source checked”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Paper or real: Land purchase, entitlement and the TSA are real (closed acquisition, executed and FERC-accepted agreement); buildings, tenant and financing are paper
    “An affiliate of Clarius Partners sold the 343-acre parcel of vacant farmland located off I-80 in Morris, Illinois, to an affiliate of Tract for about $51.5M, according to public records”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • no term length, fee amount or cancellation clause is stated in the company releases or FERC summaries opened; An opposition petition claims a 10-year term and a $1M bond; both are unverified.
    “Tract Capital has signed a ten year TSA agreement with Comed and put up a million dollar bond”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Redevelopment Agreement: finding - incentive terms FINDING: the agreement text is not public in any source opened; whether it carries TIF or other incentive financing, and its termination or clawback terms, could not be
    “a 1.7 billion dollar enterprise, who is saving millions of dollars every year by being in a TIF district”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Collateral: Credit obligations and a termination-fee schedule under the TSA (amounts not public)
    “They include a defined ramp, a customer facility readiness obligation, credit obligations, committed revenue contributions, shortfall payments if the data centers usage and resulting transmission revenues miss commitments and a termination-fee schedule”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Transmission Security Agreement: shortfall payments Shortfall payments owed if usage and resulting transmission revenues miss commitments
    “shortfall payments if the data centers usage and resulting transmission revenues miss commitments and a termination-fee schedule”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Transmission Security Agreement: credit obligations Credit obligations on the customer (form and amount not public)
    “a defined ramp, a customer facility readiness obligation, credit obligations, committed revenue contributions”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Transmission Security Agreement: termination Termination-fee schedule included in the TSA; fee amounts not public in any source opened
    “shortfall payments if the data centers usage and resulting transmission revenues miss commitments and a termination-fee schedule, among other measures, FERC said in its decisions”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Transmission Security Agreement: facility readiness / ramp Defined load ramp and a customer facility readiness obligation
    “They include a defined ramp, a customer facility readiness obligation, credit obligations, committed revenue contributions”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Owner companies: not stated
    “An affiliate of Clarius Partners sold the 343-acre parcel of vacant farmland located off I-80 in Morris, Illinois, to an affiliate of Tract for about $51.5M”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Land price: 51500000 USD
    “An affiliate of Clarius Partners sold the 343-acre parcel of vacant farmland located off I-80 in Morris, Illinois, to an affiliate of Tract for about $51.5M, according to public records”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: not stated
    “The company usually spends between $100M and $150M on a site to prepare it for a sale”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Land purchase: consideration 51500000 USD
    “An affiliate of Clarius Partners sold the 343-acre parcel of vacant farmland located off I-80 in Morris, Illinois, to an affiliate of Tract for about $51.5M, according to public records”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Land purchase: broker Avison Young (Michael Fonda, Adam Haefner, Howard Berry) represented the seller
    “Avison Youngs Michael Fonda, Adam Haefner and Howard Berry represented Clarius Partners in the sale”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Bisnow reports the $51.5M Clarius-to-Tract land sale from public records; Avison Young brokered for the seller
    “to an affiliate of Tract for about $51.5M, according to public records”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Tract typically invests $100-150M per site in infrastructure preparation before selling or leasing to operators (Bisnow citing WSJ 2024); no Morris-specific spend beyond the $4M water contribution has been disclosed
    “The company usually spends between $100M and $150M on a site to prepare it for a sale”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (17)
  • FERC accepts the ComEd TSA with Grundy County Power NR I, LLC (ER26-1031), one of five ComEd TSAs approved that day
    “Order Accepting Transmission Security Agreement re Commonwealth Edison Company under ER26-1031”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade A
  • State incentive certification: none found
    “T5@Chicago IV, LP 2025 Grayslake $250,000,000 $15,625,000 20 N”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Zoning status: Fully annexed into the City of Morris and industrially zoned; annexation and zoning were completed before the Tract acquisition
    “We were impressed with the foresight and proactive approach of the Morris community leaders in preparing a fully annexed and zoned economic development site”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Annexation and zoning: completed
    “preparing a fully annexed and zoned economic development site suitable for a data center campus of this size”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Address: South of U.S. Route 6 on the west side of Morris, bordered by Gun Club Road to the west and a ComEd transmission corridor to the east, off I-80
    “located on 340 acres bordered by Route 6 on the north, Gun Club Rd to the west, and a ComEd transmission corridor to the east”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Site plan approval date: not stated
    “Detailed site plans will be prepared, reviewed and approved by the Development Review Committee in advance of construction or issuance of a building permit”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Construction stage: not stated
    “Prior to any building construction on-site additional site planning, building permitting, and site preparation activities need to be completed”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Conditions of approval: Development Review Committee site-plan approval required before construction or building permits; southern Gun Club Road improvements must be completed by the development before a temporary certif
    “Additional improvements on the southern portion of Gun Club Road will be funded and completed by the development or adjacent development prior to a temporary certificate of occupancy being issued”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Building permit: none issued
    “Detailed site plans will be prepared, reviewed and approved by the Development Review Committee in advance of construction or issuance of a building permit”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Air permit: none found
    “Monthly and annual emissions of CO, NOx, PM, SO2, and VOM from the dieselpowered emergency Generators”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Organized resident opposition (Morris Illinois Data Center Opposition group and Change.org petition); repeated packed City Council meetings through Jul 2026
    “residents filled them as they once again came to ask the city to stonewall a data center development in Morris”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Moratoria: None in Morris; on Jul 20, 2026 the mayor announced staff are drafting a data-center guardrail ordinance for future developments
    “our staff and planning teams are preparing an ordinance which will place any guardrails that have been explained or concerned on any future data center development”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Morris City Council: Public comment on the Morris Technology Park (no data-center item on the agenda); approval of a $50M general obligation bond application for the wastewater treatment plant; mayor announced drafting o
    “There were 117 audience chairs lined up in front of the Morris City Council Monday night, and residents filled them as they once again came to ask the city to stonewall a data center development in Morris”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Governor Pritzker directs DCEO to pause processing new Data Center Investment Program agreements effective Jul 1, 2026; existing agreements are honored. Whether Tract applied for Morris before the pause is unknown
    “Pausing all new Data Center Investment Program agreements (effective July 1, 2026)”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • The Illinois Attorney General filed FERC objections to other ComEd TSAs in the same filing batch (Monarch Rock Air, Karis Critical); the Grundy County Power TSA was not among the protested dockets and was accepted Mar 10
    “Since Dec. 19, ComEd has also filed TSAs for FERCs approval with data center developers Aligned Data Centers, Equinix, Grundy County Power NR I”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Local project approval: approved
    “the project was approved by the City Council in August 2025”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • Morris City Council: Approval of the data center (Morris Technology Park) project and its infrastructure arrangements
    “The infrastructure project secured city approval last year, with most local leaders confident the utility grid could meet the needs of the massive data center”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Lawsuits: not stated
    “No lawsuit over the Morris approvals was reported in the local coverage checked (Shaw Local, Bisnow) through Oct 2026; Illinois court records were not directly searched”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (15)
  • Delay (months): 0 months
    “with initial energization targeted for June 2028 and a full 1GW load ramp achieved by 2032”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Name: Morris Technology Park
    “following the successful acquisition of a 343-acre land parcel in Morris, IL. The Morris Technology Park is fully zoned and entitled”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Developer: Tract
    “Tract, a developer of master-planned data center campuses”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Acres: 343 acres
    “following the successful acquisition of a 343-acre land parcel in Morris, IL”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Land control date: Jan. 2026
    “today announced its official entry into the Greater Chicago market following the successful acquisition of a 343-acre land parcel in Morris, IL”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Announced: Jan. 15, 2026
    “Tract, a developer of master-planned data center campuses, today announced its official entry into the Greater Chicago market”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Original target date: June 2028
    “with initial energization targeted for June 2028 and a full 1GW load ramp achieved by 2032”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Workforce estimate: More than 1,000 construction jobs and approximately 350 permanent jobs (company projection)
    “generating more than 1,000 construction jobs and approximately 350 permanent, highskilled positions”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Tract claims more than 25 GW of planned capacity and more than 25,000 acres under control nationally; Morris is its first Illinois campus
    “Tract has over 25+GW of planned capacity and over 25,000 acres of land under control across the country”
    Company · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Water use stated: Up to 1 MGD peak-day water allocation requested for the whole campus; average daily use expected more than 5x lower
    “The project requested an allocation of up to 1 million gallons per day (MGD) of peak-day water capacity to serve the entire campus”
    Company · 2026 · grade B
  • Time to service (months): 20 months
    “with initial energization targeted for June 2028 and a full 1GW load ramp achieved by 2032”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: June 2028
    “The expectation is that the data center will be up and running by mid-2028, though the project will be built in phases over a multi-year window”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Cooling: Undecided: closed-loop vs direct (hybrid) evaporative
    “it hasnt yet been decided if the data center will use a closed-loop system, which will reuse the same water over time, or a direct evaporative cooling system”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Seller: Clarius Partners affiliate
    “An affiliate of Clarius Partners sold the 343-acre parcel of vacant farmland”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Sponsor equity: Tract Capital platform; founded by Grant van Rooyen, former Cologix CEO
    “Colorado-based Tract was founded by former Cologix CEO Grant van Rooyen and describes itself as a company that acquires and develops master-planned data center parks”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C

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