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8080 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, Illinois, United StatesProposed
Evidence
Planned / design
1,000 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

8080 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive is a 400-acre mixed innovation redevelopment of the former U.S. Steel South Works site, led by Related Midwest and CRG. Its first phase is the 128-acre Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; the earlier 1 GW data center figure is a secondary planning estimate, not verified operating capacity.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

1,000 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Mixed innovation-campus master planningAnnounced or preconstruction

8080 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive is a 400-acre mixed innovation redevelopment of the former U.S. Steel South Works site, led by Related Midwest and CRG. Its first phase is the 128-acre Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park; the earlier 1 GW data center figure is a secondary planning estimate, not verified operating capacity.

Milestones (1)
Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park announced for the site

2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

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Participants

Related Digital

Developer

Sources by role

Site & development

Location context

Actual

8080 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive | Chicago | Illinois | US

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Master plan area

Actual

400 acres

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Phase one area

Actual

128 acres

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Site history

Actual

Former U.S. Steel South Works

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Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Proposed

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Capacity basis

Actual

1,000 MW future full build site capacity; not measured operating IT load.

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Anchor use

Actual

Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park

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Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (1)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

1,000 MW

Secondary campus-scale estimate; not confirmed by Related as operating IT load.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

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