Aligned ORD-02

Key facts

Location

501 Northwest AveNorthlake, IL 60164 · Cook County

Capacity

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Last updated

2026-08-17

Siting context

Nearest named waterway

≈ 0.5 mi — Addison Creek

Nearest high-voltage line

≈ 1.5 mi — 345 kV line

Baseline water stress

High(40-80%)

Groundwater decline

High(4-8 cm/y)

Principal aquifer

Silurian-devonian Aquifers(Carbonate-rock)

Straight-line distances. Nearest named waterway via the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; nearest transmission line via HIFLD. Baseline water stress and groundwater trend describe the surrounding hydrological basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0) — not this facility’s measured water use. Principal-aquifer system underlying the location (USGS, mapped at 1:2,500,000 — regional context, not site hydrogeology).

Status history

1. Operational2026-08-17

   Listed as an operating campus on Aligned's Chicago page; described as the first facility achieving OCP Ready for Hyperscale

   Aligned Data Centers — Chicago (ORD) campuses