Has Karis Critical Data Center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Karis Critical Data Center.

Where is Karis Critical Data Center located?

Karis Critical Data Center is in Dekalb, DeKalb County, IL.

Proposed

Karis Critical Data Center

Dekalb, DeKalb County, IL

Karis Critical Data Center is a proposed data center in DeKalb County, IL. DataCentersExposed has documented a 1,750,000 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

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Est. capacity

~350-700 MW

Footprint

1,750,000 sq ft

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

20-acre substation possibly being constructed on site Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

0.4 mi

Riser167141 · 138 kV

Transmission line

654 ft

138 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: Google News

Data-center discussions in DeKalb County

source: LocalView (CC0)

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

DeKalb City Council

Sep 11, 2023 · 2 data-center mentions

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Illinois reported $983.2M in Data Center Investment Program — state & local sales/use tax exemption (20 ILCS 605/605-1025; administered by DCEO) (2019-2024 (27 certified data centers; cumulative estimated exemption value)) (Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Illinois subsidies →

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Dekalb Early Lrng And Dev Ctr in Dekalb, is 2.1 mi from this site (231 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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