AURORA – Alongside Governor JB Pritzker, the CyrusOne team and other local elected officials, State Senator Linda Holmes celebrated the groundbreaking of the new CyrusOne data center in Aurora on Wednesday.

“CyrusOne is a global leader in data center development and has once again chosen Aurora to be its home for this expansion project,” said Holmes (D-Aurora). “This new data center brings critical investments to our community, including hundreds of new jobs and millions in tax contributions over time.”

The new $350 million data center is CyrusOne’s second campus in Aurora. The expansion project includes the creation of two new buildings with a total of 446,000 square feet. The new data center will provide advanced digital infrastructure services to local communities and national networks. 

“This groundbreaking is the culmination of years of work with our partners at CyrusOne,” said Governor Pritzker. “CyrusOne’s new data center joins the ecosystem of high-tech sectors that are flourishing in Illinois – from electric vehicles to quantum computing to chip manufacturers – that form the foundation of sustainable economic growth.”

The new data center is scheduled to be completed by 2026.