Kiddie Car
IndustrialKane County, Illinois · PJM
At a glance
Kiddie Car is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Kane County, Illinois, scoring 55.0/100 DC Readiness — 27th of 42 scored sites in the county. It sits in the PJM grid region and the COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.8 years from request to operation.
Power & interconnection
Speed to power
Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.
Connectivity
Site characteristics
Risk & environment
Location context
Regulatory climate
New-DC state tax exemptions suspended for 2 years (from Jul 2026).
Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone sales tax exemption; High Impact Business designation for $12M+ DC investments.
Site location
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How does Kiddie Car compare with other sites in Kane County?
Kiddie Car ranks 27th of 42 scored candidate sites in Kane County. Its 55.0/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 58.2. It is roughly in line with the Illinois average of 54.3 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.
Against the Illinois average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (87 vs 71) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 37). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.
How close is Kiddie Car to power, fiber and other datacenters?
The nearest located transmission bottleneck is 116 GOOD-900 ELWO 11622 B 345 KV (PJM), 22 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is CyrusOne Aurora I at 3.9 miles. 9 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is CyrusOne Aurora, 0.8 miles away.
What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Kiddie Car?
At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Kane County "Relatively High".
Full DC Readiness breakdown
All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.
Nearby comparable sites
Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Kane County, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE | Substation-Adjacent | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.0 |
| TAP137935 | Substation-Adjacent | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 65.4 |
| OZ Kane | Greenfield | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 64.1 |
| EC Near Geneva Generation Facility | Greenfield | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 63.4 |
| OZ Kane | Greenfield | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 63.1 |
| OZ Kane | Greenfield | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 62.8 |
| EC Near Geneva Generation Facility | Greenfield | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 62.7 |
| OZ Kane | Greenfield | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 62.4 |
Kiddie Car: common questions
What is the DC Readiness score of Kiddie Car?
Kiddie Car scores 55.0/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 27th of 42 scored sites in Kane County. The Kane County average is 58.2 and the Illinois average is 54.3.
Which electric utility serves Kiddie Car?
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is EXELON CORP.
What grid region is Kiddie Car in?
Kiddie Car is in the PJM region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.8-year wait from queue request to operation.
How far is Kiddie Car from an internet exchange?
The nearest internet exchange facility is CyrusOne Aurora I, about 3.9 miles away; 9 fiber providers report service at the location.
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About this data
Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Kiddie Car, Kane County, IL”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/illinois/kane-county/kiddie-car-d2351334 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.
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