NCSA Petascale Computing Facility
DatacenteractiveChampaign, IL
At a glance
NCSA Petascale Computing Facility is a datacenter at Champaign, IL. The facility is catalogued at about 45,620 square feet.
Facility
Where is NCSA Petascale Computing Facility located?
The facility's recorded address is Champaign, IL. It is the only datacenter catalogued in Champaign. Illinois has 75 catalogued datacenters, the 9th-most of any state. The largest clusters in the state are Chicago (19), Elk Grove Village (14), Aurora (5).
How large is NCSA Petascale Computing Facility?
NCSA Petascale Computing Facility covers about 45,620 square feet. By footprint it ranks 39th of the 44 Illinois datacenters with a recorded floor area. The median recorded footprint in Illinois is 120,404 square feet, so this facility is smaller than the typical Illinois datacenter.
What network and power infrastructure is near NCSA Petascale Computing Facility?
The highest-scoring candidate site nearby is Solar Star Urbana Landfill Community Solar Farm in Champaign, with a DC Readiness score of 66.3 out of 100.
Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near NCSA Petascale Computing Facility, ranked by DC Readiness — useful for evaluating expansion or second-site options in the same power/fiber market.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Star Urbana Landfill Community Solar Farm | Brownfield | IL | Champaign | — | 5 MW | 4.8 yrs | 66.3 |
| SIDNEY | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Champaign County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 64.6 |
| RISING | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Champaign County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 64.6 |
| GOOSE CREEK | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Piatt County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 63.5 |
| UNKNOWN122084 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | McLean County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.8 yrs | 62.9 |
| OZ Champaign | Greenfield | IL | Champaign | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 61.6 |
| EC Near Rantoul | Greenfield | IL | Champaign | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 61.6 |
| EC Near University of Illinois Abbott Power Plt | Greenfield | IL | Champaign | — | — | 4.8 yrs | 61.2 |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the address of NCSA Petascale Computing Facility?
NCSA Petascale Computing Facility is located at Champaign, IL. Its coordinates are 40.0953, -88.2420.
How big is NCSA Petascale Computing Facility?
NCSA Petascale Computing Facility covers about 45,620 square feet. That is the 39th-largest of 44 Illinois datacenters with a recorded footprint.
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About this data
Source: PNNL datacenter atlas and OpenStreetMap facility records, deduplicated by GridCensus, as published March 7, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “NCSA Petascale Computing Facility, Champaign, IL”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenters/ncsa-petascale-computing-facility-9e191bc1 (data as of March 7, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Capacity and footprint are catalogued figures from public facility records and may lag operational changes.
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