# Americold breaks ground on automated facility in Rochelle, Illinois

Americold has broken ground on a new 15.5 million cubic foot automated cold storage facility at its Rochelle, Illinois campus, adding 57,600 pallet positions. The facility is expected to open in December 2018 and will create up to 70 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-30
- Where: Rochelle, Illinois, United States
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: Dec 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 15.5 million cubic feet, 57,600 pallet positions
- Products: temperature-controlled warehousing, automated storage and retrieval system
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Americold](https://endata.com/companies/21811.md)

## Sources

- [archive.citybuzz.co](https://archive.citybuzz.co/article/438500/americold-breaks-ground-on-next-automated-facility-at-its-rochelle-il-campus), 2017-08-30: "Working with some of our key partners, we identified the opportunity to update and expand our campus just an hour east of Chicagoland, and to offer both automated and conventional storage and distribution options."

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