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Illinois POWER Act would tightly regulate hyperscale data center resources

Illinois POWER Act would tightly regulate hyperscale data center resources

Melissa Palmer
February 16, 2026

Illinois’ POWER Act would put hyperscale data centers under tight scrutiny for water, energy, and community impact, which directly affects...

Illinois bill targets data center energy costs, AI infrastructure expansion

Illinois bill targets data center energy costs, AI infrastructure expansion

Melissa Palmer
February 12, 2026

Illinois lawmakers are pushing the POWER Act to put tighter rules around data centers’ energy and water use. The core...

Packed city hall shows deep local doubts about Pekin, Illinois data center

Packed city hall shows deep local doubts about Pekin, Illinois data center

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Pekin, Illinois residents are pushing back on a proposed data center, packing city hall even without the project on the...

Weighing AI data center tradeoffs before Pekin, Illinois town hall discussion

Weighing AI data center tradeoffs before Pekin, Illinois town hall discussion

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Pekin, Illinois is weighing a data center on a 1,000‑acre site intended to become a technology park, but local opposition...

Illinois resistance to nearby data center reshapes AI buildout plans

Illinois resistance to nearby data center reshapes AI buildout plans

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Naperville, Illinois killed a 200,000-square-foot data center project in a 6–1 vote after heavy neighborhood pushback. The site would have...

Proposed Illinois neighborhood data center raises grid, diesel pollution, cost concerns

Proposed Illinois neighborhood data center raises grid, diesel pollution, cost concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Naperville is weighing a 36 MW, 211,000-square-foot Karis Critical data center that would sit close to residential neighborhoods and sensitive...

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

Braidwood is looking at a potential data center site near I-55 and Reed Road, but the land is not yet...

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Microsoft spent $32.3 million on 340 acres in Boone County for a new data center site but has effectively hit...

AI‑ready Hoffman Estates campus reshapes former Sears site into hyperscale hub in chicago suburbs

AI‑ready Hoffman Estates campus reshapes former Sears site into hyperscale hub in chicago suburbs

Melissa Palmer
December 9, 2025

Compass Datacenters is turning the 273-acre former Sears HQ in Hoffman Estates into a $10 billion, five-building hyperscale campus, with...

Major Sangamon County data center project expands Midwest AI capacity in chicago suburbs

Major Sangamon County data center project expands Midwest AI capacity in chicago suburbs

Melissa Palmer
December 9, 2025

Sangamon County is vetting a proposed CyrusOne data center campus that would add over 500 construction jobs and extended build...

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