Data-center buildout in Illinois, as reported

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Date	Source	Story	Location	Slug
Oct 9	Crain's Chicago Business ($)	Editorial: Chicago needs a data center strategy, not another performative stunt↗ Crain's Chicago Business ($) Water−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Oct 9	Illinois Times	Data center lawsuit could be tossed out↗ Illinois Times Siting	Sangamon County, IL	us/il/sangamon
Oct 8	IPM Newsroom	Data center companies have approached Champaign County for projects in Sidney, Tolono↗ IPM Newsroom Siting	Champaign County, IL	us/il/champaign
Oct 8	Shaw Local ($)	Data center moratorium advances as McHenry County eyes rules on water, electricity, noise↗ Shaw Local ($) Siting−, Denied or halted	McHenry County, IL Lake County, IL	us/il/mchenry us/il/lake
Oct 7	Mahomet Daily	With Mahomet out, Clean Cloud’s data center path runs through county rule, if they choose to proceed↗ Mahomet Daily Siting−, Denied or halted	Champaign County, IL Village of Mahomet, IL	us/il/champaign us/il/champaign/village/mahomet
Oct 7	The Center Square	Legislators weigh data center issues as Pritzker pushes POWER Act↗ The Center Square Water	Illinois Village of Mahomet, IL	us/il us/il/champaign/village/mahomet
Oct 7	The Pantagraph	Charleston council approves ban on data center development↗ The Pantagraphalso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: MyRadioLink.com Water−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Charleston, IL	us/il/coles/city/charleston
Oct 6	Patch	License Plate Reader Ban, Data Center Moratorium Proposals Move Forward In Will County↗ Patch Siting	Will County, IL	us/il/will
Oct 6	IPM Newsroom	Mahomet ends talks with data center developer after community backlash↗ IPM Newsroom Siting−, Denied or halted	Village of Mahomet, IL Champaign County, IL	us/il/champaign/village/mahomet us/il/champaign
Oct 5	Yahoo	Tazewell County data center moratorium makes final steps for approval↗ Yahooalso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: CIProud.com · WEEK | 25 News Now · WEEK | 25 News Now Water−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	Tazewell County, IL	us/il/tazewell
Oct 5	Patch	Grayslake Releases Video Addressing Data Center Questions↗ Patch Water+, Approved or advancing	Village of Grayslake, IL	us/il/lake/village/grayslake
Oct 5	Evanston RoundTable	Councilmember proposes one-year data center moratorium↗ Evanston RoundTablealso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: Journal Gazette & Times-Courier · Evanston Now · Jacksonville Journal-Courier · Shaw Local · +5 more Siting−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	City of Evanston, IL City of Charleston, IL Illinois	us/il/cook/city/evanston us/il/coles/city/charleston us/il
Oct 5	Mahomet Daily	Rally targets proposed Mahomet data center ahead of Oct. 13 village meeting↗ Mahomet Daily Water	Village of Mahomet, IL	us/il/champaign/village/mahomet
Oct 3	Shaw Local ($)	Concerns raised regarding Indiana draw on Kankakee River↗ Shaw Local ($) Water	Kankakee County, IL	us/il/kankakee
Oct 2	shawlocal.com ($)	McHenry County mulls data center moratorium↗ shawlocal.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Hoodline · lakemchenryscanner.com · Yahoo Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	McHenry County, IL Lake County, IL	us/il/mchenry us/il/lake
Oct 2	Crain's Chicago Business ($)	Labor ready to block Johnson’s data center moratorium↗ Crain's Chicago Business ($) More coverage: Yahoo Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 29	shawlocal.com ($)	Will County Board Member calls for moratorium on data centers; says county regulations needed↗ shawlocal.com ($) More coverage: Yahoo Siting−, Denied or halted	Will County, IL City of Joliet, IL Joliet Township, IL	us/il/will us/il/will/city/joliet us/il/will/twp/joliet
Sep 29	PBS	Chicago Tonight | Chicago Data Center Moratorium Stalled, But City Council Still Took Action | Season 2026↗ PBS Siting	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 28	Mahomet Daily	Less than a year after dismissing data center prospect, Mahomet weighs development talks↗ Mahomet Daily More coverage: wandtv.com Siting	Village of Mahomet, IL Champaign County, IL	us/il/champaign/village/mahomet us/il/champaign
Sep 27	Rockford Register Star	Decision of data centers should belong to the voters | Opinion↗ Rockford Register Staralso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Chicago Tribune Water+, Approved or advancingSubsidies+, Approved or advancing	City of Rockford, IL Village of Elk Grove Village, IL	us/il/winnebago/city/rockford us/il/cook/village/elk-grove-village
Sep 26	Shaw Local ($)	Sterling Plan Commission starts BESS, data center ordinance work↗ Shaw Local ($) Water−, Denied or halted	City of Sterling, IL Illinois	us/il/whiteside/city/sterling us/il
Sep 26	The Real Deal ($)	Data dump: Even after $700M deal, data center development could soon slow in Illinois↗ The Real Deal ($) Water−, Denied or halted	Illinois City of Chicago, IL	us/il us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 26	The Daily Illini	Students, community members rally at anti-data center protest↗ The Daily Illini Siting−, Denied or halted	Champaign County, IL Illinois	us/il/champaign us/il
Sep 25	River County News	Questions about data centers come up in Calhoun and Jersey↗ River County News Siting	Calhoun County, IL City of Jerseyville, IL Jersey County, IL	us/il/calhoun us/il/jersey/city/jerseyville us/il/jersey
Sep 25	Loop North News	Data center redevelopment at 300 West Adams approved↗ Loop North News Water+, Approved or advancing	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 25	Chicago Tribune ($)	Gov. JB Pritzker turns to Illinois lawmakers to act on data center regulations↗ Chicago Tribune ($)also carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: The Real Deal · wandtv.com · WTHI-TV · WTHI-TV · +2 more Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or halted	Illinois City of Chicago, IL	us/il us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 24	evanstonroundtable.com	A 'mouse,' not an 'elephant': Evanston developer pitches small-scale data center on Hartrey Avenue↗ evanstonroundtable.com Siting	City of Evanston, IL	us/il/cook/city/evanston
Sep 23	therealdeal.com ($)	Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Floats Data Center Moratorium↗ therealdeal.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: CBS News · AOL.com · ABC7 Chicago Siting−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL City of San Francisco, CA	us/il/cook/city/chicago us/ca/san-francisco/city/san-francisco
Sep 23	Audacy	Chicago aldermen consider dueling data center ordinances↗ Audacy Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 23	The Hill	Chicago mayor seeks to block data center expansion: ‘We are not for sale’↗ The Hill More coverage: We Got This Covered Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 23	SSBCrack	Mayor Johnson Proposes One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers in Chicago↗ SSBCrackalso carried by 3 other outlets More coverage: Axios · newsmax.com · The Center Square · The Business Journals · +10 more Siting−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or haltedPower and grid−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL City of Troy, IL Illinois	us/il/cook/city/chicago us/il/madison/city/troy us/il
Sep 23	GovTech	Chicago Mayor Proposes Data Center Moratorium for City↗ GovTech More coverage: Yahoo · The Daily Line · lawndalenews.com · Evanston RoundTable · +2 more Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL City of Evanston, IL Will County, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago us/il/cook/city/evanston us/il/will
Sep 23	Utility Dive	FERC rejects ComEd’s cancellation of PowerHouse Hillwood data center contract↗ Utility Divealso carried by 1 other outlet Power and grid+, Approved or advancing	Joliet, IL (named in coverage)	—
Sep 23	Chicago Tribune ($)	Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes Chicago data center moratorium: ‘We can’t wait’↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Water−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 23	Illinois Times	County Board defends data center approval in court↗ Illinois Times More coverage: NBC 5 Chicago SitingWater	Sangamon County, IL Village of Grayslake, IL	us/il/sangamon us/il/lake/village/grayslake
Sep 22	WEEK | 25 News Now	Normal data center moratorium extended↗ WEEK | 25 News Nowalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: The Pantagraph · CIProud.com · Evanston Now Siting−, Denied or halted	Town of Normal, IL City of Evanston, IL	us/il/mclean/town/normal us/il/cook/city/evanston
Sep 21	Evanston RoundTable	Computer processing center application filed for Hartrey Ave↗ Evanston RoundTablealso carried by 1 other outlet Siting	City of Evanston, IL	us/il/cook/city/evanston
Sep 21	The Center Square	Chicago mayor says environmental justice 'necessary' for data centers↗ The Center Squarealso carried by 1 other outlet Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Chicago, IL	us/il/cook/city/chicago
Sep 21	WQAD	City of Galesburg considering temporary ban on new data center development↗ WQADalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Tri States Public Radio | TSPR | WIUM · WQAD Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Galesburg, IL	us/il/knox/city/galesburg
Sep 21	WGIL	Galesburg council to consider 180-day data center moratorium tonight↗ WGIL More coverage: WGIL Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Galesburg, IL	us/il/knox/city/galesburg
Sep 20	WEEK | 25 News Now	Normal to consider longer moratorium on new data centers, Bloomington schedules 2 public hearings↗ WEEK | 25 News Now Siting−, Denied or halted	Town of Normal, IL City of Bloomington, IL	us/il/mclean/town/normal us/il/mclean/city/bloomington
Sep 18	Chicago Sun-Times ($)	Hatred for data centers is sky high, but this local government agency sees dollar signs↗ Chicago Sun-Times ($) More coverage: PressReader Siting+, Approved or advancingWater+, Approved or advancing	Chicago, IL (named in coverage) Cicero, IL (named in coverage) Cook County, IL	— — us/il/cook
Sep 17	CBS News	Massive Grayslake data center approved without community input, neighbors say↗ CBS News More coverage: Startup Fortune Water+, Approved or advancingSiting+, Approved or advancing	Village of Grayslake, IL	us/il/lake/village/grayslake
Sep 17	elginobserver.com	Elgin City Council Approves a One-Year Pause on Data Centers↗ elginobserver.comalso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: The Troy Times Tribune · WGLT · WZDM · The Pantagraph · +5 more Subsidies−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Elgin, IL City of Troy, IL Town of Normal, IL	us/il/kane/city/elgin us/il/madison/city/troy us/il/mclean/town/normal
Sep 17	illinoistimes.com	The most well-staffed data center in Illinois?↗ illinoistimes.com Subsidies+, Approved or advancing	Sangamon County, IL	us/il/sangamon
Sep 17	Rock River Current	Microsoft’s data center plans are back before Cherry Valley two years later↗ Rock River Current Siting	Village of Cherry Valley, IL	us/il/winnebago/village/cherry-valley
Sep 17	wthitv.com	There Are No Data Centers in Lawrence County... For The Next Two Years↗ wthitv.com More coverage: The Pantagraph Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	Lawrence County, IL Crawford County, IN Sullivan County, IN	us/il/lawrence us/in/crawford us/in/sullivan
Sep 16	Chicago Tribune ($)	Residents express concerns about data centers at meeting in Aurora↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Water−, Denied or halted	City of Aurora, IL Illinois	us/il/kane/city/aurora us/il
Sep 15	Yahoo	Dozens of Macon Co. residents gather for data center forum↗ Yahoo Water	City of Decatur, IL	us/il/macon/city/decatur
Sep 15	Chicago Tribune ($)	Elgin council seeks one-year moratorium on data center development↗ Chicago Tribune ($)also carried by 1 other outlet Subsidies−, Denied or halted	City of Elgin, IL	us/il/kane/city/elgin
Sep 12	WCSJ News	Morris Data Center Opposition Group Holds Informational Meeting To Raise Awareness & Share Concerns↗ WCSJ News Water	City of Morris, IL Grundy County, IL	us/il/grundy/city/morris us/il/grundy
Sep 10	WCBU Peoria	Tazewell County takes first step toward declaring a data center moratorium↗ WCBU Peoria More coverage: Chronicle Media Siting−, Denied or halted	Tazewell County, IL Lake County, IL	us/il/tazewell us/il/lake

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