3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (483+ words) The rapid backlash to data centers and artificial intelligence has taken many in the tech and finance worlds by surprise. Understandable. Only a few short years ago, states and municipalities were competing with each other to lure data center developers,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (711+ words) The recent editorial “Data centers should lower homeowners’ property taxes, not raise them” (Aug. 26) paints a misleading picture, ignoring the tremendous economic benefits data centers bring to our communities while shifting blame away from Cook County’s flawed property tax assessment…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (724+ words) Dear Eric: I saw my pastor on a dating app. This is mostly fine, because he is single and hasn’t taken a vow of chastity (that I know of). He even said in his profile that he leads a faith…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (265+ words) More than 28,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will continue to have free home internet access through an extension of a pandemic-era city program. Chicago Connected, launched in 2020, provides free broadband or hotspot services to low-income families. Roughly 60,000 CPS students have…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (844+ words) Almost one year after the Michigan City Common Council approved a controversial data center, council members introduced an ordinance to put a moratorium on any future hyperscale developments. The ordinance — introduced by council members Nancy Moldenhauer, D-6th, Joe Nelson, D…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (465+ words) La aplicación Mapas de Apple mostraba “lago Estados Unidos” la mañana del miércoles para los usuarios del país que miraban el lago situado entre el estado de Nueva York y la provincia canadiense de Ontario. Los usuarios fuera de Estados…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (863+ words) More people would accept a nuclear power plant in their community than a data center, according to recent Gallup polling. Who would have predicted that even five years ago? The facilities needed to power the rise of artificial intelligence as…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (459+ words) Chicago Tribune The Illinois Answers Project and Chicago Tribune used third-party databases, county records and municipal sources in Elk Grove Village and Northlake to compile a list of data centers in Cook County’s O’Hare subregion. Through records requests to the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1706+ words) More than a dozen data centers near O’Hare International Airport are receiving tens of millions of dollars in local property tax breaks this year, shifting the financial burden onto suburban homeowners even as local leaders tout the benefits of the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (662+ words) An extended public comment session on the Grayslake data center was abruptly canceled just a day before it was scheduled at the University Center of Lake County, with the venue pointing to safety concerns over social media posts. Earlier this…...