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Chicago suburban data center divide: Lisle plan scrapped, as Yorkville bets big on digital infrastructure
14+ hour, 28+ min ago (428+ words) Opposition sank Cloud Centers proposal, while Yorkville approved a 17M sf project Two Chicago suburbs landed on opposite sides of the booming and increasingly controversial data center development business this week. Lisle officials said developer Cloud Centers withdrew its application for…...
No end in sight for data center development in SoCal
2+ week, 1+ day ago (225+ words) Regional capacity, currently one of US" smallest, expected to double in coming years The data center market in Southern California appears poised for a surge of growth as artificial intelligence needs will require more computing facilities." With just 335 megawatts of…...
Pritzker to hit pause on Illinois data center tax breaks
3+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) Governor to seek two-year suspension, as energy costs and community pushback mount Illinois" data center boom may be headed for a time-out. Gov. JB Pritzker is expected on Wednesday to call for a two-year suspension of the state"s tax…...
Billion-dollar San Marcos data center revives bid after zoning stalemate
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (401+ words) Developers restarted entitlement process on $1.5 billion project between Austin and San Antonio A $1.5 billion data center campus proposed for San Marcos is back on the city's agenda after a zoning stalemate, giving Central Texas another shot at a high-stakes test…...
Naperville kills Karis Critical’s data center plan after neighborhood revolt
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (325+ words) Power limits, diesel generators and land use clashes sank the developer's proposal Naperville slammed the brakes on a proposed data center this week, rejecting a project that had become one of the most contentious land use fights the Chicago suburb…...
Holiday splurge: Google, Facebook to spend $1.4B on Texas data center construction this month
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (344+ words) $3.4B budgeted to build centers statewide this year Texas is still waiting for snow, but the data center cascade doesn't show signs of stopping. In December alone, the combined construction budget for new data centers in Texas exceeds $1.4 billion, according to…...
Karis Critical’s scaled-back Naperville data center heads to council vote amid zoning, power concerns
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (274+ words) Developer trimmed its plan, but neighborhood opposition " and questions about the I-88 corridor's future " persist After months of heated debate, a controversial data center proposal is heading for a vote before the Naperville City Council Tuesday night, setting up a high-stakes…...
Vantage Data Centers sinks $1.6B into Asia-Pacific market
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (277+ words) Denver, Colorado-based Vantage Data Centers is deepening its foothold in the Asia-Pacific market." Sedenak Tech Park, located about an hour from Singapore, is a fast-growing data center cluster that has become a release valve for the island nation's capacity constraints....
Suburban pushback slows Chicago’s data center boom
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (266+ words) Aurora pauses approvals, Naperville weighs its own as residents raise noise and energy concerns Data centers have become one of the hottest plays in Chicagoland's industrial market, but some suburban communities are pumping the brakes. Aurora's city council approved a…...
Data center boom hits privacy wall in Illinois
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (417+ words) Developers, union leaders said law protecting biometrics is sending billions in AI projects across state lines Industry leaders that could benefit from further development of data centers in the greater Chicago area are honing in on changes to a privacy…...