Infrastructure technology company Endeavour Energy has been named as the company behind Edged, a major data center proposed on 560 acres on DeKalb’s south side. Preliminary plans published Wednesday by the city show the data center would use air, not water, to cool its servers

The city of Yorkville is not responsible for the costs because developers CyrusOne are footing the bill as part of their infrastructure overhaul for a 228-acre data center.

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The city of Rochelle is considering issuing alternate revenue bonds for potential projects at the Rochelle Municipal Airport and the Rochelle Technology Center that would likely total $2.7 million, City Manager Jeff Fiegenschuh said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.

A neighbor to the 1,037-acre Project Cardinal data center in Yorkville is suing the city claiming the project will negatively impact the residential area.

Community members nearly filled Rochelle City Hall council chambers Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, to see presentations by city officials and data center developer LFF Industrial, which has been working on a potential project with the city.

Plan Commission on Thursday will be asked for a second time to put off a vote on plans for a 795-acre data center that would be located in an south of Chicagoland Speedway.

Rochelle stands at the doorstep of another wave of technology investment: data centers. Questions about water, energy and neighborhood impact are natural — but so are the opportunities.

A petitioner for an unknown company wants to build a major data center on 560 acres in DeKalb just south of another 500-acre data center campus owned by Meta

In what one resident said was a vote that “will change the community forever,” Yorkville aldermen gave the go-ahead on the controversial project.

The City of Rochelle has recently seen social media reaction to news of it talking with a developer about a data center potentially locating in Rochelle.

The Oct. 28 Yorkville city council meeting had everything – profanity, shouting, a lawsuit against the city, a citizen prop experiment demonstrating sound pollution - but what it didn’t have was a vote on the contentious 1,037 Project Cardinal data center.

Yorkville passed an agreement for the developers of both the 1,034-acre Project Cardinal and the 502-acre Project Steel to split the costs for a $231,365 water planning study.

The City of Rochelle and Rochelle Municipal Utilities are in “serious talks” with a developer about a data center locating within city limits in the near future, City Manager Jeff Fiegenschuh said Oct. 15, 2025. 

The 502-acre Project Steel data center developers presented Yorkville city officials a traffic impact study running through 2044. The developer’s plans involve installing two new roundabouts and realigning Beecher Road to connect with Corneils Road.

Joliet city staff wants more time to review the plan and will ask the Plan Commission to reschedule to Nov. 20.

From Capitol News Illinois: The biggest unknown for a bill on electric utilities is whether it will include direct regulations on data centers’ use of electricity, something House Speaker Chris Welch said is possible

The rate spikes of the summer are coming down, but ComEd customers still can expect higher bills through the winter, according to the Citizens Utilities Board.

A crowd of over 100 Minooka residents filled the community room at Minooka Village Hall Wednesday night to ask questions of Equinix, a company with plans to build a data center on Holt Road near Ridge Road.

Data center developer Equinix is hosting an open house at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Minooka Village Hall, 121 E. McEvilly Road, to provide information and answer questions about a 300-acre data center it's proposing near Holt and Ridge Roads.

From Capitol News Illinois: After twice failing to pass an energy reform package this year, lawmakers and renewable energy advocates are aiming to reach a deal in time for a brief legislative session in October.

At a Tuesday forum hosted by state Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, a Cook County Democrat, said lawmakers will tackle regulating data centers during the upcoming fall veto session.