Yorkville Mayor John Purcell indicated there’s “no more appetite” from the City Council for data center proposals outside of what’s already been approved.

Community members lined the downtown street along Town Square Park on Saturday, April 11, to raise the voices they said are being ignored by Yorkville's elected officials. The group said "we are not backing down," in opposition to the city's near dozen data center projects.

Before the district comes back in November with another building bond proposal, it is surveying residents on why the $275 million bond proposal was rejected in the March primary vote.

The developers, Yorkville Nexus V LLC, Green Door Capital, requested the vote be tabled to the April 28 meeting, according to the city.

Rep. Jed. Davis (R- Yorkville) released a statement saying “the majority of residents don’t want” data centers and that local city officials should “listen to the residents.” He called for the projects to be put on the ballot for Yorkville.

As Illinois considers new limits on data centers, northern Illinois lawmakers, union workers, and municipal leaders gathered in Springfield on Wednesday for the first of three legislative hearings on data center development, local impact, and energy use

As Rochelle moves forward, residents and leaders alike are tasked with finding the right balance between progress and preservation, ensuring that growth benefits the entire community while maintaining the character that defines the city.

The vote on the 80-acre Meyer data center is now likely to be at the next Yorkville City Council meeting. A zoning commission unanimously voted against the project before changes were made.

The city of Yorkville approved the 540-acre Project Steel data center, with 16, two-story warehouses. The approval came after hours of residents urging the city to slow down approval for data centers.

The Rochelle city council voted 4-3 on Monday to table a vote on a development agreement with a developer who aims to bring a potential data center to the city.

Some residents said so during public comments that led to two people being removed by police from the Joliet City Council meeting last week.

The city of Yorkville has two more large data center projects being proposed. Up for votes on Tuesday is the 540-acre Project Steel and the Meyer data center.

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A resident’s lawsuit filed against the city of Yorkville to halt the 1,037 acre Project Cardinal data center is heading closer to a settlement. The final agreement between the attorneys is subject to approval by City Council.

Several Yorkville residents have voiced concerns about possible pollution into nearby residential areas

Councilman Larry Hug asked City Manager Beth Beatty to confirm an investigation regarding a city staffer and the data center.

The City Council met again on Thursday to vote on the data center, which went through a public hearing that lasted more than six hours earlier in the week.

Area residents challenge city of Joliet's stance that planner with family ties to data center property has been isolated from the project.

Unofficial final numbers show voters in Yorkville school district rejected the $275 million bond proposal by a two-to-one margin.

From Capitol News Illinois: The newly introduced POWER Act seeks to regulate new data centers built in Illinois and address concerns about their effects on energy prices, water and the environment

The Joliet City Council is likely to vote on the 795-acre data center project that had to be continued after a public hearing on Monday lasted more than six hours.

The length of the hearing pushed the City Council meeting past midnight, meaning the vote would take place on Tuesday, which is the day of the primary election in Illinois.

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Hundreds of people turned out for the Joliet City Council's hearing on the Hillwood and PowerHouse data center project on Monday night, March 16, 2026.

City says public hearing on data center will still be 5:30 p.m. and vote will follow, but council meeting will start at 4:30 p.m.

About 50 showed up Saturday in Joliet for a two-hour protest against a proposed data center south of the city.

On the surface, their answers share common ground: residents shouldn’t pay for data centers’ energy and water demands. But the candidates diverge on how much state oversight is warranted

The City Council is slated to vote on the Joliet Technology Center on Monday.

The Yorkville City Council voted at 12:51 a.m. Wednesday in favor of a 1,037-acre project the city says will redefine the town’s future.

The city on Thursday announced that data center developers have pledged $100 million contribution to Joliet days ahead of City Council vote on the project.

The developers of the Project Steel and Project Cardinal data center projects in Yorkville submitted up-front checks following the mayor's request. The vote is Monday on Project Steel and the $275 million school referendum remains on March 17 ballot.

The city of Yorkville is laying the groundwork for the complicated process of hiring contractors needed to pull off the high-powered engineering data centers need.

Plan Commission voted 7-1 for project with few questions after more than four hours of public comment and sends it to the City Council for approval on March 16.

The proposed 795-acre data center next goes to the Joliet City Council on March 16 for a final vote.

Hundreds of residents showed up to City Hall for the Joliet Plan Commission's special meeting on the proposed data center development on Thursday, March 5, 2026.

The Joliet Plan Commission votes Thursday on the plan for a 795-acre data center, and the City Council will follow on March 16. Residents continue to question the development.

Joliet sets March 16 meeting for City Council vote on data center, which will be reviewed by the Plan Commission on Thursday.

Yorkville city administrator Bart Olson said as the city has grown, the tax burden has shifted from commercial and industrial to residential. “Which isn’t good, that’s not something we want," he said.

From Capitol News Illinois: The debate over how to regulate data centers in Illinois is intensifying as lawmakers struggle to balance a host of competing interests.

A page on city of Joliet website posts documents on proposed data center, including estimated electricity usage and property taxes over 30 years.

City acknowledges for first time that data center project will be considered at a special March 5 meeting of the Joliet Plan Commission.

In justifying the increases, the city of Yorkville said just one building for the 228-acre, nine building CyrusOne data center campus will require almost 300 inspections.

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Executive at open house says Joliet Technology Center could be on special March 5 agenda for Plan Commission with City Council vote to follow.

Aligned, a company that builds data centers, is hosting an open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to share information on a potential data center in Coal City.

The developers of the CyrusOne data center have reduced the plan to eight warehouses totaling 2.1 million square feet and downsized the substation by half its original size.

From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois lawmakers are pursuing data center regulations to address concerns about price increases, electricity shortages and environmental impacts

The Rochelle City Council discussed a potential development agreement Monday with Project Crossroads, a much talked-about data center development.

Hillwood and Power House Data Centers, the companies proposing the Joliet Technology Center, will host the open house.

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