'Data center capital' of the Midwest, Elk Grove Village, expands
Elk Grove Village, Illinois is expanding its data center footprint as the 'data center capital' of the Midwest continues to grow, even as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is calling for regulation to curb data center expansion during the fall veto session. The suburb is moving in the opposite direction from the governor's proposed restrictions.
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Elk Grove Village is betting that local tax revenue and jobs outweigh the strain data centers put on Illinois's grid and water, and it's doubling down just as Pritzker pushes for limits in the veto session. That sets up a direct clash between municipal home rule and state-level energy policy. Watch whether the veto session produces actual restrictions that could override the village's expansion plans, and how utilities respond to the added load concentrated in one suburb.
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