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1 data center project in Barrington Hills Village

Who decides here: the Village Board of Barrington Hills Village votes on zoning. The Cook County may review big projects too.

In Barrington Hills Village

Stopped or cancelled

Brennan data center campus (Barrington Hills, south of Penny Road)

Barrington Hills, Cook County

🕒 Jan 28, 2026: Brennan withdrew its $2 billion data center plan and cancelled a planned public presenta…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Stopped or cancelledabout 6 miles away

Plum Farms rezoning for possible data center (Higgins Road and Route 59)

Hoffman Estates, Cook County

186 acres

🕒 June 30, 2026: Landowner withdrew its rezoning request after more than 3,250 people signed a petition a…

Being builtabout 6 miles away

Compass Datacenters campus at former Sears headquarters (Hoffman Estates)

Hoffman Estates, Cook County

273 acres

🕒 Dec 2025: Village issued permits; walls for the first two data center buildings went up.

Stopped or cancelledabout 12 miles away

White Rose Partners data center (Kenyon Road and Route 25, South Elgin)

South Elgin, Kane County

20 acres

🕒 July 2026: White Rose Partners presented plans for a 200,000-square-foot data center on farmland it…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Approved, not built yetabout 13 miles away

Nexstar data center campus at WGN radio transmitter site (Rohlwing Road)

Elk Grove Village, Cook County

🕒 Jan 2026: Village Board extended the deadline to start the first building to Sept. 30, 2027; the p…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Being builtabout 14 miles away

TA Realty ORD01 data center (Elmhurst and Old Higgins roads)

Elk Grove Village, Cook County

47 acres

🕒 Oct 3, 2025: Demolition was underway to make way for the 47-acre data center campus.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Approved, not built yetabout 14 miles away

Stream Data Centers campus (Landmeier Road area, Elk Grove Village)

Elk Grove Village, Cook County

🕒 2025: ComEd broke ground on a 260-megawatt substation for the Stream campus.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

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Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Illinois.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • Is the Penny Road land in the Cook County or Kane County part of Barrington Hills?

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