No project in Palatine Township, but 8 nearby
Who decides here: the Cook County Board usually decides on zoning in Palatine Township. Townships here have little say over land use.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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 6 miles awayPlum 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…
Approved, not built yetabout 7 miles awayNexstar 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 7 miles awayCloudHQ data center campus at former United Airlines offices (Mount Prospect)
Mount Prospect, Cook County
50 acres
🕒 Oct 28, 2025: Village Board took up CloudHQ's request to change the plan to two three-story buildings,…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 7 miles awayTA 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
Stopped or cancelledabout 7 miles awayBrennan 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…
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Palatine Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Commonwealth Edison Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Illinois.