No project in South Barrington Village, but 9 nearby
Who decides here: the Village Board of South Barrington Village votes on zoning. The Cook County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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 2 miles awayCompass 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 4 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…
Approved, not built yetabout 10 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 10 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
Approved, not built yetabout 11 miles awayStream 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
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in South Barrington Village. - Go to council 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.