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Kane County

2 data center projects we know about. 45 villages, townships and cities.

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Projects

Approved, not built yet

Hut 8 data center (1780 Hubbard Ave., Batavia)

Batavia, Kane County

🕒 Sept 2, 2025: City Council approved a water deal 9-2 that caps average use at 1,000 gallons a day and …

Stopped or cancelled

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

Local votes and rules

🗺️ Zoning change · Sugar Grove

Village staff started a zoning change to make data centers a special use (needing board approval with conditions) in the I-1 and M-1 zones. Today data centers are allowed by right in the village's Data Center District, created in 2022, but no land is zoned that way.

May 26, 2026Source

📜 Data center rules · Aurora

City council passed strict data center rules. Lower noise limits. Builders must sign a deal with the city and hand in studies on noise, water use and power use, made by an outside engineer. They must add on-site renewable power or battery storage.

March 24, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Aurora

City council paused new data centers for 180 days, later stretched by 30 days. It ended when the new data center rules passed in March 2026.

Sept 25, 2025Source

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