No project in Elgin City, but 5 nearby
Who decides here: the City Council of Elgin City votes on zoning. The Kane County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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
Stopped or cancelledabout 9 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…
Stopped or cancelledabout 9 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…
Being builtabout 10 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.
Approved, not built yetabout 13 miles awayHut 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 …
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Elgin City. - 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.