No project in Barrington Hills Village, but 9 nearby
Who decides here: the Village Board of Barrington Hills Village votes on zoning. The Lake County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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…
Stopped or cancelledabout 8 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…
Being builtabout 8 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.
Being builtabout 14 miles awayT5 @ Chicago IV data center campus (Grayslake)
Grayslake, Lake County
472 acres
🕒 Sept 1, 2026: Village issued the first building permit, for an 800,000-square-foot building.
Approved, not built yetabout 14 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
Stopped or cancelledabout 14 miles awayWhite 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
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Lake County
County board voted to freeze data center applications in unincorporated Lake County while staff write rules, and set up a pause of up to eight months. The zoning board then held a hearing in August. Reports say the pause ends May 11, 2027, or sooner if rules pass. It does not cover towns like Grayslake.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Barrington Hills 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.