No project in Indian Creek Village, but 8 nearby
Who decides here: the Village Board of Indian Creek Village votes on zoning. The Lake County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
T5 @ 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.
Being builtabout 11 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
Stopped or cancelledabout 13 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 13 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
Approved, not built yetabout 14 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
Being builtabout 14 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.
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 Indian Creek 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.