No project in Vernon Township, but 8 nearby
Who decides here: the Lake County Board usually decides on zoning in Vernon Township. Townships here have little say over land use.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
CloudHQ 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
Approved, not built yetabout 11 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 12 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 12 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 12 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
Being builtabout 13 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 Vernon Township. - Go to township 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.