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‘Data center capital’ of the Midwest expands as Pritzker calls for regulations – NBC5 (Chicago)
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson said 20 data centers are currently operating, with five more under construction. He said the data centers generated 26 million in revenue to the village last year alone. In some years, the windfall is so high that the town issues 200 gift cards to residents as tax rebates.
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· Jul 6, 2026
Divided over data centers – Illinois Times
Political parties split on whether to welcome data centers.
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Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data Center Alley, home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. But the data center boom, driven by the rise of AI and the race to build the infrastructure powering it, is changing the geography of these energy-intensive, warehouse-like facilities. Data centers have arrived in rural America...
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