Joliet City Council Combined Public Hearing on 795 Acre Hillwood Data Center
After hours of public testimony and questioning of developer power consultants on PJM and ComEd grid interconnection costs, the Joliet City Council voted to approve Hillwood's 795 acre artificial intelligence data center campus.
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Joliet City Council Combined Public Hearing on 795 Acre Hillwood Data Center
Joliet City Council · March 16, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 17:47 Joliet City Council Member Elected Official Procedural auto captions, uncheckedZoning
A Joliet City Council member moves to table unrelated agenda items so the council can focus on the packed public hearing for the 795 acre data center proposal.
"any business tonight beyond the data center and I have not had a chance to even look at this. All of our time, energy, and attention has been focused on the data center. I would really like to table it until the data center's out of the way and we have a personal then my vote will be no. We No, I was just going to say that um Allison could present to you right now if you'd"
- Clip 2 · 1:21:46 Mark Pruitt, Principal, The Power Bureau (retained by Hillwood) Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedPower & Grid Zoning
Developer energy consultant Mark Pruitt testifies on ComEd and PJM interconnection rules and how transmission upgrades for the Joliet data center are allocated.
"Um as uh was just uh addressed directly by commanded uh this project in its design has gone through engineering review to ensure reliability not only to the data center itself but also to ensure continued reliability to all the surrounding areas. Um KMed and PJM are obligated by law. PJ KMED uh obligated"
- Clip 3 · 1:47 Joliet City Council Member Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Joliet City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"to the city of Joette council meeting here on Monday, March 16th at 4:30 p.m. Because of a number of changes, uh the invocation will be presented by myself. The meeting will be precided over by our mayor,"
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