Digital Realty Chicago, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
4 events, January 1, 2026 to September 14, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 18 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Illinois.
A plain date is the day it happened, as the source states it, or as the line's own sentence states it ("voted on July 6"), which is where the line sits even when it was filed later. "Reported" and a date is the day a source published a line that carries no date of its own. Those lines, and lines that describe rather than report an act, sit under their month rather than on the timeline, with what was said and the figures other sources gave. Every timeline on the site reads its lines by this one rule. How dates are read.
Stages
2026 4 events
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(the year its own sentence names; filed under Aug 29, 2026)
Decision · Cook County (county)
More than a dozen data centers near O'Hare airport received local property tax breaks in 2026. abc7chicago.com
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 13, 2026)
Decision · Chicago (city)
A city working group on sustainable data centers spent over a year and a half developing recommendations, with report released in July 2026 news.wttw.com
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Also in July 2026: 2 lines that are not events of their own
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Decision · Hoffman Estates (city)
Developer withdrew rezoning request for data center in Hoffman Estates capitolnewsillinois.com
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Decision · Hoffman Estates (city)
Karis Critical withdrew rezoning request for data center in Hoffman Estates datacenterdynamics.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order last month to regulate data centers and called on the city council to pass a moratorium on new data centers thecentersquare.com
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Also in August 2026: 9 lines that are not events of their own
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Mayor Brandon Johnson called for a temporary moratorium on data centers cbsnews.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order for stricter data center regulations cbsnews.com
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Decision · Cook County (county)
Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed new rules and moratorium on new data centers axios.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
The working group report recommended the city create a new program for issuing noise and air pollution permits and enhancing environmental review news.wttw.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order calling on Chicago City Council to pause new data center construction news.wttw.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Chicago City Council voted near unanimously on an ordinance incentivizing data center development news.wttw.com
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Decision · Cook County (county)
Mayor Brandon Johnson was pressured by anti data center activists at a rally chicagotribune.com
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Decision · Cicero (city)
Cicero trustees passed a resolution opposing data center development at Hawthorne in neighboring Stickney chicago.suntimes.com
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Decision · Stickney (city)
Stickney board of trustees voted unanimously to block any data center proposals with a moratorium on zoning changes and approvals for data centers chicago.suntimes.com
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Digital Realty lists Digital Realty ORD11, Digital Realty ORD10 at Chicago, Illinois on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [2]
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Also in September 2026: 7 lines that are not events of their own
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Mayor Johnson called for a temporary moratorium on new data centers springfieldnewssun.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order creating stricter data center regulations and oversight springfieldnewssun.com
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Decision · Cicero (city)
Chicagoland suburbs suing data center companies; Cicero mobilizing legal challenge to Digital Realty Hawthorne development therealdeal.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Chicago executive order provided for enhanced evaluation of air pollution control permits, data center specific noise rules, and cross departmental review process for planned developments including data centers thecentersquare.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces a city wide temporary moratorium on data center development and expansion for 12 months while the city develops a comprehensive regulatory framework talkingpointsmemo.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Mayor Johnson's executive order last month called for a moratorium while the city develops a regulatory framework for data centers yahoo.com
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Decision · Chicago (city)
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and aldermen Maria Hadden, Leni Manaa Hoppenworth and Lamont Robinson introduced an ordinance to pause data center development and material expansion for one year yahoo.com
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