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Sangamon County Data Center

Residents sued to stop a data center project in Sangamon County. It is reported, as reported July 9, 2026. Residents near the proposed Sangamon County data center filed a lawsuit (reported July 10, 2026).

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 5 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Who leads it
Not disclosed
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs Not disclosed
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Not disclosed
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

Jobs once it runs, also reported: 100 jobs, 2026 (Illinois Times: The data center is expected to employ 100 permanent full time employees on campus) .

Tax it would pay each year, also reported: 100,000,000 USD, 2026 (Illinois Times: The proposed data center project would generate nearly $100 million in tax revenue) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Sangamon County and the cities in it about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Sangamon County Residents filed a lawsuit July 6, 2026 against Sangamon County and the County Board seeking to overturn the April 7 approval illinoistimes.com
Sangamon County Circuit Judge Adam Giganti set the stage for an October 9 hearing about a motion to dismiss on September 11, 2026 illinoistimes.com
Sangamon County Sangamon County adopted an ordinance in July 2025 allowing data centers springfieldbusinessjournal.com
Sangamon County Sangamon County Board approved a conditional permitted use for a data center on 280 acres of farmland by a vote of 17-10 on April 7, 2026 illinoistimes.com
Sangamon County Sangamon County Board held a discussion on data center on April 7 capitolcitynow.com

What happened

  1. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Residents near the proposed Sangamon County data center filed a lawsuit [3]

  2. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Sangamon County Board approved a resolution for the CyrusOne data center April 7 [4]

  3. · In court (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Waverly residents filed a lawsuit July 6 against Sangamon County and the Sangamon County Board seeking to overturn the county's approval of the CyrusOne data center [4]

The full Sangamon County Data Center timeline, in order

2 corrections to this record

Every correction, with its reason

  1. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  2. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

What was said

CyrusOne stated its commitment to Sangamon County remains unchanged and it intends to be a long term partner that will create hundreds of jobs and expand the local tax base
CyrusOne spokesperson · July 9, 2026 · paraphrased · www.springfieldbusinessjournal.com local outlet
Brian McFadden, County Administrator, stated the county followed proper procedures before the Board took its vote and the State's Attorney's Office will represent the County
Brian McFadden, County Administrator · July 9, 2026 · paraphrased · www.springfieldbusinessjournal.com local outlet

Every statement about data centers in Illinois, by speaker

The site

Where in Sangamon County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

  • This record: Proposed, ringed
  • data center
  • Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
  • Smaller pins: 26 other published records in Illinois
Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where
Sangamon County, Illinois
How exactly it is located
County level, the county seat
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Comparisons

2 metrics with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Permanent jobs

1 figure, 1 source
Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

100 jobsReported

Illinois Times, Sep 23, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 100 jobs, Illinois Times: The data center is expected to employ 100 permanent full time employees on campus

Tax each year

1 figure, 1 source
Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

100,000,000 USDReported

Illinois Times, Sep 23, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 100,000,000 USD, Illinois Times: The proposed data center project would generate nearly $100 million in tax revenue

Keep going

The county Sangamon County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in Illinois Every Illinois project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Sangamon County Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Sangamon County Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

Who will use Sangamon County Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Sangamon County Data Center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Sangamon County Data Center stand today?

It is reported, as reported July 9, 2026. The newest entry, reported July 10, 2026: Residents near the proposed Sangamon County data center filed a lawsuit [3].

What has Sangamon County decided about it?

Sangamon County: Residents filed a lawsuit July 6, 2026 against Sangamon County and the County Board seeking to overturn the April 7 approval (reported September 23, 2026, source); and Sangamon County: Circuit Judge Adam Giganti set the stage for an October 9 hearing about a motion to dismiss on September 11, 2026 (September 11, 2026, source). 5 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Sangamon County Data Center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

  1. Residents sue to stop Sangamon County data center - Illinois Times, Illinois Times, July 9, 2026, local outlet
  2. Data center details - Illinois Times, Illinois Times, July 9, 2026, local outlet
  3. Residents near proposed Sangamon County data center file lawsuit, www.sj-r.com, July 10, 2026, local outlet
  4. Residents sue to stop Sangamon County data center, www.springfieldbusinessjournal.com, July 9, 2026, local outlet
  5. Sangamon County Board approves a controversial data center project - NPR Illinois, NPR Illinois, April 7, 2026, local outlet

5 sources on file.

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Data Center Record, "Sangamon County Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/sangamon-county-data-center-il, last verified September 17, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug
sangamon-county-data-center-il
Status value
rumored
Stage
Proposed
Tier
skeleton
Tags
court, skeleton
Place id
us/il/sangamon-county
Coordinates
39.7975, -89.645
Location precision
county
Location source
County seat (Springfield), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source
wikidata county seat
Location source number
Not disclosed
Location last verified
September 16, 2026
EPA registry id
Not disclosed
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
not_disclosed
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-04
Last verified
2026-09-17