Illinois data center moratoriums
As of 31 Oct 2026, we count at least 25 local data center pauses in force in Illinois, no bans and 11 proposals, across its counties, cities and townships. At state level: checked, nothing found.
- 25 pauses in force · 0 bans · 11 proposed
- 0 pauses end within 60 days
- Checked: 102 counties, 103 cities, 3 townships · 36 on tracker
Cite this page
Source: Grounded Compute, Illinois moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/illinois/moratoriums
Every row below has its source and the date we checked it. For reporters: contact and corrections
State level · Checked, nothing found
We asked about state laws, orders and bills: checked, nothing found (31 Oct 2026).
Expiring by 30 Dec 2026
None in the next 60 days
Moratorium map · counties
- Ban: 0 counties
- Pause (active or extended): 10 counties
- Pause proposed: 4 counties
- End date passed, no update found: 0 counties
- Ended, expired or none found: 76 counties
- No government or news source found: 12 counties
- City: ban
- City: pause
- City: pause proposed
- 102 counties checked · 31 Oct 2026
- Cities on the tracker drawn as dots (22)
- Schematic; outlines: US Census
Tracker · 36 bans, pauses and proposals
- Rows grouped under their count; each count matches the figures at the top
- 11 government confirmed · 25 news reported
- Ended pauses and no-pause checks: on the map only. We checked counties, cities and townships; nothing found is not proof that none exists
- Method
| Jurisdiction | Status | Covers | End | Permanent rules | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pauses in force (25) | |||||
| Bourbonnais (city, Kankakee) | Pause | All data centers | 31 Jan 2027 | Rules drafted | shawlocal.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Carbondale (city, Jackson) | Pause | All data centers | – | – | explorecarbondale.com Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Champaign County | Pause | Above a size threshold: Data centers with at least 10,000 square feet of processing area | – | Rules drafted | ipmnewsroom.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Charleston (city, Coles) | Pause | All data centers | 6 Oct 2027 | – | myradiolink.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Christian County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | wandtv.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Dix (city, Jefferson) | Pause | All data centers | – | – | morningsentinel.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Effingham (city, Effingham) | Pause | Other | – | – | thexradio.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Galesburg (city, Knox) | Pause | All data centers | 3 Apr 2027 | – | tspr.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Henry County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | geneseocurrent.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Iroquois County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | iroquoiscountyil.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Lake County | Pause | All data centers | 11 May 2027 | Rules drafted | chicagotribune.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Mattoon (city, Coles) | Pause | Above a size threshold: Data centers over 21,780 square feet | – | – | wcia.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Morgan County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | myjournalcourier.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Putnam County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | putnamil.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Rockford (city, Winnebago) | Pause | All data centers | – | Rules drafted | rockfordil.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Shelby County | Pause | All data centers | – | – | shelbycounty-il.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| South Elgin (city, Kane) | Pause | All data centers | – | – | chicagotribune.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Sterling (city, Whiteside) | Pause | All data centers | – | Rules drafted | shawlocal.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Stickney (city, Cook) | Pause | All data centers: Six-month moratorium on data-center zoning, licensing, development, and permit approvals throughout the village | – | – | southwestregionalpublishing.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Tazewell County | Pause | Other: New data centers as a principal use in unincorporated Tazewell County; the moratorium covers establishment, construction, expansion, or conversion of property for that use. | 28 Jul 2027 | Rules drafted | wcbu.org News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| West Chicago (city, DuPage) | Pause | Other | – | – | westchicago.org Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Woodford County | Pause | All data centers | 18 Feb 2027 | – | 25newsnow.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Godfrey (city, Madison) | Pause, extended | All data centers | 31 Jan 2027 | – | godfreyil.org Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Normal (city, McLean) | Pause, extended | All data centers | 31 May 2027 | – | normalil.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Plainfield (city, Will) | Pause, extended | All data centers | – | – | patch.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Proposed (11) | |||||
| Chicago (city, Cook) | Pause proposed | All data centers: Proposed citywide pause on new data centers and material expansions | – | Rules drafted | api.chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Effingham County | Pause proposed | – | – | – | thexradio.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Elgin (city, Kane) | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | Rules drafted | elginil.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Granite City (city, Madison) | Pause proposed | – | – | – | bnd.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Jacksonville (city, Morgan) | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | myjournalcourier.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Lisle (city, DuPage) | Pause proposed | – | – | Rules drafted | patch.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Macon County | Pause proposed | All data centers | – | – | maconcounty.illinois.gov Government confirmed Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Mahomet (city, Champaign) | Pause proposed | – | – | – | mahometdaily.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| McHenry County | Pause proposed | Other | – | Rules drafted | shawlocal.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Rock Falls (city, Whiteside) | Pause proposed | – | – | – | yahoo.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Will County | Pause proposed | Other | – | – | patch.com News reported Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
– = not found in the sources we checked
Source: Grounded Compute, Illinois moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/illinois/moratoriums
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