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CyrusOne Data Center Construction

Sector: Data Center • Location: Springfield, Illinois, United States

Source: Illinois Times

Project
Planned

The Sangamon County Board is set to vote on a zoning variance to allow CyrusOne to construct a data center on 280 acres of farmland. The project involves building a large data center facility, which has raised concerns about energy use, pollution, noise, loss of farmland, and firefighting equipment funding. The data center will house a significant amount of diesel fuel for backup generators and ha

Status
Prospective
Sector
Data Center, Commercial
Location
Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Illinois Times

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The project “CyrusOne Data Center Construction” is an infrastructure initiative in the Data Center sector, located in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Illinois Times.

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2026-07-22

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The Sangamon County Board is set to vote on a zoning variance to allow CyrusOne to construct a data center on 280 acres of farmland. The project involves building a large data center facility, which has raised concerns about energy use, pollution, noise, loss of farmland, and firefighting equipment funding. The data center will house a significant amount of diesel fuel for backup generators and has no current plan for decommissioning.

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Technology

Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

Illinois

City

Springfield

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Illinois Times

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Sector

Data Center, Commercial

Article published date

2026-03-21

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