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The status recorded for “Pekin Data Center Development” is planned.

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Pekin Data Center Development

Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Pekin, Illinois, United States

Source: Inside Climate News

Project

Planned

A developer plans to build a hyperscale data center on over 320 acres of farmland in Pekin, Illinois, as part of the growing data center boom in the rural Midwest. This project is part of a larger trend of tech companies investing billions in data centers in rural areas to access cheap energy and water.

Status: Prospective
Sector: Water Supply and Storage, Data Center, Raw Materials
Location: Pekin, Illinois, United States of America
Updated: 22 Jul 2026
Source: Inside Climate News

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The project “Pekin Data Center Development” is an infrastructure initiative in the Water Supply and Storage sector, located in Pekin, Illinois, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Inside Climate News.

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Original status	planned
Taiyo status	Prospective
Taiyo last update	2026-07-22

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Description	A developer plans to build a hyperscale data center on over 320 acres of farmland in Pekin, Illinois, as part of the growing data center boom in the rural Midwest. This project is part of a larger trend of tech companies investing billions in data centers in rural areas to access cheap energy and water.
Original sector	Technology

Location

Country	United States of America (USA)
State	Illinois
City	Pekin

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Source	Inside Climate News
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Record type	Project
Sector	Water Supply and Storage, Data Center, Raw Materials
Article published date	2025-10-31

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