Illinois

Dekalb County, Illinois

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Your county: 4 data center sites, 2 with a sourced job figure, 4 officials who represent them.

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SiteStatusConstructionPermanent
MetaOperatingNo sourced figure yetNo sourced figure yet
Meta DeKalb Data CenterOperating1,2001502 committed Verified
Edged DeKalb Campus (Project Vector)PermittedNo sourced figure yetat least 503 forecast Planned
KARIS DeKalb Campus (Peace and Gurler Roads)PermittedNo sourced figure yetNo sourced figure yet

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Sources

  1. 1.Meta, Meta Data Centers, United States locations page, accessed Nov 5, 2026. ↩
  2. 2.Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Data Center Investment Program 2025 Annual Report, table of MOUs (p. 8), 2026. ↩
  3. 3.City of DeKalb, Ord. 2025-051, Edged Project Vector annexation/rezoning findings, 2025. ↩
  4. 4.Associated Press race call, 2026 Governor IL result. ↩
  5. 5.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. Senate IL result. ↩
  6. 6.durbin.senate.gov release, durbin.senate.gov release statement. ↩
  7. 7.duckworth.senate.gov release, duckworth.senate.gov release statement. ↩
  8. 8.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. House IL-14 result. ↩
  9. 9.House Clerk, Roll Call 312, House Clerk, Roll Call 312 vote record. ↩
  10. 10.C-SPAN primary debate transcript, Jan 26, 2026, C-SPAN primary debate transcript, Jan 26, 2026 statement, Jan 26, 2026. ↩

Who represents this county

Serving now · won 2026 race
JB Pritzker (D) · Governor
2026 Governor IL: won by JB Pritzker (D), AP call4, not yet certified · official count
No public statement on data centers found yet.
Serving now · leaving Jan 2027
Richard J. Durbin (D) · U.S. Senator · term ends Jan 3, 2027
2026 U.S. Senate IL: won by Juliana Stratton (D), AP call5, not yet certified · official count
Paraphrase: Introduced legislation to bring transparency to energy and water use by data centers as utility costs rise.6
Contact: website · DC 202-224-2152 · contact form
Serving now · not on 2026 ballot
Tammy Duckworth (D) · U.S. Senator · term ends Jan 3, 2029
Paraphrase: Joined colleagues pressing EPA and AI companies on the rollback of public input rules for data center air permits.7
Contact: website · DC 202-224-2854 · contact form
Serving now · won 2026 race
Lauren Underwood (D) · U.S. Representative (119th) · IL-14 · term ends Jan 3, 2027
2026 U.S. House IL-14: won by Lauren Underwood (D), AP call8, not yet certified · official count
Vote: Roll call vote: Yea on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (passed 417 to 3, Sep 16, 2026). The bill asks states to make large loads such as data centers pay for the grid upgrades they need.9
Contact: website · DC 202-225-2976
Incoming · takes office Jan 2027
Juliana Stratton (D) · U.S. Senator-elect
2026 U.S. Senate IL: won by Juliana Stratton (D), AP call5, not yet certified · official count
as we see expansions of data centers, we know that many Illinoisans are concerned about rising utility costs. And we have to address that.10
C-SPAN primary debate transcript, Jan 26, 2026, Jan 26, 2026
Here in Illinois, one of the things that we did was we lifted the moratorium on nuclear energy plants.10
C-SPAN primary debate transcript, Jan 26, 2026, Jan 26, 2026

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How many data centers are in this county?

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What trades build data centers?

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