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Whitmore Family Gas Station

Industrial

Vermilion County, Illinois · MISO

DC Readiness
49.5
Fair / 100

At a glance

Whitmore Family Gas Station is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Vermilion County, Illinois, scoring 49.5/100 DC Readiness — 33rd of 88 scored sites in the county. It sits in the MISO grid region and the EASTERN ILLINOIS ELEC COOP service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.8 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

UtilityEASTERN ILLINOIS ELEC COOPcooperativemoderate to large load · state default

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 6.1 yrs typical interconnection wait

Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.

ISO / RTO regionMISO
Queue depth277
Avg queue wait4.8 yrs
Recent queue wait6.1 yrs
Completion rate21%
Withdrawal rate79%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPWintek Corporation
IXP distance41.0 mi
Fiber providers6
Fiber coverage39.5%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)Low
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score65/100

Location context

Nearest datacenterNCSA Petascale Computing Facility
DC distance35.8 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity10.58¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.84¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,100
Heating degree days5,600
Land price / acre$6,777

Regulatory climate

Restrictivestate posture · as of 2026-08

New-DC state tax exemptions suspended for 2 years (from Jul 2026).

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone sales tax exemption; High Impact Business designation for $12M+ DC investments.

Site location

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≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

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How does Whitmore Family Gas Station compare with other sites in Vermilion County?

Whitmore Family Gas Station ranks 33rd of 88 scored candidate sites in Vermilion County. Its 49.5/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 51.9. It is roughly in line with the Illinois average of 54.3 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the Illinois average, its strongest sub-score is natural hazard (65 vs 63) and its weakest is fiber connectivity (61 vs 71). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is Whitmore Family Gas Station to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is 12 DRESDEN 45TR81 CT H 345 KV (PJM), 77 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Wintek Corporation at 41 miles. 6 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is NCSA Petascale Computing Facility, 35.8 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Whitmore Family Gas Station?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Vermilion County "Relatively High".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
47
Fiber connectivity12%
61
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
88
Natural hazard6%
65
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
40
Land / acreage3%
40
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
70

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Vermilion County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near Whitmore Family Gas Station
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
TAP138267Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs62.2
EC Coal Vermilion CountyGreenfield——4.8 yrs58.7
EC Coal Vermilion CountyGreenfield——4.8 yrs58.4
EC Near VermilionGreenfield——4.8 yrs58.4
OZ VermilionGreenfield——4.8 yrs58.3
EC Coal Vermilion CountyGreenfield——4.8 yrs58.2
EC Coal Vermilion CountyGreenfield——4.8 yrs58.2
UNKNOWN123130Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.8 yrs58.1

Whitmore Family Gas Station: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of Whitmore Family Gas Station?

Whitmore Family Gas Station scores 49.5/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 33rd of 88 scored sites in Vermilion County. The Vermilion County average is 51.9 and the Illinois average is 54.3.

Which electric utility serves Whitmore Family Gas Station?

EASTERN ILLINOIS ELEC COOP (cooperative) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.

What grid region is Whitmore Family Gas Station in?

Whitmore Family Gas Station is in the MISO region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.8-year wait from queue request to operation.

How far is Whitmore Family Gas Station from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is Wintek Corporation, about 41 miles away; 6 fiber providers report service at the location.

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About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Whitmore Family Gas Station, Vermilion County, IL”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/illinois/vermilion-county/whitmore-family-gas-station-c44fc774 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

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