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Brownfield Datacenter Sites in Illinois

Illinois has 33 brownfield datacenter candidate sites. Previously developed land with real or perceived environmental contamination. Brownfields trade remediation overhead for existing utility hookups, infill locations near fiber, and redevelopment incentives.

33
Brownfield sites
60.5/100
Avg score (top 25)
Illinois
State
Brownfield
Type

Top brownfield sites in Illinois

Top Brownfield sites in Illinois
SiteTypeCountyFormer useVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Electric JunctionBrownfieldDuPage Countygas—304 MW4.6 yrs66.7
Solar Star Urbana Landfill Community Solar FarmBrownfieldChampaignlandfill—5 MW3.8 yrs66.6
BloomBrownfieldLake Countyoil345 kV152 MW3.8 yrs65.5
LombardBrownfieldDuPage Countyoil345 kV133 MW3.8 yrs65.0
Exelon City SolarBrownfieldCookbrownfield—10 MW3.8 yrs64.1
Belleville Landfill ProjectBrownfieldSt. Clairlandfill138 kV13 MW3.8 yrs64.0
CollinsBrownfieldGrundy Countygas—2,650 MW4.6 yrs63.8
Rockford Community SolarBrownfieldWinnebagolandfill—3 MW3.8 yrs63.3
Hennepin Power StationBrownfieldPutnam Countycoal138 kV306 MW3.8 yrs62.8
Greene Valley Gas RecoveryBrownfieldWillgas138 kV3 MW3.8 yrs61.7
MPEA Energy CenterBrownfieldCook Countygas—3 MW4.6 yrs60.9
Orchard Hills Renewable Energy StationBrownfieldWinnebago Countygas—16 MW4.6 yrs60.6
University of Illinois Abbott Power PltBrownfieldChampaign Countygas—3 MW4.6 yrs59.7
Geneva Generation FacilityBrownfieldKane Countyoil—2 MW4.6 yrs59.4
RantoulBrownfieldChampaign Countyoil—16 MW4.6 yrs59.3
SabrookeBrownfieldWinnebago Countyoil—150 MW4.6 yrs59.1
Lake Gas RecoveryBrownfieldLake Countygas—3 MW4.6 yrs58.1
ITT Cogen FacilityBrownfieldCook Countygas—7 MW4.6 yrs58.0
City of Peru Plank Road Generating StationBrownfieldLaSalleoil—8 MW3.8 yrs57.7
HighlandBrownfieldMadison Countyoil—4 MW4.6 yrs57.4
BreeseBrownfieldClinton Countyoil—2 MW4.6 yrs56.2
Sullivan (IL)BrownfieldMoultrie Countyoil—1 MW4.6 yrs56.1
Marshall (IL)BrownfieldClark Countyoil—1 MW4.6 yrs56.0
CarlyleBrownfieldClinton Countyoil—3 MW4.6 yrs55.4
CarmiBrownfieldWhite Countyoil—3 MW4.6 yrs55.3
How many brownfield datacenter sites are in Illinois?
GridCensus catalogs 33 brownfield datacenter candidate sites in Illinois.
What is a brownfield datacenter site?
Previously developed land with real or perceived environmental contamination. Brownfields trade remediation overhead for existing utility hookups, infill locations near fiber, and redevelopment incentives.

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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