Plainfield, in Will County, Illinois, adopted a data-center moratorium on April 21, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "On April 21, 2026, Plainfield Village Board unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on data center and warehouse-for-computing-infrastructure proposals. The moratorium pauses applications while the village monitors pending Illinois… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | April 21, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Will County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Illinois context
Illinois has 23 documented local actions across 21 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an incentive rollback (in force, June 5, 2026).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.