Sangamon County, Illinois, adopted a data-center moratorium on February 1, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Sangamon County Board voted 17-10 on April 7, 2026 to approve CyrusOne's $500M data center on 280 acres of farmland near Waverly, ~14 miles southwest of Springfield, despite hundreds of opponents packing the meeting. The 636 MW, 1.4… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | February 1, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Sangamon 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.