Rural Illinois Data Center Boom: Landowners, Are You Ready?
By Ruth Robinson
Intellectual Property,
June 2025
Tech companies, including Meta, are pressing into unexpected parts of the country, on the hunt for huge swaths of flat land that have access to natural gas and transmission lines. Sleepy parts of Illinois, with large tracts of farmland that have nearby infrastructure to support the huge electricity demand that data centers require, are being shopped right now. The boom is on.
Rural Illinois Data Center Boom: Landowners, Are You Ready?
By Ruth Robinson
Real Estate Law,
June 2025
Tech companies, including Meta, are pressing into unexpected parts of the country, on the hunt for huge swaths of flat land that have access to natural gas and transmission lines. Sleepy parts of Illinois, with large tracts of farmland that have nearby infrastructure to support the huge electricity demand that data centers require, are being shopped right now. The boom is on.
Rural Illinois Data Center Boom: Landowners, Are You Ready?
By Ruth Robinson
Corporate Law Departments,
May 2025
Tech companies, including Meta, are pressing into unexpected parts of the country, on the hunt for huge swaths of flat land that have access to natural gas and transmission lines. Sleepy parts of Illinois, with large tracts of farmland that have nearby infrastructure to support the huge electricity demand that data centers require, are being shopped right now. The boom is on.
Rural Illinois Data Center Boom: Landowners, Are You Ready?
By Ruth Robinson
Agricultural Law,
April 2025
Tech companies, including Meta, are pressing into unexpected parts of the country, on the hunt for huge swaths of flat land that have access to natural gas and transmission lines. Sleepy parts of Illinois, with large tracts of farmland that have nearby infrastructure to support the huge electricity demand that data centers require, are being shopped right now. The boom is on.
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