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Recent Illinois data center news

• Jul 24, 2026

  Trump pledge on data center power supplies draws skepticism

  President Donald Trump announced a non-binding pledge by U.S. power producers and data centers to fund or build energy infrastructure for AI-related power demand while claiming consumers would be shielded from higher electricity costs.

  • Trump said at an Environmental Protection Agency event that America’s largest tech companies have committed to fund or build the energy infrastructure needed for the grid, and that they would get the right to build their own power plants.
  • The article frames the pledge as non-binding and notes criticism from Climate Power and other opponents; it also cites PJM Interconnection capacity-market charges of $6.3 billion for data centers and EIA forecasts of rising residential electricity prices in 2026 and 2027.
• Jul 22, 2026

  White House Warns PJM to Reform Grid Governance ‘Before It Is Too Late’

  The White House has warned PJM Interconnection to overhaul its governance and stakeholder process, while PJM says it is still on the administration’s previously announced timeline.

  • The White House spokesperson said PJM has failed to implement the bipartisan Statement of Principles provided in January and urged reforms to stakeholder process, board governance, and implementation “before it is too late.”
  • PJM said it has worked with the White House Energy Dominance Council and the 13-state region’s governors, completed its stakeholder process on backstop procurement, and expects the Board to act in very short order.
  • FERC is scheduled to hold a technical conference on PJM governance and stakeholder process, with remarks from Peter Lake of the White House’s National Energy Dominance Council.
  • The debate is tied to rising power demand from AI data centers, cloud providers, and other large industrial customers, with concerns about interconnection queues, transmission expansion, and capacity costs.
• Jul 22, 2026

  Patented: Cardio Voyage Innovations’ Dual Heart Valve Device and 172 More Inventions Across North Texas

  Dallas Innovates reports that Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 in U.S. patent production for the week of June 23, 2026, with 173 patents granted.

  • 173 patents granted across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area; the region ranked No. 8 among 250 metros for the week of June 23, 2026.
  • The article is a news roundup/commentary on granted patents, not a first-time product or funding announcement; it highlights patents spanning medical devices, AI, transportation, energy, HVAC, networking, and manufacturing.
  • No contact emails or phone numbers are provided in the text.
  • The story references multiple local inventors and assignees, including Cardio Voyage Innovations, DFW International Airport Board, BNSF Railway, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Halliburton, and Lennox.
• Jul 17, 2026

  Mitch Carrel: Dark Fiber's 3 Barriers of Land Use, Engineering, and Sales

  This article is an expert opinion commentary arguing that dark fiber is essential infrastructure for the AI economy and that deployment is slowed by land use, engineering, and sales barriers.

  • The author says dark fiber offers up to 48% TCO savings over carrier ethernet at 400G in metro networks, 61% in short-haul networks, and 46% in long-haul networks, based on Cisco-commissioned research.
  • The piece discusses the FCC’s WC Docket No. 25-253 and a June 2026 NPRM draft aimed at speeding permit approvals, capping fees, preventing added local restrictions, and clarifying authority over wireline deployment; it also references the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the 2018 small-cell orders.
• Jul 16, 2026

  Michelle Yin: America is Fighting About the Wrong End of the Wire

  Michelle Yin argues that policymakers should prioritize broadband adoption, devices, and workforce programs over only construction and data-center siting. - She says the Commerce Department restructured the $42.45 billion BEAD program to award grants on lowest cost alone, removing requirements for low-cost plans, digital adoption, and workforce development.

  • She cites research on the $9 billion Connect America Fund and says the NTIA is deciding how to use about $21 billion in projected savings, while construction on the main awards begins this summer.
  • The piece is an expert opinion/commentary, not a first-time corporate announcement; it discusses policy choices, broadband economics, and the AI infrastructure debate.
• Jul 14, 2026

  Climate Change Solutions - July 14, 2026

  The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) has published a climate and energy newsletter highlighting recent articles, congressional actions, and upcoming briefings.

  • Main announcement/action: EESI promotes an online briefing with the Natural Resources Defense Council on Thursday, July 16 at noon about tracking and reducing nitrogen fertilizer use, associated emissions, and lowering costs for farmers.
  • Background and other details: The newsletter also references a House vote on the SECURE Grid Act (H.R. 7257), a future briefing on severe drought on July 24, and archived materials on extreme heat, grid resilience, and data centers.
  • The issue is presented as a newsletter / event roundup rather than a standalone policy announcement by a company, and it includes EESI contact information at the end.
• Jul 13, 2026

  TA Realty buys data center-zoned land in Sterling, Virginia

  TA Realty’s data center arm has acquired a 9.82-acre, data center-zoned land parcel at 45564 Thayer Road, Sterling, Virginia for $60 million.

  • The off-market deal closed on June 8; TA paid $6.1 million per acre for the site, which has approval for a two-story data center building.
  • JK Land Holdings sold the property after TA Digital Group made an unsolicited offer; KUHN said the price reflects market value for fully entitled, site plan-approved data center ground in the area. TA Realty’s data center platform reportedly includes more than 12 projects and nearly 3GW of power capacity.
• Jul 13, 2026

  Tract looks to develop 900MW data center park outside Richmond, Virginia

  Tract has announced a pre-application filing to develop the Tuckahoe Technology Park, an 872-acre master-planned data center campus in Goochland County, Virginia.

  • Filed a pre-application for a conditional use permit (CUP) through VALCO Goochland, LLC for land in the county’s technology overlay district (TOD West).
  • The proposed campus would include 12 buildings, reach 900MW at full build-out, and require more than $3 billion in investment; a community meeting is scheduled for July 23.
  • Tract says it aims to make sites zoned, powered, and shovel-ready for other developers, and county officials said negotiations have been ongoing since late 2023.
• Jul 11, 2026

  United States $87 Billion Derivatives Exchange CME Group to Launch New Interest Rate Trading Function (Treasury Link) to Improve United States Treasury Spread Trading Between Cash & Futures Market

  CME Group has announced a new Treasury Link functionality to connect U.S. Treasury futures and cash Treasuries for spread trading.

  • Treasury Link will enable centralized spread trading between CBOT Treasury futures and BrokerTec cash Treasuries on CME Globex; launch is expected in Q4 2026, pending regulatory review.
  • The service builds on FX Link technology and follows the launch of BrokerTec Chicago; CME says the platform reached a $1.22 billion single-day volume record on April 8, 2026 and is co-located in the Aurora data center next to CME Group’s U.S. Treasury futures and options market.
• Jul 10, 2026

  Lightpath to provide fiber infrastructure for two new hyperscale data center campuses

  Lightpath has announced it will provide fiber infrastructure and multi-terabit capacity to support two hyperscale data center campuses under construction in the United States.

  • The two campuses are planned to exceed one gigawatt each and are located in Saline, Michigan and Port Washington, Wisconsin.
  • The Saline build is scheduled for delivery by the end of this year, while Port Washington is expected in Q2 2027; both are being delivered with an anchor hyperscale customer that was not named.
  • Chris Morley said Lightpath is partnering with hyperscalers to build new fiber infrastructure for AI-driven demand; Tim Haverkate said the company will deliver route-diverse, multi-terabit capacity across new construction, existing network assets, and partner fiber.