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Eagle Rock Christian County Data Center

Christian County, IL

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Eagle Rock Christian County Data Center is a proposed data center in Christian County, IL. DataCentersExposed has documented 1,000 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

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Developer Eagle Rock proposes a 1GW data center in Christian County, Illinois. Announced investment: $8.8B. Discovered from news coverage and promoted after review; details to be enriched from primary sources.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Illinois reported $983.2M in Data Center Investment Program — state & local sales/use tax exemption (20 ILCS 605/605-1025; administered by DCEO) (2019-2024 (27 certified data centers; cumulative estimated exemption value)) (Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

Modeled estimate~17.8M gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~9.1M gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~8.6M gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 1,000 MW (disclosed IT power): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Memorial Elem School in Taylorville, is 3.5 mi from this site (261 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.