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Local residents protest potential rezoning of Plum Farms site in Hoffman Estates for data center

By Eric Peterson
Jun 24, 2026 7:10 pm - Residents of communities near the 186-acre Plum Farms property in Hoffman Estates Wednesday protested its proposed rezoning for industrial uses they consider a smoke screen for a data center.
Politicians must confront artificial intelligence

By Elliot Richardson
Jun 20, 2026 1:00 pm - While many small business owners are attempting to harness the power of artificial intelligence, others are concerned their products or services will be replaced.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says society needs ‘new social norms’ in the age of AI

By JOSH BOAK
Jun 18, 2026 2:53 pm - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society needs to change with the advent of AI, arguing that a fuller embrace of the technology would improve people's lives.
Developer eyes former BP campus in Naperville after previous rejection of data center proposal

By Alicia Fabbre
Jun 18, 2026 1:36 pm - Six months after the Naperville City Council pulled the plug on plans for a data center along Warrenville Road, the same developer is eyeing the nearby former BP campus, officials have confirmed.
Federal regulators order grid operators to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers

By MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY
Jun 18, 2026 1:07 pm - Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.
‘Wrong project, wrong place’: Critics push back on rezoning plan for potential Hoffman Estates data center

By Eric Peterson
Jun 16, 2026 1:16 pm - Hoffman Estates village board members Monday heard from 13 critics of the proposed rezoning of the 186-acre Plum Farms property for a possible data center campus.
Hoffman Estates board won’t consider rezoning for potential data center Monday

Daily Herald report
Jun 11, 2026 11:27 am - A proposed rezoning of the 186-acre Plum Farms property in Hoffman Estates that could pave the way for a data center development will not appear on the agenda of Monday’s village board meeting.
‘Taking this issue extremely seriously’: Lake County pursues data center moratorium

By Mick Zawislak
Jun 09, 2026 6:17 pm - Trying to get ahead of a fast-moving controversial issue, the Lake County Board on Tuesday agreed to pursue a temporary moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas.
Despite village approvals, legal action expected against Grayslake data center

By Mick Zawislak
Jun 08, 2026 4:58 pm - Pushback to a planned data center in Grayslake has intensified with a lawsuit in the works amid a steady stream of social media posts and calls for residents to get informed and make their views known.
Apple unveils new AI features with privacy focus at last developers conference with CEO Tim Cook

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Jun 08, 2026 10:07 am - Apple unveiled new artificial intelligence features with a focus on privacy and day-to-day at its annual developers conference Monday the last one featuring CEO Tim Cook before he turns his post over to John Ternus in September.

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