Naperville Data Center Proposal Nixed By City Council

Naperville City Council rejects plan for data center after months of debate

Naperville Data Center Proposal Nixed By City Council

The vote came after months of public debate and a city council meeting that lasted nearly four hours.

Naperville residents pack meeting as city council considers controversial plan for large data center

Thousands of Naperville residents have signed a petition in opposition of a proposed data center while the city council considers approving the developer's plans.

Naperville City Council to consider vote on controversial data center development

Residents against a proposed data center in suburban Naperville plan to pack a council meeting Tuesday night, where members are expected to consider a possible vote to move the development forward. Developers have already made changes and even scaled back on their initial proposal, but some residents said they don’t buy it. They told NBC Chicago the bottom line is they don’t want the data center in their neighborhood. “We want a no vote from the…

Naperville City Council meets to consider controversial proposed data center

Naperville city leaders are bracing for a meeting Tuesday night on whether to approve a controversial data center.

Naperville City Council votes down proposed data center

Against the backdrop of a packed room of residents and a number of impassioned signs, the Naperville City Council voted against a proposed data center at the site of the former Nokia, or Alcatel-Lucent, building along the I-88 corridor. The council at its Tuesday, Jan. 20, meeting ultimately voted, 6-1, against granting Karis Critical Data Center a conditional-use permit and an accompanying owner’s acknowledgement and acceptance agreement. Both …