Chicago leaders weigh new measure to lure Big Tech data centers to city – WBBM (Chicago)

“Take a look at the South and West Sides, where there’s thousands of empty lots,” Ald. Gilbert Villegas said. “We’re trying to get some economic activity [and] property back on the tax roll, so that way we’re not having to pull the levers that we’ve traditionally had to pull in order to create revenue, which are property taxes, increasing fines, increasing fees and TIFs use."