Minooka Mayor Ric Offerman said Equinix could bring hundreds of permanent jobs to the village of 13,000 people 40 miles southwest of Chicago. It could bring in tens of millions in added tax dollars each year, even after an abatement the company is seeking. And unlike a proposed Canadian National Railway terminal nearby, Offerman said the data center wouldn’t flood Minooka’s central commercial district with hundreds of thousands of diesel trucks each year.
The article has extensive detail but doesn’t say how much State subsidy this project expects to receive, nor what the developer would do if no subsidy is available. The use of greywater for cooling is intriguing and I wish more detail had been provided.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The article has extensive detail but doesn’t say how much State subsidy this project expects to receive, nor what the developer would do if no subsidy is available. The use of greywater for cooling is intriguing and I wish more detail had been provided.
Maybe they should reopen Zion then.