Plans for data center sent to Coal City planning board

A committee tasked with evaluating plans to build a data center in Coal City voted to send their findings to the village’s planning and zoning board.The Planned Unit Development Review Committee met on Nov. 4 to review the proposal from Aligned Data Centers for an 11-building hyperscale campus on a 300-acre property at the southeast corner of Reed Road and Carbon Hill Road. HR Green, an engineering firm hired as a consultant by the village, prepared a report that assessed several aspects of the proposal from Aligned such as design, traffic impact, environmental impact, water use, electricity and noise levels. The data center proposal also includes a dedicated ComEd substation to supply power from transmission grids directly to the site rather than relying on power from local distribution networks.Held at the Lions Club, it was the committee’s fifth meeting for review of the data center proposal. The 16-member committee consists of representatives from the village including Public Works