On the Oct. 15 docket: Public discussion of the 34-megawatt data center proposed for a property at Naperville and Warrenville Roads as NPZ plans to vote on it before it goes to the Naperville City Council.
 
As you know, this unique parcel is very close to Herrick Lake and Danada Forest Preserves, the Sensory Garden Playground, and multiple neighborhoods (some of them brand-new). Nearly all data centers in the Chicago area are zoned as INDUSTRIAL. This property is not.
 
This project will negatively impact the quality of life of this entire area. This is not speculation. A data center like this will require approximately 48 diesel engines that must run on a schedule (serious noise and carcinogenic air pollution) as well as need massive onsite diesel storage, which is the equivalent of 10 gas stations onsite (100K-plus gallons), meaning severe water/land pollution and fire risk. It’ll be like putting a loud and dangerous train yard in the heart of Naperville and Warrenville Roads.
 
It is a serious threat to public health. A serious threat to public lands.
  
For those touting economic benefits/growth from this project, the payout would be a surprisingly paltry $1.3 million in taxes for Naperville and maybe 60 jobs. Somehow the math is not adding up how this would truly benefit Naperville.

Oh, and your electric bill will go up—the data center will burden the already challenged grid—its electric draw is the equivalent of 27,000 homes. Ridiculous. (Not to mention Naperville does not use clean energy; it relies on coal-fired plants, already a huge problem.)

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