Yorkville City Council Creates Agenda Item for Data Center Comments

Photo: Monday, November 10, 2025, City Council Meeting Agenda

The Yorkville City Council has allocated a specific agenda item for the public to provide comments regarding data center issues during the meeting on Monday, November 10, 2025. The meeting will be held at 7 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 651 Prairie Pointe Drive in Yorkville, Illinois. The Project Cardinal proposal has sparked significant community interest and concern about the potential impacts of this massive data center campus. Several of the data center agenda items are noted as “Discussion Only”.

Photo: Project Cardinal Data Center Campus, (November 7, 2025), https://www.yorkville.il.us/906/Project-Cardinal-Data-Center-Campus-Anne

The project site covers 1,000 acres and includes approximately 20 parcels in the northwest corner of Yorkville, near the border with Sugar Grove. It is located northwest of the intersection of Route 47 and Galena Road. The proposal includes plans for up to fourteen data center buildings, totaling over 17 million square feet, along with two electrical substations and related infrastructure. Currently, Project Cardinal is seeking annexation, rezoning from residential to industrial use, and special use authorization from the United City of Yorkville.