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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Meridian Technology Park.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Eagle Rock Partners
- Address and locality
- Clarksdale · Christian County · Illinois
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- cancelled
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 1,000 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 25 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000518
The underlying provider record is retained. These notes add source-attributed context and flag conflicts; any withheld value is explained separately. They do not certify current operation.
- Source review: Provider history requires care: Provider notes retain the earlier pending-proposal description; the newer history attributes cancellation to the developer's August 2026 abandonment announcement.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Land area
- 475 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced jobs
- 500 permanent · 1,000 construction
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
Provider notes
Community. Christian County had a pre-existing moratorium on data center construction (imposed Aug 2025); a resident petition with nearly 700 signatures calls for an 18-month moratorium plus independent studies before any approval.
What the source record says
Proposed 475-acre, 10-building (100MW each, ~1,000MW total) data center campus in unincorporated Christian County, ~2 miles southwest of Taylorville near Clarksdale. Estimated cost $6B-$8.8B. Earliest construction would not begin before 2028-2029. No formal application had been filed with the county as of the board's first briefing on the proposal; zoning board and county board votes are still pending. Not yet listed on major public data center trackers.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-06-16 · source-reported proposed
Eagle Rock Partners made its first official appearance before the Christian County Board on June 16, 2026 to present the Meridian Technology Park proposal; no formal application had been submitted as of the county board's initial discussion, and votes by the Zoning Board and County Board remain pending.
- 2026-09-25 · source-reported cancelled
Eagle Rock Partners announced on 2026-08-12 that it is abandoning the $6 billion Meridian Technology Park in Bear Creek Township, Christian County, because delivery of the Lincoln Land Energy Center power it depended on 'is no longer certain'.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Eagle Rock Partners Proposes $8.8B, 1GW Data Center Campus in Christian County, Illinois · MLQ News
- Property developer Eagle Rock proposes 1GW data center in Christian County, Illinois · Data Center Dynamics
- Christian County Board approves agreements, hears public comment · The Breeze Courier
- Data center developer abandons plans for Christian County · Illinois Times
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID eagle-rock-meridian-technology-park-taylorville-il. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000518
Licensed directory row.
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Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Clarksdale, IL · Christian (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Eagle Rock Partners
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported cancelled
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-06-16 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-09-25 · source-reported cancelled
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 475 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 1,000 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced jobs: 500 permanent · 1,000 construction
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-25
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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