Scope
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity states on its Data Center Investment program page that, under the Governor's directive of 5 June 2026, it no longer processes applications for the data center incentive program as of 1 July 2026. The statement concerns applications to the tax-incentive program under 20 ILCS 605/605-1025. It does not repeal that section, and it does not pause construction, permitting, interconnection or operation of any facility.
- Geographic scope
- Illinois
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Executive
- Issuing authority
- Governor of Illinois (directive carried out by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
Dates
- Adopted
- 5 June 2026
- Effective
- 1 July 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The Department page and the Governor release state no end date.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 1 October 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity says that, under a directive the Governor gave on 5 June 2026, it no longer processes applications for the Data Center Investment incentive program as of 1 July 2026. The Governor's release of the same day says incentive agreements entered into before 1 July 2026 will be honored. No end date is stated. The statute creating the program, 20 ILCS 605/605-1025, remains in the compiled statutes and is a separate record.
What this does not establish
- No separately signed directive was opened; the record rests on the Department's program page, with the Governor's 5 June 2026 release as a supporting source.
- The Governor's release is published on the State of Illinois Newsroom, which is hosted on a third-party newsroom platform (prezly.com).
- The Department page is undated; the page opened on 23 September 2026 differs in bytes from the 22 September copy but carries the same statement.
- The pause does not amend or repeal section 605-1025 and does not say that existing certificates are cancelled.
Unresolved questions
- Whether and when the Department will resume processing applications was not stated.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement Data Center Investment program tax exemptions and credits (In effect)
Sources
https://dceo.illinois.gov/expandrelocate/incentives/datacenters.html
- Governor release: Gov. Pritzker Pauses New Data Center Tax Incentives (State of Illinois Newsroom) Governor's announcement of the direction to pause processing and statement that existing agreements will be honored · 5 June 2026