Data Center Signal is tracking 7 clips about Karis data center developments across 2 states, including IA, IL.
The Dubuque City Council delayed a vote on a six-month data center moratorium to refine the proposed ordinance. Amendments include a 5,000-server cap for hyperscale data centers and a ban on annexing land for data center projects during the moratorium. The council is also considering energy, water, and square footage limits, addressing resident opposition.
The city of Peosta, Iowa, is reviewing concept plans for a 194-acre data center project proposed by real estate company Karis. The city is developing a new ordinance to regulate data centers before an existing moratorium on data center development expires.
Dubuque leaders are considering a six-month moratorium on data center development after a city survey revealed strong resident opposition, with over 75% against such facilities. Residents' primary concerns are energy and water usage and environmental impacts. While no formal data center proposal has been received, the City Council plans to draft a data center ordinance.
Karis, a national real estate company, is reportedly seeking hundreds of acres of rural farmland near Dubuque Regional Airport in Dubuque County, Iowa, for a potential data center project. Public records, obtained through a request, indicate Karis shared site information with the Dubuque County Zoning Administrator.
Dubuque County supervisors are revising their data center moratorium to ensure its legal validity after the county attorney advised it lacked solid legal ground. The existing moratorium, intended to pause data center development, was found to be legally unsound due to a lack of clear definitions or a specified end date.
Karis, a national real estate company, is reportedly exploring land in Dubuque County, Iowa, for the potential development of a new data center. KCRG-TV9 learned of this early-stage development.
After its previous data center plan was rejected, developer Karis is exploring a new 168-acre site in Naperville, Illinois, for a potential data center and advanced manufacturing hub. City officials and community sentiment, which was negative towards the data center component, are being taken into consideration as Karis evaluates the contaminated former BP campus.