Residents sue over $20 billion Joliet data center, saying it would tap a strained aquifer and draw Hoover Dam-level power

Residents sue over $20 billion Joliet data center, saying it would tap a strained aquifer and draw Hoover Dam-level power

A group of residents living near a proposed $20 billion data center campus in the Joliet, Illinois, area has sued to stop the project, arguing that city leaders violated state law by approving an industrial complex that could place serious pressure on water and power supplies and nearby neighborhoods. According to Shaw Local, the legal challenge takes aim at one of the biggest planned developments in the region: a 795-acre project known as the J…