Data Center Registry
Meridian Technology Park
Clarksdale, Christian County, Illinois · All 3 Eagle Rock Partners sites
Meridian Technology Park is a proposed data center in Clarksdale, Illinois (Christian County), operated by Eagle Rock Partners. The public record puts it at 1 GW planned, 475 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Eagle Rock Partners
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Clarksdale, Christian County, IL
- Coordinates
- 39.4898, -89.3679 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1 GW planned
- Land
- 475 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 500 permanent; 1,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- June 16, 2026ProposedEagle 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. Source: MLQ News
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Meridian Technology Park in Clarksdale, Christian County, Illinois is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. 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.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
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.
Notes on the record
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.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- CyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center Campus · CyrusOne27 mi · Permitted · 630 MW · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Meridian Technology Park data center in Clarksdale?
Yes. Meridian Technology Park in Clarksdale, Christian County, Illinois is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. 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.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meridian Technology Park data center?
No lawsuit over Meridian Technology Park appears in the record we track as of July 18, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Meridian Technology Park use?
No water withdrawal figure for Meridian Technology Park is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Meridian Technology Park, and how big is it?
Eagle Rock Partners is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1 GW. The site is recorded at 475 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meridian Technology Park," updated July 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/eagle-rock-meridian-technology-park-taylorville-il.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/eagle-rock-meridian-technology-park-taylorville-il, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Eagle Rock Partners Proposes $8.8B, 1GW Data Center Campus in Christian County, Illinois · MLQ News · retrieved July 18, 2026
- 2.Property developer Eagle Rock proposes 1GW data center in Christian County, Illinois · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 18, 2026
- 3.Christian County Board approves agreements, hears public comment · The Breeze Courier · retrieved July 18, 2026
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