Data Center Registry
Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin)
Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois · All 3 Western Hospitality Partners sites
Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) is a cancelled data center in Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County), operated by Western Hospitality Partners. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Western Hospitality Partners
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Pekin, Tazewell County, IL
- Coordinates
- 40.5847, -89.5859 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Opposed
- 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.
- September 12, 2026CancelledMayor Mary Burress announced on 9 March 2026 that the city would not move forward; the developer formally terminated the purchase agreement in a 5 May 2026 letter. Source: NPR Illinois
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The project drew vigorous opposition in Pekin and surrounding communities; the mayor's announcement that the city would not proceed drew applause from a packed council meeting, and a resident group, Protect Pekin, formed to oppose it.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
The project drew vigorous opposition in Pekin and surrounding communities; the mayor's announcement that the city would not proceed drew applause from a packed council meeting, and a resident group, Protect Pekin, formed to oppose it.
Notes on the record
Proposed on roughly one third of the city-owned 1,000-acre Lutticken Farm property north of Lutticken Lake. Acreage is not recorded because the source gives only a fraction of the whole property; no capacity or investment figure was disclosed. Coordinates are the mapped Lutticken Lake feature and are approximate.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) in Pekin?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The project drew vigorous opposition in Pekin and surrounding communities; the mayor's announcement that the city would not proceed drew applause from a packed council meeting, and a resident group, Protect Pekin, formed to oppose it.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin)?
No lawsuit over Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) appears in the record we track as of September 12, 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 Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin) 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 Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin), and how big is it?
Western Hospitality Partners is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Lutticken Farm Data Center (Pekin)," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/western-hospitality-partners-pekin-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/western-hospitality-partners-pekin-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.Data center won't be built in Pekin · NPR Illinois · retrieved September 12, 2026
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