A data center could take root along Naperville’s I-88 corridor, though there are numerous steps that will have to occur before any final decisions between the city and would-be developer are made.
As a first step in the process, the firm ICF Resources LLC will oversee what is being described as a “network interconnection study” along the I-88 corridor. The study will examine a potential data center’s impact on Naperville’s existing electric utility grid and what, if any, changes are necessary.
The unnamed data center developer will reimburse the city for the $42,000 cost of undertaking the study, based on terms of the agreement.
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Brian Groth, director of the Naperville Electric Utility, wrote a memo on the study request, which was a part of an agenda item taken up at the city council’s Tuesday, May 20 meeting…