Rochelle city council delays vote on data center amid community concern

ROCHELLE, Ill. (WIFR) – City council members passed on a development agreement for a possible data center in Rochelle, for now.

Leaders voted 4-3 to table the development agreement between LFF Industrial, doing business as Midwest Power Investors LLC, and the city Monday night.

Megan Sneyd called the decision a “surprise.” She kept an aisle to herself inside the council chambers. The lifelong Rochelle resident and environmental educator was the lone public speaker of the night…

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